What's a "good" GRE score? - Democratic Underground

masmdu

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:01 PM
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What's a "good" GRE score?

I just got done taking the GREs...I wonder what scores are considered good?

I got a 630 verbal and a 640 math

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:02 PM
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1. funny i posted a GRE thread today

Edited on Wed Mar-10-04 06:03 PM by lionesspriyanka

i got 750 math 710 verbal but do not know what to do for grad school

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bluestateguy

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:03 PM
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2. Those are good scores

Not outstanding scores, but good, solid scores that along with a strong application (good letters, a good GPA, a BA or BS from a quality university or college) will get you in to where you want to go.

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bif

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:04 PM
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3. 1,200 on each is a good score.

Just kidding. I have no idea.

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slackmaster

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:05 PM
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4. Really good on verbal and above average on math

See http://www.powerscore.com/gre/scoringscale.htm?OVRAW=GRE%20scores&OVKEY=gre%20score&OVMTC=standard for a typical percentile breakdown.

Your mileage may vary.

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Wickerman

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:05 PM
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5. do you need a subject?

my grad school was pretty insistent on a good subject score and that helped my fair overall

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DrWeird

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:07 PM
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6. They should have your percentile right next to the score.

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mlawson

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:14 PM
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7. Depends on what you are going to do with them.

What are you getting your grad degree in??

I made 710 on the math part, but it was a poor indicator as to how I would do in grad school. I tried to get a PhD in economics, and with that GRE score, I was accepted into a program immediately. But I still could NOT pass my math econ course, and the math exam at the end of the program. Being 45 at the time didn't help, either. You need to do that stuff when you are much younger.

Of course, it never fails: you get the absolute WORST profs for courses you have the most trouble with. And I did.

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