The Tepper School of Business faculty who review applications use the test scores as one component in the overall evaluation of an applicant’s file. For the more technical areas, a high quantitative score sends a positive signal about the applicant’s ability to handle math. In other areas, this may be less important. More generally, because of the relatively small size of the Tepper School Ph.D. program, we recruit students very carefully, looking at how well prepared they are for the course of study they have chosen, how well their research interests match with those of our faculty, and how well recommended they are by the people chosen as references. In this process, essays, transcripts of work done in college or previous graduate school, references and exams all play a role in assisting the decision.