tony_flow

Excellent. Thanks for the suggestion! I only used a study book last time, so I'm sure the course will be a much better option. Again, I appreciate it! I do have a couple of ideas in mind for the SOP that I've been mulling over.

Nope. I dread retaking it, but I'm afraid you two are probably right. I did take a stats class in college (I got a B) for whatever that's worth, but I should just suck it up and take a prep class or something at the community college. Thanks! I was hoping to hear something like that. I don't think my SOP will be a problem, so I suppose my goal for this Fall should be to bump up my quant score as much as possible.

I scored in the 20th percentile. I got into every program I applied to. Absolutely does not matter in your application. To be honest, the low math score might even be a little endearing to an admissions committee full of English department people who are also terrible at math

Hello everyone! I’m writing this to gauge whether or not I have a reasonable chance of getting into a top-20 Ph.D program in sociology (or if I should start out at the MA level). I recently withdrew from a Ph.D program (in rhetoric/communication studies) after I realized after a semester I was in the wrong field for my interests. After some thought I’ve landed on sociology. First, a little about me: I have a BA in English with a 3.8 GPA and completed an honors thesis with high distinction. I have subsequent experience teaching abroad (one year) and two internship experiences (one with an immigration attorney and one with a campus human rights organization). I’ve also published one peer-reviewed journal article, albeit in a different discipline (rhetoric). I suppose it’s worth mentioning that I received all A’s in the grad courses I did take, but I don’t know how much that would matter to an admissions committee. My recommendations are all very strong. My GRE scores are the biggest problem: V160, Q145, W5.0. I had hoped that having published peer-reviewed research might compensate for my awful quant score, but after seeing people on this forum worry over much higher scores than mine, I worry I might’ve been too optimistic. Do I have a chance at all? Or should I be applying to MA programs as a stepping stone to the Ph.D, even at the risk of debt? Any advice is so very much appreciated!