Yet another, "Is this good enough?" thread. Sorry.

[Charlus]

Hey guys, just got my GRE scores today, and I'm pretty happy with them, with a 162 Quant and a 170 Verbal. I'm planning on applying to some of the top Sociology PhD programs, for example, Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford. Anyway, I'm decently quant heavy in my research, I use a lot of data mining, especially with Python, some I'm wondering if that quant score is going to be a question mark. Although, I pair those large data sets with more personal methods, like interviews. I know it's a decent score, but it seems like it's fairly common for quant heavy people to score perfectly on that section.

TL; DR do soc programs want to see a very strong quant score if your research includes quantitative methods?

[amlobo]

I think it will be fine. A lot of top programs consider anything over 80th percentile a "good" GRE score. I don't think they will probably even consider the fact that you are quant-heavy in analyzing your GRE score, but maybe I underestimate how much an adcom really notices those kinds of connections. I think, for Sociology, high quants are not as common, so anything in the 160s is going to look good. I would almost guarantee that there is no way that any program throws you out of a pile for a 162 quant. Another thing to consider is how quant-heavy the school is overall. If the program is not known for quantitative methods, they probably don't place as much emphasis on any applicant's quant score. I am sure that, like I, you are a stressed-out perfectionist and are over-analyzing every part of your application, but I seriously do not think you need to worry about this.

Does it make me out of touch that I had to look up what TL; DR meant? Ha.