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I am interested in going to grad school and studying political science. I am interested in a few schools they are 1) Stanford 2) MIT 3)U of Chicago. I was wondering where I could find info on GPA ranges GRE ranges ETC. I am also wondering if as a social science program they weigh the verbal section of the gre heavier then the math. The reason I ask is on most my testing my verbal is off the charts where as my math is low. I am afraid I will bomb the math section of the GRE and wondering if they weigh one section heavier. Any statistics on these are other "top schools" would be appreciated.

By Marite (Marite) on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 12:28 am: Edit

I don't know about Stanford and Chicago, but I know that MIT Poli sci requires math so the math GRE is bound to count farily heavily. In general, Poli sci departments have become more and more math/stats oriented, especially since rational choice became popular. When I was in grad school, the first statistics course for social scientists was introduced and it was taught by a Pol sci Ph.D. from MIT.