<p>i know math is really good...but i really wanted to break 500 on english...would it matter too much for MS / PhD programs in electrical engineering?</p>
<p>also, does the 800 look a lot better than like say...740 or 760??...or does it not matter much at all?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure most schools want you to break 500 in both categories. Obviously an engineer can do well in math because engineering involves lots of math. It’s more unheard of for them to score high in verbal, since that is not usually their best subject. My friend is getting his PhD in aerospace engineering at UF now. He used greatvocab.com to study for his verbal and it helped him a lot.</p>
<p>First that was not the OP’s answer, second “break 500 in both cat.” are you insane? if an eng. app. gets 600 (which means breaking 500) on math they should certainly doubt their whole existence as an engineer, but 600 on verbal means you’re almost awesome in that category. Not to mention overall percentiles for 600 in math is a lot lower than verbal (50 to 85 I believe.)</p>
<p>So to the OP: your score is pretty good although could not be considered OUTstanding, but still you should think about what school you’re applying to if you’re applying to uark (just saying) that score will be well above what they need, if you’re applying to eecs of MIT they don’t need it at all (because GRE is not part of their app. reqs. for whatever reason that is beyond me.) if you’re applying to UCLA you can be sure there are tons of other applicants with better scores. So it really depends on where you are applying to, and what you are after: MS or PhD? funded or self-fund? besides while 750 on math is rather low but it also depends on the school, some schools might only look at Q, some other might look at V only (yes eng. schools!) some look at both, some look at sum, some look at percentiles, some consider AW really important, … but on a personal note I wouldn’t see any difference between 750 and 800, yes 800 means you are fast quick and can do the math that a 13 year-old can, but does that really mean you are going to be fast and quick on math involved in engineering research too? like I said a low 600ish Q score is going to hurt you horribly but anything above is 750-60 is just a matter of your test condition and stuff,</p>
<p>I didn’t mean ONLY break 500 in math. His math is already past that. I meant to prove you’re well rounded you should break 500 in both, not JUST math (as he did).
Then again, a 490 is pretty close to 500, so OP, you’re headed in the right direction. Check with the schools you are applying to in order to see what they require and what they’ve accepted in the past.</p>
<p>Its highly dependent upon your school. Some schools don’t care about verbal at all and as mentioned some only care about it. Some schools don’t even care what your essay scores are to the point where you can just skip them. Other admissions let you mix and match parts of the test from different times. For example if you got 600/780 and 650/800 the school would recognize it as 650/800.</p>
<p>A point specific to engineering… Many have foreign students which leads to lowered verbal scores… The key to some, and my, school is the math score and that you meet some threshold on an overall score. </p>
<p>Again, it depends on the school. I provide the above as an example of how different it can be from mentioned above. I would strongly suggest <em>talking</em> to someone in the department and see how it works. More often than not they will disclose the details such as that mentioned above.</p>
<p>About the scores, I can say for UF MAE that 780 to 800 is good for a direct to PhD application. That score is expected to be no problem for that program. Lower scores easily get into masters programs.</p>