Doomed if you have an abysmal GRE score?

[socialist11]

Hello all, I took the revised GRE exam a couple of days ago and scored 350-450V & 750-800V. It was out of my expectation that I did so poorly on verbal reasoning. I did multiple practice tests the weekend before - perhaps it was stress and practice before the exam. I feel really depressed and unsatisfactory with verbal score I have, and I really did my best on it and with prior studying. It makes me feel like I can't go anywhere with that score. I am planning to retake the GRE in November, but I am afraid that it might be too late to submit to the schools that I want to go to.

Anyway, I just want to know where I stand on the grad community with my poor GRE performance and with my academic stats:

Double science major at a top 10 public university

GPA is 3.85 (3.91 for my majors)

Phi Beta Kappa

2 years of research experience related to my majors

Anticipating good letters of recommendations from professors that know me well

Can I still go to top or at least good schools with awful GRE scores?

[butterfingers2010]

It's too bad that you didn't do well on the GRE, because it sounds like you're a good candidate otherwise. It's been said that most schools consider the whole package when looking at applications, so don't not apply to your dream school just because of it. I don't know how competitive your field is, but maybe there's some "safety" schools you can apply to along with all the "top" schools. I am not saying don't apply to good schools, just apply to a good mixture of schools as far as competition goes. I didn't do well on the GRE either but I'm not letting that stop me from applying. I am, however applying to several schools that don't require the GRE, just in case.

[kaykaykay]

Well if you think you can do better there is still time to retake it...