Relative weight given to GRE within disciplines

[hopefulJD]

It seems to me like humanities programs like history and English clearly only care about the verbal score, whereas social sciences like sociology and political science give both sections equal weight. Is this accurate? If so, it does make sense given the focus of each discipline. I only ask because of personal curiosity as my interests lie across multiple disciplines and it might be useful to know how various departments will look at my scores. Not suggesting anyone should choose a discipline to go into based on the strengths of their GRE scores

Also, I've searched on these forums regarding how departments deal with multiple scores. Some schools take your highest, while others consider every score. The consensus seems to be that the most recent score is given the most weight, especially if there are multiple years in between the tests. Can anyone provide more insight? When the highest score is taken, is it from your highest in one sitting or highest from each section? Or does this change considerably from place to place as well? I have a feeling that nothing is concrete with grad school apps and everything is up in the air Ugh

[SapperDaddy]

Every school evaluates applicants differently. So yes, in general, History departments generally focus on the verbal score, that is not set in stone.

[oseirus]

hopeful do your best to talk to a student who is already in the programs you are interested in. I have found that as helpful as these forums are, it is usually hard to get specific answers as people are either unwilling to share their personal details or they do not have that personal connection to the school you are interest