<p>@ ecliptica,</p>
<p>You hit the nail on the head with this one. It comes down to the school, the program… Unfortunately for some people like those that posted in the first 5 pages, their scores do matter more than in programs like Comm. In most comm/journalism programs, your quant. means very little, and it’s all about the writing. But again, if you look at the GRE statistical data sent to universities and fellowship programs for consideration of how to break down applicant scores, some programs of study (like comm and other humanities) have consistently lower GRE scores than something in various other departments. </p>
<p>For arguments sake, they also note that in terms of demographics and scores, that men do better at quant than women, overall. the older you get, the better the verbal score gets. The younger you are the higher the likelihood of scoring higher in quant than your older co-applicants. And in the very end, it is suggested that GRE scores correlate somewhat with UGPAs. </p>
<p>What does this mean? As far as I’m concerned…nothing.</p>
<p>Because in the end if you can show how much you want something in an effective way that the adm. committee can see/feel/understand…then you’re better off than someone that scores well. After all, the basis for looking at these scores is that it’s supposed to (somehow) correlate to the likelihood of one’s graduating their graduate program, and the higher the score suggests the faster you’ll finish too. But nothing is more powerful to one’s ability to accomplish something than the sheer desire to do so.</p>
<p>[I think it’s BS because the higher you score the more likely you are to get fin aid, and I’d have a much easier time graduating quickly if I could focus on work and not where my next tuition/rent payment was coming from]</p>