<p>I just received my gre score yesterday and got a 670v-780q.
I believe my verbal score is good enough to survive the cut-offs from any university. Some universities even don't consider it at all! (I got a friend who got in to MIT with verbal below 400, but with a perfect quant)</p>
<p>But since I'm an mechanical eng. applicant, I'm rather worried about my quant score. Considering that the math problems in GRE is very easy, and any people with mech eng degree should be able to get a 800 easily, I'm rather worried about my quant score. I'm aiming for MIT or Stanford (applying for MS degree).</p>
<p>I know GRE is not the most important factor in deciding admission, but you don't want to be standing out from the 800Q-pack.</p>
<p>What do you suggest guys? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>You'll be more than fine. The GRE tries to trick students and the fact that you probably only made 1 little mistake is no big deal, departments won't care.</p>
<p>Agreed. You're an international student: you're cut some slack on your verbal and writing scores because English might not be your mother tongue. Well, the quant problems are written in English, too. You'll be forgiven for misinterpreting what a couple of them were asking. Especially since I'm sure you can demonstrate your achievement in more advanced math courses through your transcript. (How can an A or equiv. in DiffEQ not outweigh a couple of questions wrong on the GRE?)</p>
<p>Even in a program like MIT's, the quant GRE average is something like 740 (or thereabouts -- US News has the actual number, but I don't have paid access). For all intents and purposes, a 780 is the same as an 800.</p>
<p>I bought US News's Grad School magazine (don't buy it btw, completely useless). The number they give for the avg. quant score in MIT's engineering program is 779 (from the entering class of '06, I think the numbers were revised this year). You're right on the money. And Mollie is right, there really is not that much difference between a 780 and an 800 no matter how you slice it. No one would decide between two applicants based on something like that.</p>