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Thanks for the help!

Hello, I'm currently a Masters student in biochemistry and molecular biology studying in Israel at the Hebrew university and I want to apply for PhD studies in USA for fall 2013. My GPA is very high (I don't really know how to translate it from the 0-100 range to the 0-4.0 range). I have a lot of experience working in the lab (obviously, because Im doing my masters) and I will have very strong recommendation letters (from my PI, from the PI with whom I worked in a summer internship in Cold Spring Harbor labs). I took the GRE less than a week ago and my scores are: V: 154 (65%) Q: 159 (85%) W: still don't know. As you can see, my verbal score is not very high. On the other hand, I'm not an english native speaker and I still have to take the TOEFL exam. What I wanted to know is if the reviewers take my nationality into account? Do they expect not english speakers to have lower scores? I just don't know if I should retake the test! I'll appreciate your help!