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Thanks Double Shot; I did retake and do better. Hopefully I hear soon from universities.

Hello, I hold an undergraduate degree in Economics with a GPA of 3.9 on 4, a Masters in Public Policy with a GPA of 4.7 on 5. I have been working for the past two years as an Economist for the Ministry of Finance in India. With a 750 in Quant and 660 in Verbal, two academic publications in international journals and as a referee to one of the top fifty economics journals, what do you think are the chances of the poor Quant score ruining chances of getting into a decent school? By decent, I'm looking at schools such as Uni Michigan, Ann Arbor; UCal San Diego; UCal Santa Cruz; Wisconsin Madison; Maryland and North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I'm looking at PhD Economics (macroeconomics is the focus) and do not have the real analysis nor the linear algebra in my academic transcripts. In short, to what extent does a poor GRE score (compared to the mean of 780 as mentioned in most schools on NRC rankings) weigh against an applicant, particularly one with real world experience and applied macroeconomics publications? Am I being reasonable in the target list of schools for macroeconomics? Thanks!

Hello, I hold an undergraduate degree in Economics with a GPA of 3.9 on 4, a Masters in Public Policy with a GPA of 4.7 on 5. I have been working for the past two years as an Economist for the Ministry of Finance in India. With a 750 in Quant and 660 in Verbal, two academic publications in international journals and as a referee to one of the top fifty economics journals, what do you think are the chances of the poor Quant score ruining chances of getting into a decent school? By decent, I'm looking at schools such as Uni Michigan, Ann Arbor; UCal San Diego; UCal Santa Cruz; Wisconsin Madison; Maryland and North Carolina, Chapel Hill. I'm looking at PhD Economics (macroeconomics is the focus) and do not have the real analysis nor the linear algebra in my academic transcripts. In short, to what extent does a poor GRE score (compared to the mean of 780 as mentioned in most schools on NRC rankings) weigh against an applicant, particularly one with real world experience and applied macroeconomics publications? Am I being reasonable in the target list of schools for macroeconomics? Thanks, Vimal