Code:Institution Code:4834

Official score reports must be sent from ETS directly to UC Davis Graduate Studies. The minimum score required for admission to UC Davis is 550 on the paper exam or 80 on the internet-based exam. Computer-based scores are no longer accepted. There is no conditional admission. The score report is required before application processing begins.

Code:Institution Code:4834, Department Code:2999

Only the general GRE Examination is required. There is no subject exam in our field. We do not establish a minimum GRE score for admission to the program. Test scores are only one component of the overall application. They are rarely the deciding factor in admissions, but we do take scores into careful consideration for a well-rounded sense of the applicant (especially for consideration for some fellowships). If you have a very low GPA and a very low GRE, along with an overly general or poorly written statement of purpose, we will be unlikely to admit you for all of those reasons rather than one alone. If your application contains a mixture of factors, we will try to evaluate it in the context of your letters of recommendation and all of the available materials. Very high scores do not cancel out a poorly written or weakly argued statement of purpose. Our field requires a great deal of reading and writing so the verbal section of the examination is particularly important but, as explained above, not determining.