ss312 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hi guys,I gave my GRE's two weeks ago and scored a 162/170 Quant and a 164/170 Verbal bringing my cumulative to 326. This is a decent score, but I was really aiming for a 330+ as I am applying to Public Policy programs at Harvard/Princeton/Columbia. JI just found out my writing score was just 4.5. Even though this is crunch time with applications due just a month away, I am seriously considering retaking my GRE's to try and cross the 330 barrier and get a 5+ on my writing score. Only problem is, I would be doing that on top of a very busy job and finding time to write all of my applications.What do you think I should do?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gvh Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 You're fine, don't retake the GREs. Since GREs are mostly used as a cut-off, I doubt raising your excellent score an extra 4 points is going to make any difference whatsoever to your chances of admission. RCtheSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCtheSS Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Agreed with Gvh--your scores are very competitive as is. Do not stress yourself over them further! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantresearcher Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Hi People,I am interested in applying for MPP/MPH programs. I am currently scoring 150V/161Q in the practice GRE tests, which is not that good. I have 6+ years of experience in social research and have been engaged in at least 20 evaluation studies in India. I am referring to the US News Grad school report for shortlisting the universities. I wanted to know if the information is reliable and what should be band of universities that I should target. I am writing GRE on Nov 23 so I might miss applying to universities whose deadline is Dec 1. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss312 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) ^You can probably still apply to the places where the deadline is Dec 1 as GRE scores are sent in roughly ten days after you give the test and they don't start reviewing your applications immediately. I would still confirm by shooting their admissions office an email. Gvh and RCtheSS: Thanks for your responses! I'll rethink taking the GRE's again (though I still feel that the 4.5 is quite low). Edited October 23, 2015 by ss312 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCtheSS Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Gvh and RCtheSS: Thanks for your responses! I'll rethink taking the GRE's again (though I still feel that the 4.5 is quite low). I also scored a 4.5, which was in the 80th percentile at the time I took the exam last year. From what I've gathered as I've researched these programs, 4 seems like a general cut-off AW score so we should be in good shape! Plus, we also have the admissions essays to showcase our writing ability. Edited October 23, 2015 by RCtheSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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