Graduate Admissions
GRE scores
GRE Only the general GRE test is required. The Stanford University does not have a minimum GRE score requirement, and the Stanford University does not track average scores for admitted applicants.
Fall 2021 application exception: Due to the hardships involved with test taking under the current circumstances, GRE scores will not be considered for Fall 2021.
MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
The application consists of five parts: The biographical section, 3 letters of recommendation, GRE general test scores, Subjects Taken form with grades, and a Statement of Objectives.
Please make certain their letters of reference, transcripts, and test scores are submitted in a timely fashion.
All applicants to EAPS are required to provide scores for the GRE general test that are five years old or less. Applicants to the Planetary Sciences program are required to provide scores from either the GRE Physics or Chemistry subject exams.
Graduate Admissions and Entrance Procedures
Applicants are required to submit their scores on the GRE general test.
Cornell UniversityRanked 15 in Best National University.
Graduate School
Applicants are required to submit an application, a statement of purpose, an official transcript from each college or university attended, three letters of recommendation, and GRE general test scores.
Earth and Planetary Science
The Graduate Record Examination is required of all applicants. If applicant want to be considered for a fellowship, applicant should take the Graduate Records Examination by November. GRE scores older than five years will NOT be accepted.
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
However, students may voluntarily submit GRE test scores and they will be reviewed as part of the holistic application consideration. The applications with GRE scores will not be given greater weight than those that do not include scores.
Test Scores
Admissions Earth Sciences USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Academic Record An applicant must have a strong background and a superior academic record as documented by GPAs in and graduate work, with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in each degree.
Graduate Record Examinations scores are required for admission.
Geological Sciences University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
All applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination
For the Earth System Science Graduate Program
Beginning September 1st students can submit an application through UCI Graduate Division including GRE scores, three letters of recommendation, and an English proficiency test for international students.
The ESS Ph.D. program does not have a minimum GRE score.
These factors include but are not limited to research experience, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, and academic record. GRE scores and GPA are only two components of the review process and cannot solely be used to determine a student’s academic aptitude or likelihood of admission in to a Ph.D. program. Currently, the average GRE score for an admitted student is Verbal: 155, Quantitative: 160, and Analytical: 4 and the average GPA for an admitted student is 3.41 on a 4.00 grade scale.
Geology University of Illinois
In addition, scores for the aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examination are required for admission to graduate work in geology, as well as completion of at least one year each of study in college-level calculus, chemistry, and physics.
All students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0
Geosciences
Scores from the Graduate Record Examinations are normally required for admission.
Typical test scores of students admitted to the Geosciences Graduate Program are: GPA 3.5, and GRE Verbal 570, and Quantitative 700.
Acalog ACMS
Applicants should take the GRE general test.
Marine Geosciences
Applicants must take the GRE, and those whose first language is not English must pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language with a score of at least 550.
Earth Sciences Graduate Student Guidelines
Normally expect an average score of 60 percentile or better on the average of the Verbal and Quantitative parts of the GRE and 4.0 or better on the Analytical Writing part of the GRE.3.
The GRE be taken in the same year that application is made to the graduate program.2.
5.4), a student must maintain a GPA of 3.0 and maintain reasonable progress.
Graduate Studies in Earth Sciences
The minimum standards for admission are an overall grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, a GPA of 3.25 in the major. Results from a recent Graduate Record Exam are needed.
Center for Integrative Geosciences
Scores from the Graduate Record Exam are also required and the subject test is recommended.
Formal copies of GRE scores for the General test.
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Minimum GPA of 3.0 in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Admission
Information that needs to be submitted with their application are: their goal letter, 1-2 page resume, 3 letters of recommendation, GRE scores, TOEFL or IELTS scores and transcripts
To be considered applicants must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 out of 4.0.
Graduate Program
The university will also evaluate the GPA of the last 60 hours taken in addition to the GPA within the student’s geology classes.
Geological Sciences
Admission to the graduate program in the Geological Sciences is evaluated on the basis of the applicant’s GRE scores, record, three letters of recommendation, and research interests language. Applicants should have a combined verbal and quantitative GRE scores of at least 1050.
Apply to UVM Graduate Program
A minimum of 15 graded credits used in compilation of the graduate GPA must be taken in residence at UVM.
Geosciences
PLEASE Graduate Record Examination General Test scores will not be considered or accepted in application materials.
Prospective Graduate Students
Note that all applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Examination General Test and all international students are required to take the TOEFL exam.
If their GPA is low, try to really excel on the GRE and vice versa. Some students take additional courses to help raise their GPA Many students take the GRE or TOEFL multiple times to obtain best scores.
Have an grade point average of at least 3.00. Most of the university competitive candidates have GPA of 3.50 minimum.
Submit GRE General Test scores from exam taken within the last 5 years.
Applicant can application without external items like GRE scores, TOEFL scores, and letters of recommendation, although their application will be marked Incomplete without these items
If applicant submitted their application by the deadline and it was fully complete at the time of submission , their application should be in the department’s hands by the end of January.
Geographic Information Science, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Saint Louis University
Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in all graduate professional courses.
Graduate Admissions
Students wishing to receive full consideration for from the Geology are advised to submit their online application by December 15 for the following fall semester and November 1 for the following spring semester.
GEAT drops GRE requirement from graduate admissions process • Geological and Atmospheric Sciences •
GEAT drops GRE requirement from graduate admissions process.
These changes include discontinuing the GRE requirement and implementing a two-stage application process in hopes of reducing barriers faced by underrepresented student groups.
Applicants are no longer required to submit GRE scores to be eligible for the university graduate programs. The university rationale is evidence-based GRE scores are correlated to socioeconomic status, gender, and ethnicity and do not predict graduate student success. The logistics and financial expense of taking the GRE are burdensome as well, further preventing high quality students from seeking graduate degrees.
Graduate Admissions
Applicants may choose to submit GRE scores if they feel it will help inform the their academic abilities.
Temple UniversityRanked 121 in Best National University.
CST Grad Geology MS Admissions
College of Science and Technology graduate candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale to .
Geological Sciences M.S. Admissions
Application Deadline: To receive full consideration for funding decisions, all application materials must be submitted by Feb. 1. Review of applications begins Feb. 1.
Admissions Requirements:
1. Bachelor's Degree: Applicants are expected to have a bachelor's degree in geology, environmental geology, earth sciences, or closely related degree from an accredited institution or equivalent.
2. Recommended Coursework: Applicants generally are expected to have completed the equivalent of a year of chemistry and physics prior to enrolling.
3. GPA: Applicants must have a 3.0 (B) or higher GPA to be eligible for financial support. It is possible to be accepted with a sub-3.0 GPA as an unsupported, probationary graduate student if the applicant has shown potential in other ways.
4. GRE: Not required.
5. Personal References: Three personal references are needed. They can be former employers, instructors, advisers, or persons otherwise having had a professional or academic experience with you.
6. Letter of Intent: Applicants are required to write one- to three-page letter giving a brief summary of their background and why they are interested in geology and a master's thesis.
7. Campus Visit: No, a campus visit is not required, but the faculty encourage and assist with visits.
8. English Language Testing: TOEFL 80 (iBT) or IELTS 6.5 minimum across all bands
Earth Environmental Sciences
Although the university require that the GRE be taken, the university don't require a minimum score.
Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, PhD George Mason University
Applicants will also need three letters of recommendation and an official report of scores obtained on the GRE-GEN. The GRE requirement for admission to the doctoral program may be waived if the student holds a master degree from a regionally accredited the students.S. institution. A minimum combined math and verbal GRE score of 270 340 are needed to qualify for the Presidential Scholarship.
