Stanford History Quant. GRE

[JustChill]

Have other applicants noticed how Stanford's History FAQ page says that "verbal and analytical scores are looked at...." Seems to me that they are conspicuously omitting any mention of the quantitative section. Is it really completely irrelevant to them?

FAQ page: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/history/graduate/admissions_faq.html#2_4

Any thoughts?

[LifeIsGood]

I think they probably don't look at it at all. If they did, they would have just said, "We look at the GRE scores," not specifying which of the sections they look at. Which makes me sad, because I did really well on the quant. I think an argument could be made that doing well on the quant section shows an ability to do analytical work. Not that doing poorly on it disproves analytical ability, since it is based in learned skills, but it's another data point. Then again, I didn't apply to Stanford, and it may be different in other places.

[natsteel]

I would think that they are not automatically considering quant scores for history applicants. Though I imagine they might weigh it a bit for an applicant whose subfield involves qunatitative/statistical-type work.

[JustChill]

I wonder if this is true for other history departments. I did well on the verbal and writing, but very poorly on the quantitative.

[Sovetskaya]

I wonder if this is true for other history departments. I did well on the verbal and writing, but very poorly on the quantitative.

I sure hope it's true. Honestly, I would question anyone who cares about basic geometry and its ability to determine performance in graduate school.

[natsteel]

Relax, guys. From everything I have read, most history programs do not consider quantitative scores, unless you are applying to a field which requires statistical work and the like.