[Isfet]

well, the GRE will sort of help or detract depending on how competitive the program you're applying to is. for a friend of mine who does Judaic studies and applied to schools that only accepted maybe three to five applicants into the program, the GRE score would be of some benefit.

i've heard, too, that they "don't really look" at the test score too much, or especially at the section that isn't related to what you'd be studying. i don't know how much that's true, so i wouldn't advise blowing the test off, necessarily.


you could also look into schools that don't require a GRE at all, but i guess it depends on what you're doing or planning.