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Depends what kind of programs you're interested in. If you are applying to an econ program, for example, they don't really care. The only thing that matters is that quantitative score. Hell, most econ professors are bad writers, speakers and communicators...even ones at top schools. At the end of the day, and this is especially true in the US, they will just torture you with mathematics. That's why they want to see a high quant score. All you do is math at top programs, you don't need to worry about writing.. If you're talking about Political Science, or any of the other social sciences, they yeah they care about it. However, most top schools make exceptions for people with english as a second language if the rest of the GRE is strong.