GRE scores for Engineering Masters

Graduate School
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<p>Hi I took the old GRE about 1 month ago and got 660V, 770Q, and 4 in writing. I was wondering if these GRE scores are decent enough for engineering masters programs in bioengineering or electrical engineering. </p>

<p>The schools I'm looking into are Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and some others. </p>

<p>I'm only interested in applying to the masters programs at all the particular schools. </p>

<p>So should I bother retaking the GRE or are my scores sufficient? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t bother retaking. Your scores are just fine.</p>

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<p>770 for Q isn’t impressive enough. I doubt such a score would catch the eye of the admissions officers at Stanford and Berkeley.</p>

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<p>A perfect quantitative score wouldn’t catch anyone’s eye either, but 770 should be high enough not to get the application disqualified at most universities. Average quantitative GRE scores for electrical engineering programs (according to phds.org):</p>

<p>774 - MIT
780 - John Hopkins
782 - Berkeley
785 - Columbia</p>

<p>Notable outliers:</p>

<p>800 - Caltech
800 - Georgia Tech
800 - Stanford</p>

<p>Your current scores should give you options, but maybe not as many options as a perfect quantitative score.</p>

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<p>[Best</a> Electrical Engineering Programs | Top Engineering Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/electrical-engineering-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/electrical-engineering-rankings). it has the avg Q gre scores on the right. You can try to get a higher one, but I wouldn’t risk it cause your verbal score might be lower, but they don’t care too much about that.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t retake. They’ll also look at your GPA and any research/internship experience you have too.</p>

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<p>Stick with the scores you have. I got accepted into the Georgia Tech Masters Program with a Q score of 720 and a GPA of 3.3. That said, I also had military experience and internship experience which may have also given me a boost.</p>

<p>As a side note, I chose to enroll at Auburn after they offered me a research assistantship.</p>

<p>By the way, good job on that 660V score!</p>

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<p>lol at RML who knows nothing. You’ll be fine. A 30 point difference won’t kill you. At this level, it’s the other stuff that will matter a lot lot more.</p>

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<p>I’m just saying it’s below the average at Stanford and Berkeley. I now several aspirants who scored a perfect 800 and were turned down. I am aware that there are other factors. But I am also quite sure that test scores would definitely be looked into. Thus, with such stats, I’d caution the OP to look for more schools to apply to. Not trying to be mean…</p>