GRE Subject Tests

[alissaroot]

Cool. What I meant to say with the English, is that usually taking "101 & 102" is all the pre-reqs you'll need in order to take the upper level classes you'd need to top off that GRE. Not that after you took the English GRE, you could take 101 & 102 and be finished. I was trying to illustrate the contrast to math, where if you were a couple classes short there, the classes you would need to take to top that off have many more pre-reqs.

Some upper level English courses I have looked at also require an introductory Literary Theory & Criticism class in addition to (or instead of) two semesters of English Composition. But you do make a good point, that if anyone out there is considering the GRE in Mathematics (and Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, etc) they should be aware that if they fall short of the 80th percentile they will have a harder time getting those last few credits. For the science ones, they would also need to make an effort to find courses with labs. I think this is why the GRE Literature and the GRE Psychology are a bit more popular among those who are using them for credit.

Interesting, so Excelsior has them in that order? If you come up 3 credits short after taking the GRE you have to fulfill it with something from Subgroup 2, Section C? Interesting. A lot of their examples of applied math are easier to pre-req at my school than Section A. I wonder, since I already have Subgroup 2 in Section C fulfilled, I could take the GRE, miss the top 3 credits and be finished?! :eek:

It's possible...but this is a question for an adviser. And you probably won't get a definitive answer until you have enrolled and paid the fees and have an adviser in your area. Back on page 2-3 of this thread I did a breakdown of the credits for the GRE Literature and there is a similar example in this thread for GRE Comp. Sci. You could go to EC's Publications page and get at least a general idea of how the credits would line up from the GRE using the GRE Lit & Comp Sci posts as examples/templates.