Should I retake the GRE?

Graduate School
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<p>I'm guessing the answer is no, but I figured I'd bounce it off people here. I was initially pretty happy with my scores but my parents' reactions kind of dampened my enthusiasm. Here's my profile:</p>

<p>Year: rising senior
Major: Biology (biochemistry specialization) and ACS Chemistry
University: Kind of prefer not to disclose, but it's a big 10 school that's not U of M.
GPA: 3.91 (Probably 3.8 or 3.85 ish in science)
Research experience: 2.5 years
Publications: Being published in my school's journal of undergraduate research this fall; my work from the past 2 years may be published in a real academic journal soon depending on whether or not my lab finishes up my project while I'm gone.
Internship experience: This summer at a large biotech company (again, prefer to maintain some anonymity).
Extracurriculars: No volunteering, but I do two martial arts. I also do a fair amount of tutoring but since it's usually my girlfriend or her friends that I'm tutoring, I don't feel comfortable putting it on my resume.</p>

<p>I took the GRE this morning and got 640 verbal and 760 math. I'm looking to apply for a biology-ish program (preferably biophysics/structural) at places like UCSF, UCB, UCLA, UPenn, Harvard, UChicago, etc. Looking at the declared averages, it seems like my verbal score is pretty decent but they all have a math average around 770-780. Is it worth taking the GRE again to get the extra 10 or 20 points, or should I just focus on studying for the subject tests?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think you’re fine. The GRE isn’t that big of a part of the application.</p>

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<p>A 760Q is not going to keep you out of any biology PhD program.</p>

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<p>I took GRE general test today and got the following scores.
Verbal -690
Quantitative -690</p>

<p>i’m worried about my quantitative score. should i take the new GRE? Which i’m assuming i have to prepare for a lot as i’m not used to the new one.
I want to apply for the biology programs at Yale, Berkley, MIT, University of Washington, Northwestern and Princeton U.
I have research experience of more than 3 years and 2 years of those are in cell and moleular biology.
I have won awards for my research and many travel awards to present at national meetings.
I also have a GPA of more than 3.6 and have a major GPA of more than 3.8.
I also have minors in chemistry and Math.<br>
I will for sure get really good recommendation letters. However, i’m an international student.
What should i Do? Please help?</p>

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<p>You don’t need to bump three threads with the same question.</p>