GRE vs. GPA

Depends on the school. For example, University of Indianapolis's application process has the GRE as the most important factor. In my opinion, and I may be wrong, is that prerequisite GPA is the most important.

A 1290 is a good score and you did beat me by 20 points but I would trade my GRE score for a higher GPA in a heartbeat.

Anyways you should definitely get in SOMEWHERE, with those stats

 

It will vary from school to school. Some schools might use some kind of formula between GPA (prereq and overall) and GRE (some having bottom limits on each section). Perhaps other schools only look at these figures as an initial "weeding out" of applicants and then make selections from who remains on interviews, LOR, etc.

 

For the schools I've looked at, I get this sense as well.

2nd this. Do you know which schools you want to apply to? I would contact them directly and ask what they consider most when reviewing applicants.

For example, at California State U, Northridge (CSUN), they use an algorithm that ranks peeps by prereq GPA, GRE, then overall GPA. Other stuff like observation hours, LORs, personal statement, etc. are treated on a more pass/fail basis (according to the lady at their info session).

While researching schools, I came across one or two that disclose the point system they assign to each element (different GPAs, GRE, observation hours, etc.) -- I wish all schools did this!