A few days ago
skowalski04

The GRE – Graduate Record Exam…should I retake it?

I received an 5.5 on the written portion – a great score I am told. However, I received a 480 and 540 on the verbal and math portions…I was a bit out of it since I found out I was pregnant a few weeks before! Anyway, I was curious if I should retake it? Also, if I do retake it – can I just not answer any of the written portion of it and receive no score and then take the other two sections again. It is my understanding that all of your scores are reported so if I received 600 on the second test in each section and a NS – No Score on the written, the university will see that the scores from the first time I took it and and will use my 5.5 as the writing score, correct?

Please advise! I am looking at becoming a physicians assistant and need to up these scores! I would hate to jeopordize my great writing score though…

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Since you’re planning on becoming a physicians assistant, you should retake the GRE. Generally people score higher in the quantitative portion than the verbal portion. And for your program, I believe that they would have a greater interest in the quantitative. Since you only received a 540 on the quantitative, which is in the 35th percentile, I would suggest you take it again to improve on that score. If you study or take a test prep class you have nothing to lose. I know that when you report your scores to schools that they will see all the test scores, but I’m not sure about about deciding to skip the writing section, that’s something that you’ll probably have to contact ETS about.
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A few days ago
Man of Ideas
since u were pregnant….I am surprised that u dont get counsel from ur hubby…..but Good Luck
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