JenniferCarlyle

Hi, I'm "supposed" to be an international applicant for Fall 2013, but now I'm not really sure whether I should be or not Last year, I took the GRE twice. The first time I got 152 (53%) in Verbal, and the second time I got 155 (65%). I just retake the test again today and got a dreadful 155 again. I almost cried at the test center. Though many of you said the GRE scores are a lot less important than SOP, writing samples, and LoR, it is a truth universally acknowledged that they are capable of keeping an applicant out. Since it seems to me that I can only get 150-something in Verbal no matter how hard I prepare for the exam, I wonder if, with my terrible verbal score, I may still stand a chance of being accepted to any English PhD programs in the US? Or should I just stop hoping against hope? By the way, I'm currently writing my MA thesis and expect to graduate in February 2013