Does the GRE Search mean anything?

[Kevin Johnson]

Hello all!

I recently had a few major changes in my thinking about what I want to do with my life.

For awhile, I thought I wanted to pursue my PhD in physics, so I signed up for the GRE and with it I signed up for the GRE Search tool, which I guess is a tool schools can use to find potential students. Then, I had a change of plans and decided I didn't want to go to grad school anymore and so I canceled my GRE's and started pursuing other things.

However, recently a school contacted me via the GRE search tool and I'm wondering if that doesn't mean anything. The email seems like a generic one which would have been sent to a large group of students but I'm not sure how large. I'm just wondering how interested they are based on this. Does anyone know?

Thank you!

 

[jedishrfu]

It could simply be a marketing and recruiting tool where colleges can encourage students to apply for admittance ie GRE is providing them with prospective students. I’m sure they didn’t check if you took a GRE or not. Once you apply then you must ask the GRE folks to release your score to them.