GRE Verbal & Top Math Grad Programs: How Much Does It Matter?

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The GRE verbal score holds minimal importance for admission into top graduate programs in mathematics, as confirmed by responses from several leading pure math PhD schools. Most institutions do not consider verbal scores significant, with the exception of the University of Michigan, which reported an average accepted verbal score of 540. A high quantitative score, such as an 800, is common among math majors and is prioritized over verbal performance. Therefore, applicants should focus on achieving strong quantitative scores while maintaining acceptable verbal scores.

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How much does the GRE verbal matter to a top graduate program in mathematics?
 
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Check the school's website and see if they post average GRE scores for accepted applicants. I think the GRE only looks bad if your score is too low. An Q800 is not so uncommon among math majors and so a top graduate program probably won't care about that. This means the verbal becomes more important but a below-average verbal score is not as bad as a below-average math score.
 
i emailed all of the top pure math phD schools. most of them said that they don't even care about verbal scores and they don't have the average scores with them. the only exception is Michigan, which said that the avg verbal score of their accepted students is 540
 

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