I am planning to apply for PhD in Canada in health & life sciences: specifically Biochemistry & pharmacology.
My target is U.of Toronto, McGill, McMaster & British Columbia
I have a Masters in Pharmacology and a previous 3 years research experience in Egypt, Germany & UAE...
My GRE scores were as follows:
Verbal: 152 (53 percentile)
Quantitative: 161 (81 percentile)
Analytical writing: 5.0 (93 percentile)
I know the verbal is quite low... but I only studied for 1.5 months while working on a full-time job.
University of British Columbia mentioned that my scores are below the competitive range.
Should I re-take the GRE? & if so how long do u recommend I study to improve the Verbal (P.S. my job is 8 to 5, 5 days a week)
TIA