<p>Hi. I am a senior undergraduate student in SUNY at Buffalo, and my major is Electrical Engineering. My current GPA is 3.83 and my GRE score is Q-720, V-710, writing-3.0. I am planning to apply some top graduate school, and I have checked their websites. For EE or CSE major, it seems like most accepted student have quantitative score 760 or higher. Will my quantitative and writing score be a problem? Thank you very much for your advice.</p>
<p>General consensus is that research experience is the most important factor in PhD admissions. If you’re applying for masters, that may be different.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your reply. I am applying master program. Do you think I should take the GRE again?</p>
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That depends, do you think you can get a better score? What can you differently a second time around? The GRE is not like a slot machine where you get a different result every time, most people see a relatively consistent score unless they significantly change their preparation.</p>
<p>Your GPA and verbal score are great, but the quant is low and the writing worrying. I think your quant is probably okay but it will be a very slight drag on your application, and may take you of consideration for some fellowships (if you are otherwise eligible, which as a masters student is unlikely). </p>
<p>The writing is more problematic, especially if you are a native English speaker - the dividing line seems to be around a score of 4, since the test does not measure accurately above that and below that level suggests major deficiencies in your essays. If you an international student with a good TOEFL score they may let this pass, but for a domestic student this may be more alarming than the quant score, and suggests that you may have trouble writing papers.</p>
<p>cosmicfish,
Thank you very much for your advice. I am an international student, but I have earned my B.S. degree in U.S. I think I am not going to take the GRE again. I will try my best to make the rest of my application stronger.</p>
<p>Anyway, Does anyone know someone who didn’t do well on GRE, but has been accepted to top engineering graduate schools?</p>