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Should I retake...?


ceeceeroni

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applying for School Psychology (both MA and Ph.D)
Rochester Institute of Tech, Syracuse, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Albany (they are not top tier schools) 
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 
Major in Psychology, Political Science 
Research Experience: worked as a lab manager for about a year now and had summer research experience (no publications) 
Work experience: professional teaching experience (ESL teacher) with diverse student groups 

 

 

I took GRE two days ago and got 152 V, 165 Q (not sure about writing yet)

I know my verbal score is not stellar and I am just a little bit concerned whether its going to hurt my application 

 

Should I retake it? :-( 

Do I have some chances? 

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I'd guess it's probably fine, considering you did great on quantitative, which everyone says is more important. I think it's too late to retake anyways. With the 30 day wait period before retaking, it'll be the end of November before you can.

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You should wait and see what your AW score is before you freak out. If you scored 4.5+ I think you're fine. even 4 is ok. Did you look at averages or cutoffs for your schools? Do they want a 300 combined? Is the average 155 (I just made that up) for Verbal, or what?

 

I think your stats are fine for the tier of programs you are applying to. Usually as long as you fall within a certain range for the GRE it's ok. And even then your SoP, recommendations, etc. will mean a lot more. :)

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