<p>Haven't gotten my official scores so I don't know what I got on my writing, but I feel like I did well. Probably a 4-5. However, I got a 800Q/480V. I want to go to go for a M.S. in operations research. I don't want to retake because of the 800Q, considering i'm aiming for a math dominant field is the verbal score passable?</p>
<p>Just throwing this out there because many people may not know this. If you retake the GRE and skip a section without answering it, it will not score you. </p>
<p>So if you only complete the verbal section and choose to skip the entire quantitative section without answering any of the questions, you will get a verbal score, but the quantitative section will read "no score." Obviously because you did not answer any questions. A good way to maintain a flawless quantitative score and just focus on the verbal.</p>
<p>I read this in one of ETS' publications when I thought about retaking the GRE.</p>
<p>Ooh, sgk; I didn't know that. I wouldn't be too happy paying the full registration fee for half of a test, though....</p>
<p>Euler: Depends what the schools you're applying to expect from their masters students. Do their websites post minimums or means?</p>
<p>One of my friends got a 790Q/490V and still managed to get into a good number of top-10 PhD programs within Materials Science. He had also maintained a very high GPA and had solid research experience.</p>
<p>I also don't think they'd worry much about your verbal score provided your statement of purpose is coherent, too.</p>