Verbal GRE

[Riggins]

Hi,

I am planning to apply to several programs for next fall and I wanted to know if the verbal part of the GRE was really taken into account for the admission process?

I am currently doing a master degree in France in financial markets (ranked 6 in the world, 1st in Europe) and did a bachelor in mathematics and a first year master degree in mathematics (still in France). Moreover I have one year experience in banks (6 months in Paris, 8 months in London). My master is also totally taught in English.

However I totally missed my verbal part (145, also had 4.0 for the writing part) and did an okay quant part (167). Do you think I should retake the GRE or my profile is all right for the top programs in the US (Columbia MSFE and MAFN, Berkeley, Chicago, NYU, MIT, UCLA, Boston).

Many thanks for you help,
Riggins

 

[Ahududu]

I am more concerned on your GRE Quant part than your verbal part. Verbal is not important at all, but that quant is not really adequate for top schools. You should aim for 169 to 170 for top schools.

 

[Zeyu LI]

Indeed, 169 or 170 for GRE Quant part is safer. For Columbia MAFN in 2019, average GRE verbal score is 160.0 and quant score is 169.1 (statistics are get from its website). You can make your decision on whether retaking GRE or not based on these infos.