jrmcgee Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I just took the GRE and I got a 170 on verbal and 164 on quant. Is that quant score good enough for a top 5 MS computer science program? I feel like they expect close to a perfect quant score, but I think my score works out to roughly 89th percentile. I was surprised and overjoyed to have gotten a 170 verbal score, but isn't it true a MS CS admissions committee would care more about the quant section? Does the 170 buy me anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportPsych30 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I have no idea how people get 170 on verbal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obviousbicycle Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I have no idea how people get 170 on verbal... me neither... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacklunch Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 uhhh....your score is good enough for ANY masters. You're fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icydubloon Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) About 22% of "CS applicants" get 165 or higher on the quant (some PhD are included). Although this isn't the exact body of students that apply, it should serve as a good starting point to answer your question. http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table4.pdf Edited August 31, 2013 by Icydubloon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingchick Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 What was your strategy for studying the verbal section? 170 is a fabulous score, I envy you! BTW, I'm sure your scores are just fine and will land you a slot in a great program! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevieRiver Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Wow, verbal score 170, unbelievable thing! How did you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmcgee Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) I took a bunch of practice exams and never got a perfect score on them. I usually got one or two reading comp questions wrong, and maybe a couple incorrect "fill in" questions. I brushed up on my vocab with the Manhattan Prep flash cards, which I found really helpful. Really, really good stuff. I think just filling in the gaps made it easier to eliminate answers in questions, as I was always pretty good at it, but now encounter fewer words I don't know. I also think I got somewhat lucky on the reading comp questions, which I thought were all easy and unambiguous, unlike during practice exams I took. But that might have been actually using my extra time to re-read the passages, as I usually have 6-8 minutes left at the end (which I would just skip to the next section on the practice exams rather than really using every minute). I'm not a huge bookworm, but I do read constantly online and I read things like NYT, WSJ, Economist, etc. I think that helped me in the verbal section. Edited September 18, 2013 by jrmcgee Arezoo and jameswooyoung 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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