I would greatly appreciate some advice about my situation. My GRE score is atrocious and I really don't know what to do at this point. Here's a somewhat short low-down:
I have finished an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology with a GPA of 3.7 and am currently pursuing a Master's degree also in Kinesiology (GPA: 3.9) in Canada. I moved to Canada from Europe to study here. I was planning on pursuing medicine and in September, I took the MCAT and scored solidly (32T out of 45T). Currently, I have 15 conference presentations, 1 paper submission and have experience working as a teaching assistant, as well as a research assistant.
Some time in October, I received a very good offer from an American university to pursue a Ph.D. with a professor who is really interested in having me as a student. The offer included a tuition waiver and a teaching studentship. I was not planning on applying to a Ph.D. program, but when I received this offer, I could not refuse. I had to prepare for the GRE and take it ASAP. After talking with some people here in Canada, they told me the GRE is very easy (don't think that anymore), so I scheduled to take it within 2.5 weeks. In the midst of my collections, teaching and studying for my Masters, I did not have almost any time to prepare. Stupidly, I went into the exam and scored QA: 143; VR: 148; AW: 5. So, knowing my weaknesses and realizing my stupidity, I decided to re-take the exam. I used the old Barron's textbook as well as the new one, enrolled in an online Barron's course, ETS textbook, PowerPrep, flashcards, etc. I studied for 3 weeks and received this: QA: 148; VR: 153; AW: pending.
The deadline for the program application is approaching, so I cannot re-take the GRE (trust me, with these atrocious scores, I would if I could!) I don't really care about the VR (even though, I have no idea how in the world I score higher consistently), but my quantitative score is horrible. Right now, I am doing math in my Masters far more complex than the GRE math, so I really do not understand what is happening to me during the exam. I let my professor know about the scores, but I have not received any word as of yet (if I were him, I'd be out of comments too).
I sent the scores in to the school, but I highly doubt they will admit me. What I was wondering is whether I can get some sort of feedback on how to improve my quantitative scores because they make absolutely no sense to me and I don't know what to do to fix them (yes, I will take it the 3rd time). Any advice would be truly appreciated.
