What GRE quant are top IR M.A. programs looking for?

[Ethanf]

Hey all, I've heard lots of talk lately about how PoliSci/IR programs are moving much further towards crunching numbers than doing qualitative analysis. I took the GRE recently and scored a 170V/160Q (AWA TBD, likely 5+). Would a 160Q (73rd percentile) be sufficient for admission to top programs like Stanford, SAIS, SIPA or something similar? I don't have a serious math background, but I'm quite confident with stats, and work a PoliSci-focused job at a major tech company where I do a ton of data analysis. 

[uncle_socks]

The poli sci forum here is almost exclusively focused on political science PhDs. You'll probably have better luck in the governmental affairs subforum, where they talk about programs in SAIS/SIPA/WWS etc. pretty regularly. That being said, SAIS for International Affairs says their middle 50% GRE quant range is 152-161 (https://sais.jhu.edu/academics/degree-programs/master-degrees/master-arts-international-affairs/class-profile-maia), so a 160 would be perfectly fine. I doubt anywhere would be much more stringent that JHU (perhaps WWS excluded, where admission there is a different beast altogether). 

[GradGuy1]

170/160 can get you into any political science PhD program in the U.S. That's not WILL but CAN, so I would think the same would go for masters programs.