gidadu1

Hey all, I'm applying to programs this fall and am wondering if I should retake my GRE. I am applying to the ThD at Duke, and then the PhD in theology at Yale, Vanderbilt, Emory, SMU, Boston U, and possibly Notre Dame and University of Chicago. My stats are: Current GPA in Master of Divinity program: 3.96 GRE Verbal: 164 GRE Quant: 156 GRE Analytical Writing: 5.0 I was pretty surprised by the analytical writing portion -- I took the GRE in 2009 and got a perfect score on the writing, but apparently my writing has declined by a full point since then. Also I'm not sure if my undergrad GPA matters or not--it's a 3.71 in English. Thoughts? Should I retake to try to get a higher writing score? I'm especially looking for thoughts from anyone who has gotten into a program. Are these scores enough to throw me out of the running if I'm up against people with higher scores?