Is my gre good?

[Peteroz]

Hello there,

I have a 161 in math and 142 in verbal . My GPA is 3.96 from a US university. 

I am trying to get into a good university for grad school and I am not sure about my GRE verbal part. 

[GeoDUDE!]

that verbal is horrendous. 

[starofdawn]

The verbal will almost certainly hinder your chances of acceptance to a top program, even if it is in the math/sciences/engineering. I highly recommend you take it again and practice reading comprehension and word roots.

[peachypie]

I have no idea what your field is, but your quant is fine, the verbal is something to wonder about.  I'd retake if you have the time.

[jujubea]

Hmmm. In social sciences a lot of places just say a combined 300 is the cutoff.

I'd ask folks in the programs you're looking at about it.

Also if you pulled a 3.96 GPA from a real university then you should be able to break 150 on verbal with not too much studying. Retake if you can.

[MsAmira]

Your quantitative is fine, but I would have to agree with the others on this thread that your verbal is low. If you are able to take the GRE again, I would recommend it. What helped me a lot the online course on Magoosh.com. They provide a lot of practice questions for both verbal and quantitative along with free flashcards of the most common GRE words. I found it to be super helpful!