Chances with low GRE

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Undergrad: Lake Erie College
Major: Biology
Overall GPA: 3.70
Pre-Req GPA: 3.51-3.79
GRE Scores: 147Q 148V AW 3.5 (third try Aug 16)
Hours: +300 hrs (55 hours in inpatient acute care hospital (cancer, neuro) and rehab hospital (stroke, ortho); 50 hours in pelvic floor specialist; 200 hours in sports, geriatric, ortho
LOR: 2 PTs (Pelvic floor PT and PT who facilitated my internship), 1 professor (in 4 biology class),
Extra-Curricular: Student-Athlete 4 years (volleyball), mortarboard honor society, student-athlete advisory committee, pre-med club
Volunteer: run for the swamp x2 year (course director), echo valley multisport fest (bike marshal), care-aide at on-reserve care home, read to kids at Suess-athon reading day, coached various volleyball summer camps, coached club volleyball training camps, volleyball evaluator at native American youth games tryouts, Tim Tebow's night to shine
Honors: Deans list (all semesters), academic all-conference

Schools I am applying to: Elon (3.70) , Midwestern AZ (3.79), AT Still (3.67), UW-Madison (3.66), ODU (3.65), Colorado (3.62), Duke (3.58), MUSC (3.54), Northen AZ (3.51)

Please give your honest feedback about my chances with these particular schools. I know my GRE does not meet some of the requirements of a few schools on the list but after my third try, I will edit it, if need be.

Thank you.
 
Undergrad: Lake Erie College
Major: Biology
Overall GPA: 3.70
Pre-Req GPA: 3.51-3.79
GRE Scores: 147Q 148V AW 3.5 (third try Aug 16)
Hours: +300 hrs (55 hours in inpatient acute care hospital (cancer, neuro) and rehab hospital (stroke, ortho); 50 hours in pelvic floor specialist; 200 hours in sports, geriatric, ortho
LOR: 2 PTs (Pelvic floor PT and PT who facilitated my internship), 1 professor (in 4 biology class),
Extra-Curricular: Student-Athlete 4 years (volleyball), mortarboard honor society, student-athlete advisory committee, pre-med club
Volunteer: run for the swamp x2 year (course director), echo valley multisport fest (bike marshal), care-aide at on-reserve care home, read to kids at Suess-athon reading day, coached various volleyball summer camps, coached club volleyball training camps, volleyball evaluator at native American youth games tryouts, Tim Tebow's night to shine
Honors: Deans list (all semesters), academic all-conference

Schools I am applying to: Elon (3.70) , Midwestern AZ (3.79), AT Still (3.67), UW-Madison (3.66), ODU (3.65), Colorado (3.62), Duke (3.58), MUSC (3.54), Northen AZ (3.51)

Please give your honest feedback about my chances with these particular schools. I know my GRE does not meet some of the requirements of a few schools on the list but after my third try, I will edit it, if need be.

Thank you.
The GRE for some schools is a deal breaker while at some its only one aspect that they look at. My GRE was fairly similar to yours and I still got into a great program because they looked at the whole picture of the applicant not just a number figure on how well you know English and college math. If you have a solid GPA, tons of varied experience, and great LORs, you really should not have that much of trouble.
 
The GRE for some schools is a deal breaker while at some its only one aspect that they look at. My GRE was fairly similar to yours and I still got into a great program because they looked at the whole picture of the applicant not just a number figure on how well you know English and college math. If you have a solid GPA, tons of varied experience, and great LORs, you really should not have that much of trouble.
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Hey! From what I’ve heard, it depends on the school. I’m an undergrad at Arcadia, and I know they use the GRE as a filter for applications, since they receive so many applications per cycle. That being said, if you are below their threshold, you are automatically denied admission. I talked to the Admissions Director at their program, and was told that once you meet the requirement, it doesn’t matter what your score is. I would e-mail the programs you plan on applying to, and seeing what their specific policy is.
 
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