FlyZee Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I am an international application who have taken the GRE twice. My verbal and AW has improved weakly but with a lower Q. 1st attempt: 150V /170Q /3.0AWA 2nd attempt: 153V/168Q/3.5AWA FYI, My TOEFL score is 106/120. I am not planning to take another one due to limited time. Which score should I use? Thanks so much!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBopBob Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I have a question- how important is the analytical writing part of the GRE score? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Independent of the TOEFL score (considering I know nothing about it and what that score translate in terms of your English ability), I think the two are very much identical. You could survey 100 people and I think you would have a 50/50 or a 60/40 split. I think the second attempt is better since the difference of a 3.5 from 3.0 is greater than a 170 and 168. This is even with ignoring the marginal improvement on the Verbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Second is probably better. 0.5 might not seem as much but it's a huge difference in percentiles, which is part of the score report. 96th and 35th is better than 98th and 14th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDPlease Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I think it's a tough call, since while I agree w/the points of the others above, programs place much more weight on quant, and a perfect quant is very impressive. I'd consider sending both scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeehouse Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I think it's a tough call, since while I agree w/the points of the others above, programs place much more weight on quant, and a perfect quant is very impressive. I'd consider sending both scores. The last thing I would call a perfect quant is "very impressive". A 170 tells me almost nothing over a 168. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyZee Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Does send both scores really work? There is only one score can be filled in the online application system. I am wondering they may select applicants by that score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 The last thing I would call a perfect quant is "very impressive". A 170 tells me almost nothing over a 168. Agreed. Especially if you're an international student from East Asia you've had four more years of hardcore algebra and geometry than a typical American student before even going to university, and that's really what the GRE tests. And don't send both scores. You want adcoms to believe that the 3.5 (or 3.0) is a draw from the left side of the probability distribution, since it's an atypically low score. Sending both scores immediately Bayesian-updates the entire perceived probability distribution towards the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyZee Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Agreed. Especially if you're an international student from East Asia you've had four more years of hardcore algebra and geometry than a typical American student before even going to university, and that's really what the GRE tests. Then, if an international student from East Asia cannot score 170 in Q, would that be a big problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chateauheart Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 No, I think the entire quant section of the GRE would be moderately discounted as a signal for the intrinsic math ability of the student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessica0fei Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I got exactly the same problem as yours.... my 1st attempt: 151V/170Q/3.0AWA 2nd attempt: 155V/166Q/?AWA Neither do I know which score should I send..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantinity Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I got exactly the same problem as yours.... my 1st attempt: 151V/170Q/3.0AWA 2nd attempt: 155V/166Q/?AWA Neither do I know which score should I send..... Unless your AWA score on second attempt is 4.0+, use the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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