<p>I'm currently planning on applying for biomedical/life sciences grad school next year, although I'll be graduting this winter. I took the GRE General this January and got:</p>
<p>680 Verbal
690 Math</p>
<p>Not satisfied, I took the GRE General again today and got:</p>
<p>670 Math :(
750 Verbal (?!)</p>
<p>So my question is, considering that I'm applying for biomedical grad schools, are my GRE General scores from today sufficient enough that I don't need to take it again? It's a little weird for me, since I'm under the impression that for sciences my scores should be the other way around. I have not taken the GRE Bio subject test, and plan to do so on April 09. </p>
<p>I'd focus on the rest of your application. At this point, you're just confirming that your quant skills are mediocre (not bad, mind you, just not amazing; and your verbal was great on the second go around!) I don't think improving on the third go-around is really going to do much for you. If I were your adcom, I'd probably think it was a fluke (or, really, a matter of the testing effect) since the first two quants are almost identical. If the rest of your application is great, a 1420 combined will do you a lot of good and a 750 verbal is probably the 99th percentile, right? (quant...more like in the 60s?)</p>
<p>750 is insane for verbal. I don't know what you need for your programs in terms of quant score, you should talk to a prof and find out. If you are bellow the auto-reject line then you might need to, otherwise you are good.</p>
<p>Oh boy, got back the paper results today. Scores are the same(obviously), but found that on writing, improved by 1 whole point, 4.5 to 5.5</p>
<p>So I guess my question is still: should I go for it one last time to improve my quant section? Or stay put and concentrate on other stuff? I am trying to apply for life sciences PhD grad schools.</p>
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if you did something special for the verbal, maybe it'll work for the quant section. i may be wrong, however.
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<p>Verbal can be all over the place. In practice tests I've gotten above 700 and below 600. Unlike the quant, luck plays a pretty big part. If you just happen to see words you know, or have a reading passage that is something you are interested in, you can shoot up, big time. And if on another day, the reading passage is something is about a subject that you hate or bores the hell out of you, you can drop like a rock. </p>
<p>At least that's how it works for me.</p>
<p>To "three roads": If you are scoring consistently higher in Quant on practice tests, then maybe consider retaking. But if you are still hitting near 670, then I see no point in doing it again. </p>
<p>Also, get Barron's GRE book. It is the best for math, hands down. If it improves your practice scores considerably, go for it.</p>