Hey folks,
Annoying GRE question, but here goes:
Just took the GRE: 163V; 158Q; 5.5AWA. Graduated from a small liberal arts school with a 3.997 GPA; 4.0 in poli sci dept.; double majored (second major was in English); completed fairly large senior honors thesis in the poli sci dept; will have great letters or recommendations (my profs were probably my best friends in undergrad, sadly enough); edited a campus political science journal my senior year; was active on campus in other respects; etc.
My question is on the GRE score: I studied for ~ 6 months, and I think I left some points on the table as far as the quant score goes, but I'm pretty certain I peaked on my verbal.
Will the mediocre quant score eliminate me from consideration for the mid- / top-tier political theory PhD programs? Would scoring moderately higher (say, 161) be the difference maker? Is it worth it, in short, to retake to slightly bump up the quant?
Thanks!