<p>Do you know of anyone who scored very highly on one or both sections of the GRE? Do you know of anyone who scored very highly on a subject GRE? If so, please post their scores.</p>
<p>my girlfriend got a 780 on the quant section without studying. (i’m jealous)</p>
<p>I scored 730 on Verbal and 6.0 on Writing.</p>
<p>Why? Do you require proof that it happens? Do you want to ask them for tips? This seems rather pointless.</p>
<p>I agree with CosmicFish, haha</p>
<p>9% of the people who take the GRE math get a perfect score. Go figure lol</p>
<p>I do, in fact, have a friend who just took the GRE a couple of weeks ago and got a perfect quant. score.</p>
<p>He also took the LSAT (not interested in law school…just thought it’d be amusing, I suppose) this past winter and scored around the 99th percentile (I think he missed one or maybe two points? not sure how that works). So yeah, there are people like that out there, but you knew that already, right? They are the exception, not the rule.</p>
<p>I got a 720 verbal, 740 quant, and 5.5 writing. I majored in English, so the verbal and writing were pretty easy for me. The only way that I did well on the quant was because I tutored a 9th grader in Algebra for a year before the test. I took no math in college, so that reminded me of the basic techniques needed. I studied from a book, but never took a class. The only thing I regret was taking the test a year after graduating. I probably would have scored higher on the verbal if I had taken it straight out of college.</p>
<p>What grad school do you currently attend, Nikara? That’s a great score.
Churchmusicmom, your friend is extremely lucky. What did he end up doing?</p>
<p>wolfd - Churchmusicmom’s friend wasn’t lucky, they did well on a test. For most people that does not happen by luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, this guy is not “lucky”. He is extraordinarily gifted in certain areas. He actually took a couple years off after finishing college and taught martial arts and is now looking at applying to grad schools for some type of theoretical math, I believe. If I say more about it, I will be way over my head…</p>
<p>A friend of mine scored 650/800 (V/Q); he’s applying to CS graduate programs. He got an 800 on the SAT Reasoning Math as well, and the two tests’ quantitative sections correspond quite closely, I’m under the impression.</p>
<p>He’s not lucky to get those scores, he’s lucky to have a gift like that. I thought that was fairly obvious but I guess not…</p>
<p>I’m probably going to University of Delaware or Florida State. I am looking for a very specific Masters program, so there were very few options for where I could go. </p>
<p>I also scored similarly on the SAT and ACT, so I think there is a decent correspondence in scores there. I’ve always been good at standardized testing. If you know how to time yourself, it really helps.</p>
<p>800Q, 670V, 5.5AW on 2nd go. On my 1st go I got a 740Q but the other two scores were essentially the same. It was probably pointless writing it a second time but whatever. It was a year ago. The general GRE is such a worthless test.</p>
<p>I scored a 790V/740Q/6.0 AW. I’ve also always been good at standardized testing and I really like both math and writing, so <em>shrugs</em> I also tutored the SAT for a year in college, and the two tests are quite similar.</p>
<p>I got a 800 on the quantitative part. I wish I could say the same thing for the other sections.</p>
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<p>Danny
University of California, Berkeley '09 (B.S.)
St. Mary’s College of California '10 (M.S.)</p>
<p>wolfd - again, what is the purpose of this thread? Is there something you are trying to learn? What where your scores?</p>
<p>The GRE has no bearing on your grad app. You will spend your time better playing . . . than wasting your time on it</p>
<p>^why do you say that?</p>