I am curious about this issue... If an individual has a Master's degree in an area, and then he/she wants to get a second Master's degree in another area (but somehow realted), but the college/university has a GRE requirement - does that individual still have to take the GRE? For example: John Q. Public has a M.S. in Geology (the college did not require the GRE). He then wants to go an get a second Masters in Science Education at a different college, but they require the GRE for enrollment for graduate students. Since he already has one Masters - isn't he exempt from taking the GRE??? Thanks. Jay
Not from the University of Houston or Rice University. Even if you have a Masters degree, you have to take or retake the GRE. I don't like it one bit. It does happen. At the University of North Dakota, your GRE is waived if your GPA is high enough.
There might possibly be somewhere some school that would drop the GRE assessment for a second master's degree. The applicant would have to check with the school to which he/she is applying to see if they might possibly consider doing that. But since GRE expectations are at the discretion of the school anyway there is no across the board rule.
Probably not. The issue is likely two-fold: 1) It's not likely that the two graduate schools are similar enough that an accepted applicant at one is automatically acceptable by all others. 2) The pool of graduate applicants for any program changes regularly. Many programs have a limited number of seats available. What is acceptable this year may not be among the best applicants next year. While it might be reasonable to expect that an MA (English) holder would perform well in an MA (History) program -- it's probably not as reasonable to assume that an MBA holder would do well in an MS (Biology) program. I would assume though that the GPA from the earlier grad degree would weigh far more than the GRE score...
I've made specific inquiries regarding this exact question with about six US RA grad schools. The answer in each case was, "We could probably waive that requirement in such a case." Jack
