<p>@zipzip, 163Q is like 88% percentile - not that great for engineering, right?</p>
<p>actually that is pretty good! I had a close friend of mine get into USC’s engineering graduate program with a 158 quantitative and 150 verbal score, their writing was a 4.5… (4.0 GPA from a state school) 740+450=1190 on the old scale
so seriously your scores are good…</p>
<p>Alright, that’s comforting, thanks!</p>
<p>you had ONE friend get into USC engineering program, which for all I know, isn’t ranked very high. the Q score is way more important than the verbal. Most of the engineering schools I’ve looked at had their average Q scores to be 750+ or right around that neighborhood. I don’t know the conversion, but you get the idea.</p>
<p>I think a 161 or 162 is a 750Q?</p>
<p>It seems different sources have different conversion charts, which is stupid.</p>
<p>ETS provides a standard conversion chart however.</p>
<p>For a mechanical engineer who wants to pursue a management focused M.Eng program in top 10 schools (Ivy equivalent):</p>
<p>V: 148 (English not first language)
Q: 162
AW: 4.0</p>
<p>Too low? Is it really worth re-taking this test?</p>
<p>Son graduated in '11 (magna cum laude) with BS degree in CS; has worked for about fourteen months for a tech company (programming/coding or whatever else he does), and recently scored Q:161 and V:166 on the GRE. Lives in the Bay area and will apply to Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, Cal Tech, UC Santa Barbara and a few other places. I realize much more goes into an application than just GRE scores, but does he have a chance at the schools on his list? Thanks.</p>
<p>No one does ‘chances’ for grad school, and even if someone did, they would need a lot more information than what you gave. GRE is not super important, only one component of applying.</p>
<p>I want to go to the bay area… It looks so nice there.</p>
<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I will be applying to ChE and BME PhD programs this fall at top schools (MIT, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Yale, etc). I got my GRE scores today: Q165 (790-800 old scale, 92nd percentile), V157 (560 old scale, 73rd percentile), AW5.0 (92nd percentile). I’m not asking for chances but what I want to know is if these scores are good enough so I don’t need to worry about having my application hurt by them.</p>
<p>I think I have a very solid application in all other respects. I have a high GPA & perfect major GPA from a top undergrad ChE school, 2.5 years of research experience in both academia and industry, good letters of recommendation, and a nice story to tell in my personal statement. I currently work as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry.</p>
<p>I just need some assurance that I can put the GREs behind me and focus on finishing up my applications. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>dugmel27, wouldn’t worry about it at all.</p>
<p>Hi everyone… </p>
<p>I’m planning to apply for admission to PhD in medical sciences, particularly immunology or microbiology, for Fall 2013 to UCLA, UCSF, Penn State.</p>
<p>I got my GRE scores today: QR = 165, 92th percentile; VR = 154, 62nd percentile; AW = 4.0, 50th percentile. Just wanted to ask if my scores are good enough for admission to the program and these universities above?</p>
<p>I think my application is OK in other aspects except the research part and now GRE. I have a GPA of 3.5, but only 1 research experience (which is not lab based by the way) and publication. </p>
<p>How would you rate my chances? Would it be better for me to enrol in a Masters course to gain research experience first before going for PhD?</p>
<p>Thanks! :-)</p>
<p>FYI, I’m an international student…</p>
<p>Took my GRE friday:
V - 164
Q - 151
AW - Still pending.
I’m applying to the University of Chicago’s MAPH program. I went there for undergrad, and my application is somewhat strong otherwise.
i am NOT happy with that Quant score, even though I know it supposedly does not matter when applying to a humanities program. I’m not sure if it’s because I studied extremely hard for the quant section or what, but will it hurt my chances?</p>
<p>Being accepted to any particular grad school is not guarenteed, no matter what your scores. Knew students who were accepted at Caltech but not to Harvard; admitted to Harvard but not to Stanford and the list goes on. Most students applied to around 8 schools; few were accepted to more than 6.</p>
<p>For a mechanical engineer who wants to pursue a management focused M.Eng program in top 10 schools (Ivy equivalent):</p>
<p>V: 148 (English not first language)
Q: 162
AW: 4.0</p>
<p>Is my verbal too low? Is it really worth re-taking this test?</p>
<p>I just got my GRE scores and am wondering if my writing is going to screw me (4.0). I got a 170 Verbal and a 161 Quant. I’m applying for very competitive English PhD programs, so I’m a bit concerned. From what I’ve heard, writing doesn’t matter that much. Also, I won a prize for best honors thesis in my department my senior year, so that should outweigh the low AW score, right? Thanks!</p>
<p>My girlfriend is freaking out because she got a 3 on AW. She is a very good writer and got 159 (80th %) on Verbal. Should she retake the GRE? Should she consider paying for a rescore? The idea that she is at the 11th percentile for writing is a joke.</p>
<p>And how can they justify sending AW scores after the registration deadline for the next GRE has passed?</p>