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      My HS Chem Teacher had a BS from Brooklyn.cuny.edu on the 1960s.   
   He had to pass the GRE-Chemistry test in order to graduate.  I'm   
   wondering how prevalent such requirements are today.  My personal view   
   on this is that the GRE3 (ie Subject Exam) should be made tougher (eg,   
   up to the doctoral level) and the max score elevated to reflect this   
   (ie, a 700 in the old GRE3 should still be a 700 but a PhD student   
   might need, say, a score of 2000 as the equivalent of passing the   
   qualifying.)  I am all for standardising testing so as to deregulate   
   delivery. The best thing to wake academia up would be if students   
   could study on their own (some research professors are so bad that top   
   students in top school basically learn on their own these days anyway   
   - the best student in such places is usually the one who cuts class   
   the most) and not have to pay tuition. It would be the ultimate form   
   of financial aid.   
      
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       Vasos-Peter John Panagiotopoulos II, Columbia'81+, Bio$trategist   
   	      BachMozart ReaganQuayle EvrytanoKastorian   
     ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice.  Everything fully disclaimed.}---   
      
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