AniMEL

Well, the report from ETS will have the scores from all tests you took. I know on most applications you have to self-report your scores (in addition to sending the official reports, of course) and sometimes there you can mix and match, but usually you have to put all of your scores. Ultimately, the extent to which your scores really matter, and how they are taken into account is anyone's guess. I think the best advice is to just make sure the rest of your application is really great.

I don't know for sure, and I am certain any school might make an exception for an otherwise exceptional candidate, but when I was applying for PhD programs I was told that 650 was the verbal score to shoot for, since some selective programs do have that as their bar. If you take your higher scores from both tests, then they are fairly solid, though. Hopefully, you are applying to a wide range of schools and not just Michigan and Berkeley, which would not be sure things even with an 800 on both sections.