Why Graduate Schools Care About Your GRE Scores.

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I'm not sure if this is a known thing, but the head of my DPT program was talking about the value of test taking in Academia and how testing is flawed and when it is important.

He announced that the reason why DPT programs care about GRE scores is because its the biggest indicator of whether or not you'll pass the boards on your first attempt. (Rather than a measure of your intelligence)

This was news to me and I figured I'd pass it on.

Cheers guys!

 

[kato3]

It kinda makes sense. There might be discrepancies between GPAs from different institutions (say getting a 3.0 at Harvard vs. getting a 4.0 at some lesser-known college), but GREs are standardized, so each candidate's GRE scores can be compared on an equal playing field.

 

[rchristie23]

There are some articles correlating success in DPT programs and high Verbal scores on the GRE. Also, one faculty member from the University of Miami wrote an article on the subject also.


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[kato3]

@rchristie23, do you have the links by any chance? Google isn't showing much.

 

[jesspt]

There are some articles correlating success in DPT programs and high Verbal scores on the GRE. Also, one faculty member from the University of Miami wrote an article on the subject also.


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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15839601

" VGRE was the only variable that consistently showed predictive capability" regarding predicting academic probation.

 

[Dinked]

Verbal makes sense

 

[DesertPT]

People who are good at passing tests as pre-PTs will most likely continue to be good at passing tests as PT students. Having high graduation rates and high first-time board pass rates require having a high percentage of people who are good at passing lots and lots and lots of tests. It just the way the system is.

Also, PT school is in large part an exercise in memorizing new vocabulary when you boil it down, so it's not surprising verbal GRE score is the most predictive factor.