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Don't bother retaking the test. Your score is good enough for any master programs in Statistics. GRE score is used by adcoms to sweep out applicants with very low score rather than to differentiate among qualified applicants. Given that you have very high GPA and solid letters of recommendation, I think you are in good shape to get into a top 10 master program. It is difficult to give you a more thorough assessment without additional information such as your undergrad institution. 

Don't bother retaking the test. Your score is good enough for any master programs in Statistics. GRE score is used by adcoms to sweep out applicants with very low score rather than to differentiate among qualified applicants. Given that you have very high GPA and solid letters of recommendation, I think you are in good shape to get into a top 10 master program. It is difficult to give you a more thorough assessment without additional information such as your undergrad institution. 

I am turning down Penn State, Purdue and UC Davis. Hope that helps waitlisted people.

I am in the same situation without Rutgers. As to the placements of PhD graduates at UC Davis, I asked the program coordinator and she gave me a list of placements last year. It seems like most people (80-90%) go into industry. I prefer to work in industry after graduation, so the placements at UC Davis is very appropriate for me, but Rice seem to do equally well with regards to this aspect. UC Davis is close to Sacramento, which is a much smaller city, but it only takes less than 2 hours of drive to get to San Francisco and the tech hub in Palo Alto. However, Rice has the edge for me with regards to location because I am kinda a big-city boy and Houston is nice yet low-cost city. There are many outstanding professors that I want to work with at UC Davis (Thomas Lee for one), but Rice has Genevera Allen, who is a rising star in the field (and her advisor is Robert Tibshirani from Stanford). The thing I like most about Rice is that the department allows well-prepared PhD students to take the qualifying exam right at the beginning of the first year. The exam is based on Casella & Berger, and there is a high chance that you can finish your PhD within 4 years if you pass it. Overall, I am leaning towards Rice slightly, but UC Davis gave me a really good financial package. And I have other universities in the equation, too.

I am in the same situation without Rutgers. As to the placements of PhD graduates at UC Davis, I asked the program coordinator and she gave me a list of placements last year. It seems like most people (80-90%) go into industry. I prefer to work in industry after graduation, so the placements at UC Davis is very appropriate for me, but Rice seem to do equally well with regards to this aspect. UC Davis is close to Sacramento, which is a much smaller city, but it only takes less than 2 hours of drive to get to San Francisco and the tech hub in Palo Alto. However, Rice has the edge for me with regards to location because I am kinda a big-city boy and Houston is nice yet low-cost city. There are many outstanding professors that I want to work with at UC Davis (Thomas Lee for one), but Rice has Genevera Allen, who is a rising star in the field (and her advisor is Robert Tibshirani from Stanford). The thing I like most about Rice is that the department allows well-prepared PhD students to take the qualifying exam right at the beginning of the first year. The exam is based on Casella & Berger, and there is a high chance that you can finish your PhD within 4 years if you pass it. Overall, I am leaning towards Rice slightly, but UC Davis gave me a really good financial package. And I have other universities in the equation, too.

In addition to what @Geococcyx said, you can try some Bioinformatics programs, which emphasize the computational aspect more. I have a friend who got into a reasonable PhD Bioinformatics program without any research experience and knowledge in biology. She has a light Maths background and come from an institution that is not known outside my country. That said, she got a higher GPA than you, so I am not sure how your chances are at PhD Bioinformatics, but you can give it a shot if you want. Perhaps more experienced members of the forum can give you more insights.   

In addition to what @Geococcyx said, you can try some Bioinformatics programs, which emphasize the computational aspect more. I have a friend who got into a reasonable PhD Bioinformatics program without any research experience and knowledge in biology. She has a light Maths background and come from an institution that is not known outside my country. That said, she got a higher GPA than you, so I am not sure how your chances are at PhD Bioinformatics, but you can give it a shot if you want. Perhaps more experienced members of the forum can give you more insights.   

I think it will be very, very tough for you to get into a reasonably good PhD program in Statistics. Your Master GPA is good, but it cannot make up for your Undergrad GPA. This is more so because your Undergrad was done in the US whereas your Master is in another country. I am an applicant this year, and I also got my education in the UK. My impression is that the admission committees are usually not familiar with our grading system. I know that Warwick has a fantastic Maths department and it is a great achievement to get 4.0 from them, but the adcoms may not have that knowledge. Furthermore, advanced Maths courses, especially Real Analysis and Linear Algebra, are much more important than Applied Statistics courses. You are an international student, so it is even tougher for you, given that you have no research experience. 
My suggestion is that you can try some PhD programs in Biostatistics. The required Maths background for PhD Biostatistics is much lighter than PhD Statistics. You can consider taking the GRE Maths Subject Test and try to absolutely ace it. To some extent, it can help alleviate the adcoms' concern about your Maths background. Another option for you is to do another Master degree in the US and try to get the most out of it (advanced coursework, research experience and connection with profs). 

No consultant in this world can fix your transcript and LoR, which are the most important components in your applications. Competition among international students has got to a point where top GPA, prestigious undergrad institution and good LoR can only get you into consideration at top schools. They have many people with perfect GPA, so you need extra things to stand out. To be accepted at those schools, you need strong research experience, excellent LoR from well-known professors, and a bit of luck too. I don't see how a consultant can help you with those. If the OP has $3,000 to spend, I would advice him to use that money and apply to 30 schools across the US News ranking. I am sure that he will get into a few places with that GPA, publication and a prestigious MS. He is certainly competitive for top-40 schools.   

No consultant in this world can fix your transcript and LoR, which are the most important components in your applications. Competition among international students has got to a point where top GPA, prestigious undergrad institution and good LoR can only get you into consideration at top schools. They have many people with perfect GPA, so you need extra things to stand out. To be accepted at those schools, you need strong research experience, excellent LoR from well-known professors, and a bit of luck too. I don't see how a consultant can help you with those. If the OP has $3,000 to spend, I would advice him to use that money and apply to 30 schools across the US News ranking. I am sure that he will get into a few places with that GPA, publication and a prestigious MS. He is certainly competitive for top-40 schools.   

dont listen to people who tell you you're not competitive enough to apply to school x. Hire a graduate school admission consultant, about $3000, to help you package your application and shoot for your dream schools. Grad school admission consultants will make sure you take the best swing you can at your dreams. don't shoot your dreams down without giving them a chance to breathe.
Start your grad apps 1 year before the deadlines. It will take a full year if you do it right. Your GPA is stellar for a math degree. Great job on that.

Penn State for me too. Received a phone call from the department. A little bit surprised as it was Sunday evening in Pennsylvania, but so delighted about the offer.

Penn State for me too. Received a phone call from the department. A little bit surprised as it was Sunday evening in Pennsylvania, but so delighted about the offer.

Penn State for me too. Received a phone call from the department. A little bit surprised as it was Sunday evening in Pennsylvania, but so delighted about the offer.

You are the one who really needs to revise your logical reasoning. People are saying that a good score in the GRE subject test MAY OR MAY NOT help you, depending on the admission process behind the scene, which we don't know. Some schools don't put a lot of emphasis in it and the score, therefore, doesn't help even if it's amazing. But others may need it. That's why Stanford explicitly requests it for the PhD program in Statistics. But you are making the bold claim that submitting it WILL NOT help and CAN ONLY hurt the applicant. A good score may not help, but it doesn't mean the adcom will punish you for having it.  
OK, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that the GRE is a discrimination against certain races and gender, and one should not take part in it because it's morally wrong. Then you can just voice your opinion frankly. Trust me, everyone is aware that it's a bad test and nowhere near an indicator of success. Don't support your own cause by making misleading statements.