Today I went to take GRE. I got 157 in Verbal and 164 in Math. I am asking this question because I really don't want to take the GRE again if my situation is optimistic(I hate exams, and I think the GRE is exhaustingly long).
Though not having completely decided yet, my intended programs lie in fields related to critical theory and feminism.
My advantage:
1. I speak Chinese natively and English fluently(I am a native Chinese), plus some Russian that needs to be brushed up
2. committed academically: I figure out my interests early and read from cover to cover books that are related even my major(computing arts) is not literary at all
3. my GPA is relatively high: now around 3.6, expect to graduate above 3.5
4. I am studying in a relatively prestigious research university: UC San Diego
5. work experience as a graphic designer
...(maybe some more)
My disadvantage:
1. my GRE score is not impressive
2. cross-specialty application
3. maverick personality; does not strictly follow academic convention
4. non-mainstream non-Anglo-American interests: Lacanian psychoanalysis, otaku subculture
...(maybe a lot more)
Please give me advice based upon your own application experiences, and feel free to ask me more questions.
