Decision about schools

[ashny]

I am in a predicament. I have been accepted into a masters program in speech pathology abroad and was going to turn that down due to personal circumstances making it difficult to leave the country. However, I recently took the GRE and scored dismally which is making me re-evaluate my decision.

I scored : Verbal: 156  Quant: 148  and AWA 4

My GPA is around 3.2 

My fear is that if I turn down the school abroad, what if I don't get in here? I have read so many stories here about people who try for years or who don't get in and have to change their career choice. So although it would be very challenging for me to leave, I feel pressured to do it anyway. 

I could try to raise my GRE score and plan to re-test but time is of the essence as the masters program  abroad starts in September.

Any advice? What would you do?