Verbal more important than Quant?

[mobenny]

Hi,

I recently read a post arguing that the verbal part of the exam is much more important thant he quant section. The post showed this information:

If you score 99th percentile in Verbal (49V), and your Quant score is...
39M = 57th percentile = Total (730, 96th percentile)
41M = 63th percentile = Total (730, 96th percentile)
43M = 70th percentile = Total (740, 97th percentile)

If you score 99th percentile in Math (51V), and your Verbal score is...
30V = 57th percentile = Total (670, 85th percentile)
32V = 65th percentile = Total (690, 88th percentile)
34V = 70th percentile = Total (710, 92nd percentile)

Do you agree with this info?

[StaceyKoprince]

I don't know whether those specific numbers are correct, but it is the case, yes, that verbal is weighted a bit more heavily in the overall calculation than quant. We don't know exactly how much (because they don't release that info), but the trend can be seen when examining score combinations.

[cmacausland]

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[StaceyKoprince]

Er... did you have a question? :)

Also, FYI, this trend has changed a bit over time. It used to be that verbal was weighted noticeably more heavily than quant. Now, it appears there's still a bit more weight to verbal, but not anywhere near as much as there used to be.