GRE: Should I retake it?

[sarahbala]

Hi! My name is Sarah, and I'm a junior at McGill. I study History and I want to apply next year to graduate school for either history or international relations; I want to get into a really good program, probably in the States. I have a GPA of approximately 3.7. I would be applying in 2013 in order to start the academic year in fall 2014.

I took the GRE last week, my first time. I have a 166 Verbal, 162 Quantitative and 5.5 Writing. Should I retake it? Is my quantitative too low?

[Hanyuye]

No, that's quite damn good. May I ask how did you study for it ?

[eponine997]

Yeah, you're fine. NO program will reject you based on those scores. Focus on relationship-building with people to write you letters of rec and writing a quality SOP. History and IR care most about your verbal score and yours puts you in the 95th percentile (at least) which will get you through the GRE cut at any school - I don't think any program expects applicants to ace it.