That’s Q165 and V160 for a composite of 325. A 80%ile verbal and 90%ile quantitative score will easily get you in the ‘under consideration” pile for admission to a top program. Typically, engineering programs have the highest GRE cut-offs and they focus on quantitative scores over verbal scores. The most popular and sought after programs will need a little more but how much more exactly, is what we need to find out. Not to worry, many will still remain wide open. Your ‘less than average’ verbal score will shut some doors. Though a Q 165 and V 150 also adds up to a 315 it isn’t quite the same because you will be almost 90%ile on the quantitative but at less than the 50%ile for the verbal section. Bear in mind though that you need Verbal 155 and Quant 160 to get that 315. That’s a cumulative 315.Īnd, there’s your answer: What’s a good GRE score? It’s a composite score of 310 to 315. In fact, Q 160 and V 155 is good enough to open most doors. You need around 160 on the Quantitative measure and 157 on the verbal. Most top programs need a 75%ile on each section.
That’s a composite score of 304.Ĭlearly, the composite score of 304 keeps you in the top half of test takers. Now to the part you have been waiting for: What’s a good GRE score? GRE Sectional ScoresĪccording to ETS, the average quantitative score of GRE test takers worldwide, is around 153 and the average verbal score of GRE test takers worldwide, is around 151. Improving your AWA score beyond 4.5 is an absolute time-waster. Don’t focus on it and don’t completely ignore it. Strategy for AWA: No matter the program you are aiming for, admissions committees place lowest importance on Analytical Writing scores. Though a good AWA score cannot support a bad GRE score an extremely bad AWA score (less than 3) will negatively impact even the best of GRE scores. 3.5 is a passable score and will not cause a problem unless the verbal score is too low.Ī word of caution: In and by itself the AWA score means nothing. While anything above 4.5 doesn’t help much, scores below 3.5 (i.e., 3 or lower) pose a problem. So, you can get 41 possible scores on verbal or quantitative: 130, 131, 132, ….169, 170ĪWA scores will be 0, 0.5, 1, …, 5.5, 6 The AWA ScoreĪ score of 4 or 4.5 is great. Quantitative – 130 to 170 (in 1 point increments) Verbal – 130 to 170 (in 1 point increments) The GRE consists of 3 scores: the verbal reasoning score, the quantitative reasoning score and the analytical writing score. Let’s hear it from the horse’s mouth: ETS What does ETS consider to be a good GRE score?Īt the outset, let’s understand the scoring system. You want to know what’s a good GRE score?Well, here is the answer. Most schools give vague data such as average scores or average sectional scores, this is often followed by statements like “the GRE score is just one component of your application.” That doesn’t help, does it? Just search online for “what’s a good GRE score?” and you will be hard pressed to find an article that doesn’t say “it depends.”Īdd to that the fuzzy information about acceptable GRE scores on University websites and you somehow know less now than when you started.
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