The Graduate School has received many questions from
programs interested in removing the GRE requirement in their admissions
processes, in some cases due to the Covid-19 pandemic making access to testing
difficult or impossible for students. At the same time, there are many graduate
programs that are uncertain how they can review admissions applications without
the GRE.
In this context, we held an online panel of
faculty from graduate programs that have successfully removed the GRE
requirement from their admissions requirements. This panel covered what led
to the decision in the program to remove the requirement, what the process was
for revising application review, and how things have been going in the program
without the GRE.
Our goal was to help other faculty who are interested in
removing the GRE requirement gain guidance from their peers about how they might
implement this in their own program at UW-Madison.
We were very grateful to be joined by the following faculty
panelists:
- Emily
Fletcher, Associate Professor, Philosophy PhD/MA
- Peter
Lewis, Associate Professor, Biochemistry PhD/MS
- Tracy
Schroepfer, Professor, Social Work MSW
- Christy
Tremonti, Associate Professor, Astronomy PhD/MS
Associate Dean and Professor of Political Science Lisa
Martin moderated the discussion. We were also joined by Alexia Rebne,
Admissions Coordinator in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate program, to talk
about their decision to use the holistic admissions tool “Kira Talent”.
