Get all the information you need on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) at www.gre.org.
International students should visit www.toefl.org for important information on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. (Foreign nationals – for whom English is not the native tongue, or who have not already received a master’s degree in an English speaking country – are required to take this test.)
The institution code for Washington University in St. Louis is: 6929
The Social Work department code is: 5001
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is required for ALL applicants to the Ph.D. Program in Social Work at Washington University. Applicants should supply test results for all three (verbal, quantitative and analytical) sections. While there is no minimum acceptable score, the most competitive applicants receive a minimum of 500 in the verbal and quantitative sections and 5.0 or above in the written analytical portion. We will consider the higher set of scores for an applicant who sits for the examination more than once. In any case, test scores expire five years from the original test date.
Applicants are strongly advised to sit for the examination no later than December 1 to allow sufficient time for their scores to reach us by the Jan. 2 program deadline. Applications with missing GRE scores cannot be reviewed.