Moreover, I find verbal reasoning very similar to econometrics. Does anyone have a reasonable explanation?You’re schizophrenic?
I am 100% sure I am not because I have seen how my father acts and behaves. He was schizophrenic.
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Moreover, I find verbal reasoning very similar to econometrics. Does anyone have a reasonable explanation?
You’re schizophrenic?
I am 100% sure I am not because I have seen how my father acts and behaves. He was schizophrenic.
That's exactly what a schizo would say!
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I think the main reason the verbal score is discounted by economists is because many on the admission committee would be ex or current aspies with poor verbal skills.
People like to replace themselves with people are are like themselves. Someone with a high verbal score would intimidate many.
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I think the main reason the verbal score is discounted by economists is because many on the admission committee would be ex or current aspies with poor verbal skills.
It's discounted by everybody. Basically English language skills have been a waste of time and effort in the jerb markets of the last 25 years.
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Except, English skills are hugely important for selling crap research to top journals and conferences.
I think the main reason the verbal score is discounted by economists is because many on the admission committee would be ex or current aspies with poor verbal skills.
It's discounted by everybody. Basically English language skills have been a waste of time and effort in the jerb markets of the last 25 years.
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But it is not purely a test of English.
"Intensive preparation for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) actually changes the microscopic structure of the brain, physically bolstering the connections between areas of the brain important for reasoning, according to neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley."
While GRE verbal is probably 5 times easier than LSAT, the principle is the same. Quant and Verbal measure different things, which is why I find the obsessive focus on quant hard to explain.
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I actually agree with you OP. I'm a 99% on verbal reasoning tests, meh on quant tests, and I've published well enough with not much work to be a tenured prof at a low stress, but decent LRM place. I also did well in real analysis, which in many ways has more in common with verbal reasoning than quant. All you need for (at least moderate) success is judgment, decent reasoning/logic, work and most importantly luck.
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I disagree, GRE verbal is just a vocabulary test.
I actually agree with you OP. I'm a 99% on verbal reasoning tests, meh on quant tests, and I've published well enough with not much work to be a tenured prof at a low stress, but decent LRM place. I also did well in real analysis, which in many ways has more in common with verbal reasoning than quant. All you need for (at least moderate) success is judgment, decent reasoning/logic, work and most importantly luck.
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I disagree
I disagree, GRE verbal is just a vocabulary test.
I actually agree with you OP. I'm a 99% on verbal reasoning tests, meh on quant tests, and I've published well enough with not much work to be a tenured prof at a low stress, but decent LRM place. I also did well in real analysis, which in many ways has more in common with verbal reasoning than quant. All you need for (at least moderate) success is judgment, decent reasoning/logic, work and most importantly luck.
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So patently false that I wonder if you have any experience with the test beyond a single sitting.
I disagree, GRE verbal is just a vocabulary test.
I actually agree with you OP. I'm a 99% on verbal reasoning tests, meh on quant tests, and I've published well enough with not much work to be a tenured prof at a low stress, but decent LRM place. I also did well in real analysis, which in many ways has more in common with verbal reasoning than quant. All you need for (at least moderate) success is judgment, decent reasoning/logic, work and most importantly luck.
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Regarding "is there any chance to get into top 10 Economics grad schools MS/PhD with V 150 and Q 170? Any help is appreciated. Or need to retake it?". I am non-native, non Chinese/Korean/Japanese, but international
You’d need a super good writing score. Maybe a stellar TOEFL too.
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Public school graduate. State university BA and MA. Community college professor. 170V.GRE verbal requires an ivy league liberal arts education while quant only requires the mastery of middle school math to score at the same level. Writing is a complete joke, there's no way to score well if you don't follow the exact formula devised only for GRE.
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Regarding "is there any chance to get into top 10 Economics grad schools MS/PhD with V 150 and Q 170? Any help is appreciated. Or need to retake it?". I am non-native, non Chinese/Korean/Japanese, but international
You’d need a super good writing score. Maybe a stellar TOEFL too.
AWA is 4.0 :(, IELTS Writing was around 7. Do not know wether it is worth to spend time and money on applications to top Econ Grad schools. Have heard that they do not really care about verbal, so without any preparation i took a test.