<p>Hi all I got a 440V and 730Q my first time. My goal is 1400+, I think I can get 800 in Quant if I practice a little harder, and that means 600+ on Verbal which I am not sure about. I am applying to Stanford and MIT for Aerospace engineering, when is the latest time to take the GRE? The deadlines are Dec. 7th and 15th respectively. I was thinking Nov 5th, would that be pushing it?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>that’s not pushing! your scores will be ready before the end of Dec, besides there’s not much tendency for receiving scores before deadlines IF the the rest of your application is submitted before the deadlines. It’s just a number, right? not much time needed for processing. BUT you should consider ANOTHER retake if 1400-ish is vital. boost of 200-ish is risky. What’s your current V? any improv from 440?</p>
<p>It will be TOUGH to bring up 150-200 points on the verbal. I spent the last 3 1/2 months studying for the verbal, including all the vocabulary in Kaplan and Barron’s (800 top GRE scores book) and roots and was able to raise from 430 V (from last time I took the GRE) up to 580 on my last ETS practice exam. </p>
<p>Unless you plan to study nothing but verbal in the next month, it’ll be hard to bring up that much in such a short time. Besides, you <em>just</em> really need to break 500 for verbal in your field for your GRE scores to be acceptable.</p>