holysmokes

Thanks once again for the feedback. I'm thinking there may be some ambiguity over arbitrary (or justified depending on your perspective) cut-offs this cycle due to the new format. Maybe it's just wishful thinking. Would taking it a third time, after a Kaplan class this time perhaps, be advisable? I've heard this was frowned upon. Part of me just wants to be done with this test though, i'm pretty sure i'll never run into a slope formula working on a project on Foucault. Just a hoop to jump through I guess.

Yeah, i've considered masters programs. I'm interested in Virginia Tech in this regard, but i'd honestly rather just go through with the Ph.D. Thanks folks for the help, do you think it would be worth it to take the new format GRE? 3 strikes I suppose.

Hello gradcafe Political Science community, I will be graduating this December from a well-respected regional university (consistently rated best state public university) with a dual B.A. (two degrees rather than one double) in history and political science. I have a 3.73 GPA, 3.78 Major GPA, and 4 state level conference presentations. I am also currently co-authoring a project with a senior professor in my political science department that I hope will be published in a leading political science journal (this professor has mentored many successful students and co-author papers that have been published in perspectives, J.O.P. etc...) I am most interested in critical/continental political theory as well as contemporary Latin American politics. I have a very focused S.O.P. and very strong L.O.R's from tenured faculty members. The problem: I have taken the GRE twice, 1st attempt: 600Q, 570V, 2nd attempt: 560Q, 560V. Will these scores absolutely sink me? These are the current schools I am considering: UChicago, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, UVA, UMass Amherst, UConn, Rutgers, CUNY, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, Maryland, UPenn, and Temple. I'm really hoping these scores won't automatically disqualify me from contention at all of these places. Please let me know what you all think.