Disappointing GRE scores. Will they sink my app for Stats MS programs?

[dmacfour]

I took the GRE today and got a 154 V and 156 Q. I'm aiming for mid ranked MS programs, but after seeing some the reported GRE scores on the survey section I'm starting to get worried. I'm clearly on the lower of the distribution of statistics applicants. 

That being said, I have a 3.75 GPA, have gotten A's in all of the prereqs for the programs I'm applying to, have authorship on 4 publications, and have solid references. I'm worried that I'll get filtered out at this point. Thoughts?

Edited January 17, 2018 by dmacfour

[GoPackGo89]

43 minutes ago, dmacfour said:

I took the GRE today and got a 154 V and 156 Q. I'm aiming for mid ranked MS programs, but after seeing some the reported GRE scores on the survey section I'm starting to get worried. I'm clearly on the lower of the distribution of statistics applicants. 

That being said, I have a 3.75 GPA, have gotten A's in all of the prereqs for the programs I'm applying to, have authorship on 4 publications, and have solid references. I'm worried that I'll get filtered out at this point. Thoughts?

I can't speak to masters programs but I can tell you that a friend of mine has worse GRE scores than you and got invited to Harvard's biostatistics PhD interview weekend. Another friend with the same scores or worse was admitted to the PhD program at NCSU stats. Another got into Minnesota biostats and invited to Brown's biostats open house. They made up for those scores in other areas but they weren't filtered out. I would think grades in relevant coursework would be more of a filter than GRE scores but I am only speculating when it comes to masters programs.

Edited January 17, 2018 by statbiostat2017