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I have experience of 10 years, includes 8 years in Petroleum Refinery industry, and currently engaged as Research Associate since more than 10 months. I appeared for GRE last week, and got unofficial score 307, V-150, Q-157. Though one of Quantitative section came out very tricky else had been scoring high (>164) in all Mocks (idea is -if necessary, can reappear to improve score). I am looking for best institutes for Doctoral in Energy Economics. If someone have more idea on this please share. The criteria for different school from search is turning out to be much aberrant. Further how far these score stand competent for admission, shall I need to reappear Or -good Essay, SOP and strong references are enough to overcome them. Please comment. Good post? http://www.www.urch.com/forums/images/buttons/ha_plus.png | http://www.www.urch.com/forums/images/buttons/ha_minus.png PROFILE: Type of Undergrad:Bachelor of Engineering- Chemical Undergrad GPA: 68.5 % in certificate-First Distinction, 66.35 % - Average for all semester # Type of Grad: Grad GPA: GRE: Unofficial scores- Verbal:150, Quantitative: 157 Math Courses: None Econ Courses (grad-level): Not applicable Econ Courses (undergrad-level): Not applicable Other Courses: Energy Manager* from Central Govt bench-marking Organisation Letters of Recommendation: Not prepared yet- 2 will be from research Professors (both from best Mgmt research institute in country), with whom I am associated as Research Associate, One shall be from either Research professor (Technical- Chem Engg) with service record of working with most prominent Research institute OR An eminent name in Economy research country wide Research Experience: Research work in Energy sector in progress- so far, Worked on Refinery, Oil and Gas ; Work in progress on LNG and coal Teaching Experience: None Research Interests: Energy Economics SOP: To be prepared Concerns: 1) Whether GRE score (each section) is sufficient to pursue Doctoral at reputed school; 2) Suggestion (or guidelines) requested to find better Schools for Energy Economics, as many search results end up showing details -grades and values- on PhD economics; 3) Scholarship is must Other: The quantitative score is low due to very tricky question in one section- else had been consistently scoring high (>164) in Mock tests. Thus, if score is not enough can reappear for GRE. Applying to: Schools well known for research in energy economics Note: # % not converted to GPA scale 4 due to ambiguity in methods among various search results. * As Energy Manager was Certificate course done- there is no possibility of Transcript, Only certificate available- Will displaying it make difference?