Eking001 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 So I took the GRE last week...I only studies for a week and I got a 150 in quantitative and a 151 in verbal and a 5.0 in writing (49th, 41st, and 93rd percentiles) I am really concerned about the 41st percentile in quantitative. While I consider 41st to be VERY low, I do have my masters in biomedical sciences where i graduated with a 3.75, do you think schools will look past my low percentile n quantitative or should I retake the GRE? I plan on calling the schools i've applied to and ask them what they think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 If someone told you that you could increase your grade point average by 10% and it would only take a few weeks, most people would do it. If you have the math background and/or were confused by the word problems, I would recommend you study and retake the GRE. The 60 page math review the GRE has on its website was an excellent review for me and it had been decades since I received my undergrad degree. Why go through all of the effort to get in PA school and not take a legitimate stab at the GRE? Why have great grades and try to talk schools into ignoring your test grades even though you could probably significantly improve them? Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatChecko Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I agree with the above. You have the ability to do better on the GRE. At my program, they want you to be above the 50th percentile, that's all. This will be different with every program, so YMMV, but it's definitely worth studying and retaking if you can. Also, keep in mind that GRE (for an added fee, of course!) will now let you choose which scores get sent to the programs. The programs will only see what you sent them and do not know you chose that option. https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/about/scoreselect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoopeda Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 It depends if the schools you're applying to even require the GRE. It also depends upon the rest of your profile since a lot of schools both require the GRE AND consider it a very minor part of the application. Finally, ETS now allows you to select the best performance of each section to submit as your report. So that 5 (awesome, by the way) will stand even if you get a 4 in writing next time. But if you improve even one of the other sections, you'll be able to use just that score while keeping the others. Pretty good deal, if you have the time to retake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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