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Well, my area of interest is Ancient History. From what I have heard Quant does not really matter, but you also see the advice of "do not score poorly." I suppose this question comes down to the actual experience of individuals; does it really matter? There are many conflicting opinions of how much the test matters in general and how much the various pieces factor into the overall evaluation.

Hi all. I know this question has probably come up before, so please excuse me if this has been answered recently. I know there is a similar thread, but it is more focused on the hypothetical needs of GRE scores. So anyways, I recently took the GRE and did not score very well on the Quantitative section. When I say not well, I mean like 60th percentile. However, my Verbal score was above the 95th percentile and my writing score was also strong. The weird thing is, I actually do math for a living right now, but just did not brush up on my high school math concepts that much before the exam. Perhaps my work experience will reflect that I am not disabled when it comes to mathematics? I had very limited study time (2 weeks-ish) and due to the importance of the Verbal score to most programs, I tried to spend my study time on that subject matter. Due to the strong Verbal score, I am really hesitant to retake the exam. Would you worry about the low Quant score when it is offset by a very high Verbal score? I appreciate everyone's advice!

Unfortunately, my applicable language background is not there. I have a year of Italian and four years of highschool Spanish. I guess my question is if the promise of being up to date with languages upon beginning my MA (self study over the next year and an intensive class next summer) enough to be considered? I imagine that would really be going out on a limb. I do have a strong reference from the field however; not sure if both through my SoP and recommendations making that commitment is enough for consideration?

I am currently considering applying for graduate study and would love some advice. I graduated roughly four years ago from a good school with a 3.5 GPA and a major in Economics and a minor in History. After graduation, I immediately went to work for a consultancy and have been doing that ever since. Great for paying the bills but not fulfilling in the slightest sense. In hindsight, it was a pretty big mistake. History has always been my passion and was considering graduate school in history even while still in undergrad. faced with mountainous amounts of debt from undergrad (since paid off), it seemed like the rational choice at the time. Now four years out, I would like to go back to study trade and economics within Late Antiquity. As I look over the applications process and recommendations for various programs, I feel really stuck on the language requirements for my desired field of study. Most notably, my Latin is almost non-existant. I have no qualms with doing what I need to do to get up to speed and am dedicated to getting to where I need to be. However, after talking to faculty at several programs they really made it seem as though without undergraduate coursework in Latin (even if I follow a rigorous course of self study and attend a summer course next year) I really don't have much of a shot. As far as the GRE, I am taking the test in about a month and have been putting significant time into studying for the exam over the last couple of months. I have historically done very well on standardized exams and am not expecting a low score *fingers crossed*. For my letters of recommendation, I have two history professors from undergrad who remember me well and are willing to write letters. For the third, based on my professional background, does it make sense to have a recommendation written by a colleague from my job, or will the admissions board not really care about my professional record? My thought is it could demonstrate a strong work ethic and good performance within a high-intensity job. Based on my background, am I better off applying to a stand-alone MA program and then trying to work my way into a good PhD program?