Admissions difficulty biochem or geochem with poor GRE

Graduate School
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<p>I am narrowing down my choices for grad school, and am looking for guidance beyond my professors. My main interests are in biochemistry and geochemistry and I will be applying to departments that have research groups that align with me. I did poorly on the GRE and think that some of my choices may be out of reach.</p>

<p>I am graduating in December in chemistry at the U of Utah with about a 3.8 GPA and 1.5 years research experience in physical biology centered on protein crystallography and kinteics.<br>
My Gre verbal was a whopping 440 and quantitative was 700. I think I should do alright on the analytical though. Didn't take the chem subject test.</p>

<p>The schools I like with programs and faculty research that really interest me are:</p>

<p>UBC vancouver biochemistry</p>

<p>Stanford geobiology</p>

<p>UCSB geology</p>

<p>ETH Zurich chemistry</p>

<p>MIT geobiology</p>

<p>UCLA biochemistry</p>

<p>UCSD oceanography</p>

<p>MSU Bozeman as a safety school</p>

<p>Any ideas/thoughts or criticism?</p>

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<p>Meh, I think you are plenty competitive despite blowing the verbal portion of the GRE. If you are a native English speaker, I would imagine submitting the apps would be the last you ever hear of a bad GRE score. Even admissions committees can be understanding of somebody who blew an exam.</p>