Should I retake the GRE?

[backtoschoolsoon]

Hi everyone,

I just took the GRE this morning. I got a 166 on the quantitative and a 157 on the verbal. I do not know my writing score yet, but I am confident I did well. I am a little disappointed in my quantitative and verbal scores since I had been getting 169-170 on quantitative and 160-162 on verbal in practice tests. Do you think it is worth retaking in another 30 days? In general, how big of a difference does it make to score 4 points better or worse on the quantitative and verbal sections?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Lyn Huang]

If I were you I wouldn't retake it 157 isn't a bad score and you can save some time to prepare for interviews.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The downside of not taking is that you will always wonder if that GRE is the reason your application got rejected. When the new GRE came out a year or two ago, 164-166 was the old 800. I'm certain the new "equivalent benchmark" has moved up since then. That means more people will score closer to the 170Q today than last year.