Lets say you get a rubbish Quant score on the GRE....can that be overlooked?

[jilly11]

Hi all,

I am studying hard for the GRE - particularly the Quant section as it is not my strong suit at all.

However lets just say I still manage to bomb out on the Quant but ace the Verbal.

If overall my whole application was very strong but the Quant score was this one glaring low point...do you think that could be the basis of a school rejecting my application, or picking a similar applicant over me that had a high quant score?

I just don't quite know how important the Quant score is to Art History selection committees.

Any advice??

Thank you!

[fullofpink]

If your Verbal is over 600 on the old test and your Q score gets you a combined score of 1000 (or over), then I think you are fine.

The new test it is hard to say since the numbers are very different and one can determine exactly how many questions you missed just by looking at it.