I took the new GRE last year.
157 verbal, 73% below.
153 quant, 56% below.
4.5 writing, 73% below,
I have a 3.7 GPA and a pretty good CV for an undergrad, but I am wondering how much the GRE plays a part in the admissions/assistantship offering process. How important does a GRE score like mine play in my chances? Should I take it again? I didn't prepare at all last time. Thanks!
Estimate:
Q- 650-750
V- 530-630
Combined: 1180-1380
Scores:
Q- 153 65%
V- 157 77%
AW- 4.5, 72%
Edit: 1240 is my combined in the old score according to the concordance table.
I took the test October 4th.
Kind of in shock that 4.5 has that high of a percent below... It's a crappy score.
Also my verbal ended up being higher than my quantitative??? What???? Not very pleased, but it is what it is.
From what I've been told by professors, if you break 300-310 in your combined score, you'll be fine for most schools. This may just be within my field and also in the southern US, but I had a number of professors tell me this when I asked. I do think 320 is high.
I'm looking at the concordance chart, and that seems about right. If my schools required a 1200, then I should probably be trying for a minimum of 155 in the two subject areas, I guess. It's difficult to understand given the different things I'm reading from different people's posts, but the concordance chart is from ETS, so I guess the coorelation chart there is probably going to be the most dependable.
Have you gotten your scores yet? If so when did they show up? Are they higher or lower than what you estimated from the range you received on test day? I'm anxiously hitting refresh, just wanted to hear if anyone had gotten their scores yet. I think they will show up by tonight.