Poor GREs

Graduate School
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<p>Hi all,
so I go to Duke University and major in biomedical engineering. I have a good GPA(about 3.85) but am having a really rough semester so may be down to a 3.8 by the end of this semester. I'm a senior, but I did exceptionally poorly on the GREs. I just don't have any time to study and take them again this year. My scores are 570 verbal, 740 math, and 5.5 writing. The math is just not very good for an engineer. I'd like to go to a school for engineering for developing world or perhaps neuroengineering. I have good recommendations and have worked in the same lab which is well known for 3 academic years. I have one summer internship in a neuroscience department at Upitt and a year volunteering fixing medical devices abroad. I was considering applying to the following schools:
Columbia(Sia lab)
Duke
UNC
Pitt
MIT(reach for sure)
UCSD
UCLA
Berkely</p>

<p>Should i find a way to retake the GREs to have a legitimate chance at these schools? Thanks for the advice</p>

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<p>GREs are just one component of your application. Grades, research experience, motivations etc are all important as well. Don't stress out about 740 Q and 570 V. Engineers normally have lower verbal scores.
[url=<a href="http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/about_us/statistics/admitbme.htm%5DDuke%C2%A0University%C2%A0Graduate%C2%A0School%C2%A0Admissions%C2%A0and%C2%A0Enrollment%C2%A0Statistics%C2%A0(PhD%C2%A0Only)%5B/url"&gt;http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/about_us/statistics/admitbme.htm]Duke&nbsp;University&nbsp;Graduate&nbsp;School&nbsp;Admissions&nbsp;and&nbsp;Enrollment&nbsp;Statistics&nbsp;(PhD&nbsp;Only)[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
These are the averages for the biomedical engineering phd classes for the last several years. Notice that the average gre scores are pretty close to yours.</p>