TareqS

But it is unlogical to apply for a top program, right? I need something exceptional to be admitted? However, I hear what you're saying and I think I'll work now on my personal statement and obtaining good recommendation letters, and try with moderate schools. I'm not taking the GRE tests because I already tried to improve my score before taking the real test. I spent the last month focusing on what I persumed are my weak points but I kept scoring the same on practice tests. So, now, I can say that my weak point is the test as a whole. There is no way I can improve my score, and I f I did it will be for an additional 3 or for points, which makes retaking the test not reasonable. Most of the exams in my undergraduate experience were lengthy, difficult and scientific, and I never had a problem with them, but the GRE was something different! I don't know! Maybe I developed some sort of a bad relationship with it the moment I opened that prep book. Sorry for sounding so negative. Thanks a lot for your positive comments everybody. TareqS

Hello everybody, I am an international student. I got full sponsorship from my college to get into a graduate pharmacology program in the states. I sat for GRE last month and scored the following: Verbal: 150 Quantatative: 155 A/Writing: 3.5 I know this is not the best score in the world, but I think it is fair, and I decided to settle for what I have and not take the test again, as long as I am not faced with a strong recommendation for that. Now I am searching for a program that suites my GRE score and enroll students with an average score like I got. I know that I already should rule out the first top 50 program in my major and this is not a problem for me. I know It sounds desperate, but I am OK with a lower rank program that will accept my GRE score. The problem is that I can not find a tool that helps me in my search, I've been looking over the internet for a while now and all I can get is minimum required scores, which are in a number of universities lower than mine. Is that enough to apply safely? or should I know the average score of the enrolled students? where can I find this? Help me please, I started to feel its the most laborious task ever. Thanks