is GRE that important for architecture grad schools?

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Hi all,

I just took GRE and got a 540 for Verbal and 690 for Quantitative. I don't know about the writing sections yet, but I was wondering if i should retake the test. The thing is, I am Italian and even though I can speak a pretty good English I'm sure I couldn't improve on the Verbal one bit; it was incredibly difficult.

I want to apply to some ArchitectureGrad Schools (Berkeley, Univeristity of Washington, UIC), and I was wondering how big a part in the application decision depends on good GRE scores, and if the school is going to take into consideration the fact that my first language is not English.

Thanks for your help