<p>From my experience, the GRE is used more to eliminate people than admit people. That is, many top math-intensive programs (math, engineering, economics for example) will automatically reject applicants with a quantitative score below a certain threshold (around 760) Getting an 800 simply moves you on to the “next round.” And not all programs look at all sections-many top economics programs don’t care what the verbal score is as long as it’s above 500 or 550 or so.</p>
<p>I have applied to stanford this year . </p>
<p>I have gre score of 1400 (780 Quant 620 Verbal) 4.0 Analytical writing
Toefl 106/120
10 months work experience as a design engineer
Passed undergraduate degree in “First Class with Distinction” category.</p>
<p>I am expecting to get a letter from them today/tomorrow. Butterflies!</p>
<p>I don’t know about your area of study, but in my daughter’s, the higher ranked the school, the less GRE was considered. It is the lower ranked schools that have hard and fast cut off’s. MIT doesn’t even accept the GRE scores in Computer Science, I am nearly positive.</p>
<p>The emphasis on GRE scores varies from program to program and from university to university. For example, Duke, quite often the home to top programs, is rumored to place a lot of weight on GRE scores. UPenn often posts average GRE scores, but they are lower averages than one would expect, indicating that its top programs may place less emphasis on them. Within a university, admission is based on the general atmosphere of the individual departments. One program may go to GPA and GRE right away, while another may largely dismiss them, provided they are over a certain threshold.</p>
<p>The <em>general</em> rule for top programs is to keep GRE scores over 1300. That doesn’t mean that a 1300 will be good enough for a top program that emphasizes GRE scores or that, if you score lower, that you’ll automatically be cut. You just don’t know.</p>
<p>@BurntToast1 i am eager to see profile. can u share it with me, bcoz i am interested in stanford too for PG.</p>
<p>To whomever is reading this, I want to thank you in advance!</p>
<p>I am a psychology student at a mediocre college in NY (St. Thomas Aquinas College) with a GRE score of 1310 (Verbal - 590, Quantitative - 720) and a cumulative GPA of 4.0. As it stands, I have an two internships for NYU - one of which is in the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI for short) and the other involves testing Alzheimer’s patients. I am wondering where my credentials put me compared to others and whether or not I will likely get accepted to the school to which I am applying. The list is as follows:</p>
<p>University of Southern California
Brown University
University of Miami
Vanderbilt University
New York University
Rutgers University (New Brunswick)
Tufts University
Boston University
Duke University</p>
<p>Again, if you have any input at all, that would be greatly appreciated! :D</p>
<p>hey BurntToast1, I am eager to see your profile, as I am interested in Stanford for MS in AI.</p>
<p>Average GRE scores for engineering are around the 163 on both the quant and verbal. However for other disciplines you can look at the average GRE scores here: [Average</a> GRE Scores for Stanford | BrightLink Prep Lahore, Pakistan](<a href=“http://www.brightlinkprep.com/average-gre-scores-for-stanford/]Average”>What is a Good GRE Score for Stanford? | BrightLink Prep)</p>