MikeWrights

Thank you so much for the reply! I agree about the grad student LOR. I initially believed I was getting the LOR from his supervisor, but apparently they write it themselves. Some of my schools only require 2 LOR's so I will just not use his or possibly send his as an extra influence. Hopefully I can just get this verbal score up 1 point so I don't have to fret about it anymore haha. Thanks again

Hey everyone. Fall 2014 Applicant here. I've seen other people create these posts before and I was hoping to receive some helpful advice from everyone. Been worried lately on my chances at some of my prospective schools due to the verbal section of my GRE score. I'm taking it again on the 18th, but in case I don't raise the score I was just wondering if I should be worried. GRE: Quantitative: 150 (630) Verbal: 152 (490) Total: 302 (1120) Some of my schools say 500-500 minimum for both sections, while others say 1000 minimum in total. Is there any possibility that the schools who want 500-500 on both sections would consider me? The 1000 minimum schools definitely will, but I am just worried that I will get weeded out without them looking at the rest of my application because I missed the cutoff by 1 question Here's the rest of my application: GPA: Cumulative: 3.41 Psych: 3.87 Junior/Senior: 3.92 Research Experience: 2 semesters at an I/O Lab (Team Workforce and Development Lab) 3 semesters at an I/O Lab (Institute for Simulation and Training - Directing Human Systems Integration Research) TA Experience: Social Psychology class 2 I/O Psychology Classes Letters of Recommendation: One letter from the I/O Ph.D Director from my university (UCF) One letter from a psych teacher (25+ years of teaching) One letter from a Grad student (It will be from the office of a known member in the field of I/O luckily ) Also hoping to finish a paper that I will be a co-author on before I send in my final applications. So...what do you guys think? If I don't manage to get my 490V score up to 500, will I automatically be filtered out from some of my prospective programs? Thanks in advance for any help. I would really appreciate it!