What kind of scores on the GRE are expected at the top schools?
I asked a friend at one of the top schools for chemical engineers for some feedback on this, and these are the numbers from the mid 1990’s: The summary statistics for students presently enrolled in graduate school here (94 students total) are: Average undergraduate GPA: 3.74 ( on a 4.0 scale) Average Verbal GRE score: 617 ( approximately 83%) Average Quantitative GRE score: 764 ( approximately 90% ) Average Analytical GRE score: 722 ( approximately 91% ) My professors insist on derivations and very theoretical calculations. Why can’t they just give us the formulas and let it go at that? This question was addressed very eloquently by Professor Noel de Nevers in his text “Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers” (2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 1991). In the study of engineering “we can focus on either the application of principles or on the techniques of solving problems. The author recommends attention to the principles. In the 10 years following the author’s graduation from college the engin
