luliov
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Hey folks,
New member to the board here, but have been a sneaker for a while. Going to be applying Fall 2009 for Fall 2010. Hope to get to know many of you as year progresses.
I have two quick questions: First, does anyone recall the thread where someone posted a google doc. listing information on a large number of grad programs? it had a bunch of information, including average gpa, gre, deadlines, etc. i just can't find it now!
two: i just obtained a 1210 (580 quant, 630 verb) score on my GRE. assuming my other factors are very strong (3.82 gpa, ppia fellow, fulbright fellow, government + other internships, fulbright, bilingual, minority), how much does a 1210 weaken my claim to a position at wws, ksg, georgetown msfs + ssp and fletcher? what about SAIS? (i assumeSAIS should be in a separate category given the econ focus, but i'm sure wws and ksg care more than georgetown would, for example). unfortunately, it's almost impossible for me to take it again so I am just curious to get ya'll's insight on where i stand on this.
thanks!
GRE question and Grad school question
in Government Affairs Forum
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I am considering taking it again, but I'm worried that I may not score significantly higher. I was very disappointed with the 580; all my practice tests (aside from the first diagnostic) have netted scores 610-660 in quant. I studied concertedly over the summer (7 weeks or so, interrupted in the middle by a 2 week vacation) and still obtained that unfortunate score.
Thus, my question is: Is it worth taking it again even risking that I may not do significantly better? I am worried that if I score ~580 again, I'll be merely confirming my deficiency (rather than just allowing evaluators to consider "he might have been having an off day"). I am not sure how much time and effort I'll be able to dedicate to it this fall.
I honestly think it might have just come down to "luck" in being given quant questions that are more/less conducive to my abilities--and I just got a bad rap on the actual test.
Sorry for the rant, but it's certainly been worrying me the past few days.