<p>So I took like 6 practice tests and got around 164 math and 153 verbal almost every time. I get my temp scores and it is 165/158 so I am happy. Then I get my report see the same and send it out. Then I look closer and it has me as math 158 and verbal 165!! There is just no way that is possible. My vocab is terrible and I was a math minor. I never scored below a 163 for any math practice and never scored above a 152 verbal - ever! I called ETS and they say there is no way they are wrong and will not do anything about it.</p>
<p>Anyone else ever had this happen?</p>
<p>Funny thing is my total the way i think it should be would be on the old scale 1370 but the way they have me it is a 1430 on the old scale. So maybe i should just be happy but I am afraid the math intensity of my major would be an issue.</p>
<p>My Daughter took the GRE last summer at the end of 2nd year. She got 161 Q and 160 V. Do you think it is necessary to take the GRE again? She is a BioChem major. Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes … given that she has so much time between now and when she needs to apply, she could take it again. Those scores are quite good, but they could be better, and she’s in a very competitive field. I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary, but it couldn’t hurt. Of course, spending time getting more research experience (which I hope she’s doing) might be a better use of her time.</p>
<p>I think it varies, but most schools want to be able to report that their students have high GREs, so I think they tend to use the highest section scores. I’m not sure of that, though.</p>
<p>It’s mainly used to look for people who take the GRE an inordinate number of times. The majority of people only take the GRE once. Repeating isn’t a big deal, but if you take it three or four or more times… that may be a red flag for gradcoms, because at that point it’s going to look like a. desperation and b. spending too much time on a relatively small part of the application.</p>
<p>I’m going to apply for an ivy league school in engineering. First of all, would a 780 in quantitative and 600 in verbal be sufficient? </p>
<p>Secondly, is it ok to take the test twice? Would it affect my chances if I did poorly on the first one? (considering that they see both results…)</p>
<p>Of course it depends on other parts of your app as well… but I wouldn’t say those are really good scores. quant 800 was like 94% I believe, so probably a large percentage of applicants who have a chance would have scores equivalent to 800. But as I said before, it comes down to how your qualified in other ways.</p>
<p>Yes, you can take the test twice- two times doesn’t seem like such a big deal to me. If you improve by a lot the second time, the first probably wouldn’t matter so much, and they might believe the first was due to sickness or something.</p>
<p>So I’m currently in a Master’s program and I just needed to do decent on the GRE to get in. I didn’t have plans beyond it so I pretty much studied the Math section for 3 days over break (Apparently I cram halfway decent), winged it on the verbal and writing.</p>
<p>Got my scores today (old version for easier compare)</p>
<p>530 - Verbal
760 - Math
5.5 - Writing </p>
<p>I was all set to study up now that I made the decision for a PHD, I figured with the whole summer gradually studying verbal and the the few math problems I was unsure of I could score a 600/800. My only worry is that I did so well on the writing I’m not sure I wanna risk getting less than a 5.5 a second time around. </p>
<p>So keep in mind I’ll have published work, a master’s thesis, excellent rec’s at the time of applying to PHD programs. I’m more looking at Penn State or University of Maryland College Park level, I’d say the only risky school is University of Michigian, that’s the only top 10 I’m applying to prolly.</p>
<p>I feel these scores won’t hurt me or help me (I’d say the writing balances out the math a little, do you have any idea how much writing is in thesis lol!). Plus from what I heard GRE is pretty low on the list after you have a full on Master’s Thesis to show.</p>
<p>Thoughts from those who applied in similar situation?</p>
<p>What if I bumped up my Verbal above 600 and math to 800, but writing dropped. Do schools look at both scores?</p>
<p>I am an older student (49) who returned to school about two years ago to complete my bachelors. My first time around in the late seventies my grades were pretty awful. This time around my current GPA is 4.0 before the old classes from the past average it down to around 3.33. My major is BS Mathematics and I expect to graduate in December. I just took the new flavor of the GRE and scored 169Q, 170V, and 4.5 on the writing.</p>
<p>So, am I decent candidate for MS/PhD programs? Would you need to know more to hazard a guess?</p>
<p>Aside from dougb444, did anybody else experience a change in their official score report from their unofficial scores? I suppose this doesn’t happen too often.</p>
<p>the new test is on a total different percentile than the old one…this really ****ed me off…</p>
<p>a 5 on the writing is 92nd percentile
a 150 on the math is now the 43rd percentile and not 54 like it used to be
a 159 in writing is now in the 80th percentile.</p>
<p>I THINK THIS TEST IS BULL.
I had a 4.0 as an undergraduate in my major, a 3.79 overall, and a 3.87 as a graduate student while I was working.</p>
<p>on the old scale I would have gotten a 1220…I’m quite ****ed… Their little “practice tesT” from ETS’ booklet and cd said I would be getting a 1420… BS!!!</p>
<p>I’m a rising junior looking to go to grad school in either molecular biology or neuroscience. I took the GRE today, but at 8 AM - and, due to various unfortunate circumstances, I only got about 3 hours of sleep the night before. Didn’t do as well as I hoped (or as well as my powerprep practice scores were showing)!</p>
<p>According to my ‘unofficial’ score report, I got a 167 V/165Q. I know this isn’t a ‘bad’ score, but I’m wondering if it’s worth retaking, since I’ve got a fair amount of time until I start applying (~a year). </p>
<p>I’ll hopefully be looking at fairly strong programs, and my other credentials should be reasonably strong. Any advice about whether or not a retake is worth it would be much appreciated. Aside from admissions, I’m also wondering about things like NIH fellowships - are GRE scores important there, and would a higher one help me? </p>
<p>I got a 158 verbal (570~580 in the old scale) and a 162 quantitative (770~780 in the old scale). Is that adequate for a top 20 electrical engineering phD? I have a 3.7 GPA. </p>
<p>I’m not going to lie, I am scared shtless by this exam. All I’ve done so far are some vocab, but I haven’t really taken any practice tests or done any practicing whatsoever.</p>
lower than what I expected and far lower than what I was averaging on practice tests.</p>