<p>I feel like I have a top notch college resume regardless of my awful GRE score. I have a 3.85 GPA and a 3.98 major GPA. My GRE score is a 570 verbal, 4 writing, and 260 math. I know the math is ridiculously low but who cares? I'm a history major. Anyway I'd like to get my masters in political science at UK. The program wants a GRE score (no minimum) and a minimum gpa of 2.8. I really feel like I would have zero problem getting in but I have no idea how seriously they take the GRE quantitative section. Could use some advice on this from some other humanities people. I've heard a lot of programs in the humanities and social sciences don't even care about the quantitative.</p>
<p>The quant usually isn’t looked at much for social sciences, but 260 is so abnormally low that it may become a factor.</p>
<p>I know I am not a humanities person. But by all means I feel you should really prepare a little and take the exam again. A 260 is like 2nd percentile or something close to that. Therefore, if I were on an admissions committee I would think either this person is seriously mathematically impaired(As in I would be concerned as to how they made it through their undergraduate school’s minimum requirement for math) or I would consider them a lazy person for not prepping at all because it is nearly impossible to score lower than a 260. Honestly, you might be able to randomly guess and score higher. Thus, it probably would not hurt to take it again, and maybe you could even raise your verbal. Good luck with your graduate endeavors.</p>
<p>260 O_O. I’m an engineer and I scored higher than you on the verbal, AW and got an 800 on the quant…</p>
<p>Like someone said 260 is literally the 2nd percentile which means you are at the very bottom and probably you could do better even just guessing… you really need to retake it.I know in engineering and the sciences they care a lot about quant and dont “care” about verbal, but you at LEAST need to be above the 50 percentile in verbal…</p>
<p>I got a 34th percentile quant and have been accepted to social sciences/natural resources programs, so 50th isn’t a must-get - but yeah, 2nd percentile is probably going to raise red flags.</p>
<p>Well I have a documented learning disability with Math. I do think I could do better with months and months of study but that is not something that interests me. I’d rather just take the LSAT, which has zero math on it. I could get special help for the math section and everything if I really needed to but I just really am apathetic towards the GRE. I know my personally opinions are nil but the thing is a horrible barometer of intelligence. I studied for like a week and took it, yeah I could do better but I’m so far ahead of all the GPA standards I don’t understand why I would have trouble getting into a program with a 2.8 gpa requirement. I crush that by 1.15 points.</p>
<p>Anyway I could add a letter saying I have a non-verbal learning disability with math along with my app to explain things. Again maybe I’m just being pretentious but why would a kid with a 1000 GRE score and a 3.0 get in over me? I just don’t see that happening and if it does I think I’d rather pursue something else.</p>
<p>Good for you. Maybe you can get your PHD in GRE studies.</p>
<p>You being defensive for no reason. You have a fantastic GPA and I want to say that for most people, their GRE scores will correlate to some degree with their GPA. So if you are aiming for a top notch program, the people will have BOTH of those things taken care of, and thus you will be excluded simply because other candidates offer both. Now, if you are aiming only for the program you mentioned, you might not have an issue. It’s just a waste for you to have such a nice GPA and be excluded from great opportunities because of your GRE.</p>
<p>Also, you’ve mentioned the disability but also that you only prepared a week for the GRE. Don’t you think studying a bit longer would help you? Sure you might not get the 90th percentile, but I am sure it would be higher than what you have currently.</p>
<p>If you are set on the program you mentioned, it might not be a problem, but it seems like you have the stats to apply to good schools so why not take advantage of it?</p>
<p>A relative of mine, for example, had a decent GPA but 20th percentile on the GMAT. He didn’t care about the school he went to, as long as it was A school, so he didn’t retake and is pretty happy where he is. So it all depends on what you want. You can also try contacting the school and perhaps asking them elaborate on their GRE requirements (or seeing if averages are posted anywhere).</p>