hannah_christina

Hi there fellow graduates, I really hope that someone can help me with that because after reading through a ridiculous amount of blogs and websites I somehow still don't know what to think... I'm preparing to apply for a PhD in politics at some of the top US universities such as Duke, NYU, UCLA (amongst others in Europe) - so I did a GRE and just received my scores - and I simply don't know what to think of them. Or, to be more precise, I know that they are not really great: 163 (91%) verbal, 157 (69%) quantitative and 5.5 analytical writing, but I also don't know if they're SO bad that I definetely need to re-take the test (and pay for it again) or if I could take a chance with the scores I have. Does anyone have an opinion/some advice/ a similar case for comparison? I would really, really appreaciate it since I'm quite psyched about that whole application stuff at the moment. Just as background info: I'd consider my application as quite thorough otherwise, just received my MSc with distinction in politics from Edinburgh University, should have good references, some academic experience (work as research assistant, conference presentations, a first publication), a TOEFL of 119... So might that be enough? What do you think? Thanks a A LOT!