Graduate Students
GRE Score
Official GRE scores sent from ETS are required. Photocopies will NOT be accepted.
We do occasionally waive the GRE requirement for our own undergraduate applicants (based on high GPAs and/or strong letter of endorsement from faculty members). However, there are good reasons for taking the GRE, including:
- Admission is not usually the key question – financial aid is. You are at a disadvantage in the competition for College of Engineering fellowships, national fellowships (e.g. NSF, NDSEG) and perhaps departmental teaching assistantships if you have not taken the GRE.
- If you do not take the GRE, we know you are not applying to other graduate schools. We may think that you will decide to study here even if we do not provide any (or much) financial aid. It’s to your benefit to have multiple opportunities to compare.
Average GRE scores are:
Verbal / 550 Quantitative / 750 Analytical Writing / 3.5
Information about GRE publications can be obtained by calling the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, USA at 1-866-473-4373 or writing to GRE, Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, NJ USA 08541-6000. If you prefer, you may send an e-mail to gre-info@ets.org or order publications through the Web site at www.gre.org.
Pennsylvania State University Institution Code – 2660
Aerospace Engineering Department Code - 1601