<p>I took the GRE today and I'm less than satisfied with my quantitative score. I'm planning on applying to grad schools in December-January, so I'm shooting to retake the GRE sometime in November. Is this enough time? Does retaking the GRE look "bad" to grad schools? Do most schools consider just your highest score, or are the scores combined? I'm applying to basically every speech pathology Master's program in California. My verbal and analytical scores are more relevant, apparently (I did quite well on the verbal, and I'm predicting a good writing score), but I would like to have a higher overall score. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>u didn’t offer any number so no one can answer quantitatively, what do you mean “higher overall score”? usually you won’t need high Q for your field but it might look good on you!, sorry, can’t answer better with that much of info</p>
<p>Well, I got around the 50th percentile on the quantitative section, but I want to practice more to get a better score. My verbal was almost 600. I know that for my field, verbal and analytical is given more thought, but I want to balance things out between my GPA and GRE. I already signed up to take the test again, because I’m just a natural worrier :/</p>
<p>that’s better! now that you’ve registered you might wanna take a look at Barron’s Q section, since I’m EE and Q is cake for us, I can’t judge its efficacy, but I’ve heard it’s tougher than prep material so it might help. you can also boost the V and AW based on your first experience as a bonus of retake too.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. I’m really hoping to raise all my scores. I’ll check that book out. I used Princeton Review’s “Cracking the GRE” book, but I want a new book dedicated to quant. My biggest problem was the time limit, not the actual material, though. I should take a lot of practice tests.</p>
<p>Cyo118, if time is the issue, then try the Nintendo DS Brain Games as training. I know it sounds silly, but it does two things: increases the speed of your mental calculations, and sharpens quick thinking and observation skills. My D had very little time to prepare for her GREs (two weeks, with a day job), and it helped her immensely. It’s not going to teach you material you don’t know, but it will allow you to move faster through the problems.</p>
<p>Brain Age is not going to improve your GRE score.
Taking the PowerPrep tests that are available online free and are IDENTICAL to the real GRE…will!</p>
<p>Sorry to be unclear. A combination of both will help. Some people run out of time on the practice and real tests because they aren’t used to doing fast, mental calculations. Brain Age (again, sorry for the wrong name) trains you to think fast. The Power Prep gives you actual questions to test and correct your knowledge.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies, everyone. I will give Brain Age and other fast-paced games a shot, but I definitely have to try Powerprep more than anything else. I didn’t practice with Powerprep the first time around because my computer isn’t compatible, but I see that I’m going to have to use a virtual box to use the program. ETS really needs to make Powerprep for 64-bit computers!</p>