Retake general GRE for writing?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:51 pm
General Scores:
V: 162
Q: 169
W: 3.0
(also domestic student)
Didn't bother prepping for writing since it's supposedly the least important for physics grad and I figured I'd do average. I'm mostly worried about university wide cutoffs, I've seen a few schools using 3.5 or 4 as minimums, and the department has to appeal to accept. The rest of my app is competitive for the schools I'm looking at.
What worries me the most is stats like: https://www.colorado.edu/physics/admiss ... nformation. They have no official minimum scores, but the 5th percentile for accepted is 3.5 which makes me think that's a cutoff...
So should I retake just for writing?
V: 162
Q: 169
W: 3.0
(also domestic student)
Didn't bother prepping for writing since it's supposedly the least important for physics grad and I figured I'd do average. I'm mostly worried about university wide cutoffs, I've seen a few schools using 3.5 or 4 as minimums, and the department has to appeal to accept. The rest of my app is competitive for the schools I'm looking at.
What worries me the most is stats like: https://www.colorado.edu/physics/admiss ... nformation. They have no official minimum scores, but the 5th percentile for accepted is 3.5 which makes me think that's a cutoff...
So should I retake just for writing?