Low Quantitative High Verbal scores

[alisonleejy]

I took my GREs today and got a 169 on verbal and 159 on quantitative. Essay results aren't out yet. I've got a first class honors and research experience in a number of different labs. I am currently working as a consultant trainee in an HR consultancy which is highly related to IO psychology. My absolute dream is to enter the NYU IO psychology masters program. Do you think I stand a good chance or should I retake my GREs to improve the quantitative component which is pretty low?

[social_treehugger]

159 for quantitative isn't too low. The percentiles are based on all applicants, but if you look at the psych percentiles, 159 is respectable. I think that math majors etc bring up the percentiles.

 

Check this out: http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide_table4.pdf

[SportPsych30]

I agree with our treehugging friend, 159quant is nothing to be discouraged about, especially with a near perfect verbal. From my understanding, quant is less important in fields such as IO as opposed to Quantitative Psychology, for example.