Importance of Quant Score for IR/International Affairs Masters

[HerrDBoo]

Hi All,

 

You probably see this post a million times a day, BUT I wanted to know if anybody has applied/accepted/is in an IR/International Affairs program and knows how important, or at least how important they feel, the quant GRE score is to adcomms? I know that it is important, I just don't know how important it is. 

 

I scored 161 Verbal, 152 Quant and 4.5 Analytical and have a 3.81 GPA from Rutgers B.A. in Political Science. 

 

Any thoughts/insight given my background and scores (albeit it this was all very superficial information)?

[Cesare]

It depends on what programs you are looking for. MA? PhD? Top 5? Top 10? Top 40? Political Science PhDs need at least a 160 in quant for top 5. 

[HerrDBoo]

MA I have 3 in top 10 I would say and the rest are probably top 40 (i.e. GW, Georgetown, American, Maryland, BU, Northeastern, NYU, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Fordham to name a few).