Gre exam

[newtoclep]

Should I sit for the Psychology Gre if I am enrolled in Excelsior General Business degree or is this useless unless I'm majoring in psychology?

[gcalvin]

It depends on how many credits you already have, and what core requirements you still have to earn. If you are just starting, then it's a relatively cheap and easy way to earn up to 30 arts and sciences credits. Consider your schedule too -- the next seating for the GRE subject exams is October, I think.

-Gary-

[newtoclep]

Thanks Gary. I only have about 27 credits so this might work for me.

[greathomes]

Can somebody please enlighten me as to how the GRE applies to an under graduate degree:confused: . I thought the GRE was supposed to be taken AFTER college for addmittance into a graduate study program.
Thanks

[barcotta]

Can somebody please enlighten me as to how the GRE applies to an under graduate degree:confused: . I thought the GRE was supposed to be taken AFTER college for addmittance into a graduate study program.
Thanks

Here's a snippet from bain4weeks that will give you the basics:

GRE DETAILS TO CONSIDER FOR UNDERGRAD DEGREES

Excelsior College awards credit for GRE subject exams on a sliding scale. A score above the 80th percentile will net you 30 semester hours credits. A score above the 35th percentile will net you 3 semester hours. In between, credits are accumulated in 3 credits per 5 percentile point increments.

Charter Oak State College (COSC) Awards 18 or 24 credits for GRE subject exams for any score above the 40th percentile. 24 credits are awarded for quantitative exams, 18 credits are awarded for non quantitative exams.

Thomas Edison State College (TESC) does not award credit for GRE subject exams.

In addition to the above, it should be noted that Excelsior awards the first 12 credits as lower division (LD) credits. That is, a pass above the 50th percentile will yield 12 LD credits. All additional credits awarded are upper division credits (UD). So, a score above the 80th percentile yields 12 LD and 18 UD semester hour credits, for a total of 30 credit hours.

COSC awards 15 LD credits + 9 UD credits in the quantitative GREs, and 15 LD credits + 3 UD credits in the non quantitative GREs, for a total of 24 and 18 credit hours respectively.

COSC breaks LD credits into basic level and advanced level, but to all intents and purposes they are LD credits so far as I can establish. COSC graduates may know better.

Here's a link to the full detail: Earn a Bachelor degree major using the GRE subject examination

I think this info is still good but I would double-check it before relying on it.

[greathomes]

thanks alot for the info Michael!!