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GRE Verbal score

Arash_Barmas

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Hi everyone,

I am doing undergrad in Financial Mathematics (with 3.95 GPA) from one of the top schools in the US. I am applying to Carnegie Mellon, UCB, UChicago, and UCLA. Does anyone know how much these schools care about the verbal score in GRE. I am taking the GRE test in few weeks, and I don't feel well about the verbal. I wanted to know wether I should be worried about it or not?

Any insight or comment is appreciated,
Thanks.
 
Not a factor from what I’ve heard. One school person laughed when I asked if a very high verbal score would be received positively. True story.
 
Hi,
I recently took my GRE and got 158 in Verbal & 169 in Quant.
Shall I take GRE again as I'm not from the US?
Any thoughts??
 
YangXu said:
Definitely qualified. Marginal benefit from taking GRE again is lower than improving in other aspects
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True.
What shall I do in order to get higher acceptances?
An Indian guy working in a finance role(in India) in one of the Major US banks?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated
 
It depends. Columbia Math fin really prefers a high GRE score. Their website says the median in 2018 was 161+170. But in general, 155+ in verbal will be good enough. Try to score 170 in quant and prepare well in AW. People with 150 in verbal get in top programs every year. Different schools have a different preference.
 
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