Quote: (11-12-2014 07:34 PM)iknowexactly Wrote:
I got 790 V and over 700/ I forget on the other GRE tests.
Impressive. That is pretty much amazing "genius" level on the verbal section (790) but just OK to not-so-good on the maths (700).
I applied to a few engineering graduate schools and I think part of the reason I did not get in was that my math score was weak (740). Most the top programs have an average applicant score of 780-800. (Or the equivalent today out of 180 points.) You basically need a perfect score, or can miss one question. They are really inflated by all the foreign students from Asia. You'll see that the verbal scores are fairly low, though.
I've always been a little bit slow on completing math tests, and it only takes a couple of incomplete or missed questions on these computer-adaptive tests to lose a whole bunch of points.
If only you knew how bad things really are.