Quant score for MFE programs

[gradaplicant]

Hi, this is a repost of a thread that I had previously posted but don't believe I got any answers and the discussion moved away from the topic.

I am currently applying to CMU, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia and NYU.

I just got my GRE scores and I only received a 162 (87% below) in the quant section.

What my main concern is and what I meant to ask was that every school must surely have a filter, where they filter out applicants before really looking at the application (I doubt Princeton would spend time reading the SOP from a student with a GPA of 2.5 and a quant score of 600).

So my question is, is there a chance I will be filtered out at any of these schools before hand because of my 162 (770-780) quant score? I have a GPA of 3.95 (4.00 on all mathematical and financial courses) and an interesting story/work history that should weigh up the low quant score. All I was thinking was: Is the quant score to low for them to even consider/look at the application?

I see for example that Columbia mentions on their site that almost all applicants have a Quant score of 690 or higher, and Cornell mentions 740. I do have doubts about these numbers from what I have read on this site where people for example say that a score of 770 is an instant No from most of the programs (and therefore surely from top programs like the ones I mentioned above).

Can anyone here comment on this? Do you know of anyone that has gotten into any of these programs with a Quant score of 780 or lower?

 

[bansalmohit]

Average quant score of admitted MFE students at Cornell last year was 791, just so you know.

Dont know about the filter though. I got 169(98 percentile) on quant and am hoping its not too low.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Is there any good reason you don't want to retake it?

 

[gradaplicant]

I should probably mention that I applied to NYU-Poly MFE and am considering Rutger's MQF. Is it possible that these two programs might have a lower standard if I get automatically rejected by the other four?

 

[bansalmohit]

Is there any good reason you don't want to retake it?

Not allowed to retake for 60 days after an attempt (new gre rules)

 

[bansalmohit]

I should probably mention that I applied to NYU-Poly MFE and am considering Rutger's MQF. Is it possible that these two programs might have a lower standard if I get automatically rejected by the other four?

i think getting into Rutgers and NYU-Poly for you should be easy. The more important question is that if it is worth going to these institutions in current market conditions

 

[gradaplicant]

Is there any good reason you don't want to retake it?

Where I live the test is only held two times a year, and the next time will be in February which I believe is to late? I could retake the exam but it would be costly and require traveling abroad.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Not allowed to retake for 60 days after an attempt (new gre rules)

Wow. Didn't know that rule. Before, you can take once a month.
You can retake the paper version if it's offered at your location
http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/register

 

[bansalmohit]

Wow. Didn't know that rule. Before, you can take once a month.
You can retake the paper version if it's offered at your location
http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/register

the reason i think this rule was implemented is because lot of tutor sort of people were retaking the tests thereby inflating the actual student average.

Paper GRE: I think only left in African and some south American countries

 

[Swayum]

Is 168 quant good enough for MIT/Princeton? If we go by percentile, this is higher than 800/800 in the old system. I do a Maths and Economics degree, so there should really be no question of my quantitative abilities.