Amazing Verbal/Writing scores, awful Quant

[JaseFace]

The title basically sums it up.

I'm looking at getting a masters in International Relations, with a focus on Security Studies. Georgetown/Columbia/Tufts would be the ideal, but I've tried to be realistic and set my top school as George Washington. Considering my undergrad GPA of 3.7 and a strong work history, I think I could get into that program given a good GRE score. Which brings me to...

I got a 169 on Verbal, and a 5 on the Writing, both of which are very good scores, I think. However, on quant... I got a pathetic 149.

I'm really in a quandary here. Most top-level IR grad programs really want to see evidence of ability in quantitative work. I have strong grades in two stats classes and got an "A" in a grad-level Advanced Quantitative Analysis course I took at American University. I also got straight "A"s in all my Econ classes.(I'm good at math when it's in context.) But I really feel like that just won't compensate for a score of 149.

Thoughts? Advice? Should I try to take the GRE again? I really feel like my Verbal and probably my Written scores are the best they can get. Should I really jeopardize those for the possibility of a higher Quant score?

[Instigate]

Look at the mean or median Quant score of accepted students - if you are on par or above you are fine. If you are slightly below and the rest of ur profile is strong you are fine. If it is way off then you might have to retake it.