Do I have a high enough PGRE score for the best US universities?

[hm0123]

Hello, I am an international student who are going to apply for Physics PhD program at universities in the US. My research field is theoretical Physics, and my PGRE score is 900. Is it enough for top universities such as MIT, or Caltech? Or is it better not to report the score to the universities when I apply? Please help me.

 

[Vanadium 50]

The US is not India. There is no make-or-break test score.

There are many, many threads here explaining how US admissions work. Read them.

A decent scientist should have been able to answer this question. Google will tell you 5000-6000 people will take the PGRE per year. Google will also tell you a 900 is the 92nd percentile. So ~400 people do that well or better.

How many grad students do MIT and Caltech admit? How does 400 compare to that number?

This I think is the bigger problem - perhaps you are good at solving textbook problems, but you should have been able to handle a scientific question like your on your own. US grad schools - not just MIT - expect this.