Grad J~School, GRE and a Ivy League school

[NinjaPoodle]

I looked through the older threads but they didn't have the info I'm looking for.

So, I'm THINKING about applying to grad school and looking into options. Columbia has a J-School that looks interesting. I'm trying to find average GRE scores for them. It seems that Columbia also has the distinction of being the 1st graduate J School in the US. It also seems to be the only Ivy with a journalism school.

I'm also looking at other J~Schools: Boston U, NYU, UC Berkeley, Syracuse, U of Missouri- Columbia, San Francisco State, San Jose State, and Howard U. though the list is quickly shrinking because I'm looking for specifically Photojournalism.

While writing this, I found answers to my ??'s online and so, in the grand scheme of things, I guess I'm just trying to decide if it really matters if I go.

What where your deciding factors in deciding to attend graduate school?