GRE Low Score Help Advice Please!!

Graduate School
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<p>I am an undergraduate electrical engineering student.
I just took the GRE general and I got a 650V and 680Q. The essays went well.
I was getting 750+ on Q on all practice exams and I went and panicked like hell in the testing room. I am a horrible test taker. My math grades from all calc to linear to ode to probability are all A's. </p>

<p>My gpa is 3.46.</p>

<p>I have three great recommendations and great research and one first author publication.
My targets are Stanford, Cornell, UT Austin.
I am so ashamed of my score. I have no idea what I should do. Do you think I should retake the test in January? </p>

<p>I appreciate your help.</p>

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<p>^BUMP^</p>

<p>any advice is useful. i dont know if i should waste my time taking it over. i have to send out apps to schools within 10days.</p>

<p>thanks in advance</p>

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<p>That's an excellent balanced score! Unfortunately, my guess would be that E.E. doesn't exactly focus on being a great writer! ...Do you know where you lie in comparison to the means of the programs you're applying to?</p>

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<p>Thanks for responding!</p>

<p>The mean for Quantitative is 750+ according to schools and according to ETS for EE it is 724.</p>

<p>It really is the fact that I am a horribly nervous test taker. I dont know why, its been true since I was 10 and standardized tests became the ticket to a good school.</p>

<p>I think I'll retake it in Jan no matter what, if even to just convince myself I am not a completely moronic engineer.</p>

<p>But, I dont know how it will hurt me. Any professors on talk confidential?</p>

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<p>Retake it. The Q score won't make the cutoffs for Stanford or Cornell.</p>