GRE question

[Jorge_158]

Hi! 

I am intending to apply to Political Science programs, in the field of comparative politics, to a mix of Top 10 and Top 25 programs. I am an international student. My score is 164 Q, 156 V and 4.0 AWA. Do you think I should retake the exam?

 

Thanks!

[bmo103]

I would retake it and try to get your verbal score up.

[LM2022]

164 is not low for Q, but not exceptionally high either. 156 is definitely not good for V, and will hurt your chances, but if I have an exceptional, exceptional, exceptional profile that makes you look like quant geek then I think 156 will not necessarily "doom" you. AW is a bit low as well, but as I said if your background is mainly quant, those inperfections, in the eyes of some profs/adcom members, are tolerable.

If you are not a quant geek, retake the exam.

[Jorge_158]

Ok. I would retake it then. Just to close, the 156 fill "will hurt definitely my chances", even though I am a Mexican applicant (100 percent International student)? ?