83rd percentile in Verbal...good enough for top 20?

[feraleyes]

Hi,

I'm an international applicant and appeared for my GRE today. I got V 160, Q 150 . That's a 83percentile on the verbal.I want to apply to schools like Wisconsin-Mdison, UT Austin, UC Irvine, Illinois Urbana-Champaign etc....Is this score a competitive one for a Phd in English applicant? Please help with some insight...thanks to all those who will in advance ...P.S.: My TOEFL score is 113, if that helps

[Instigate]

What is the average verbal of people accepted in those programs? As long as your score is not less than that you are fine. Also, noone is gonna care about ur TOEFL, unless you are applying for Math programs and your verbal is below 140.