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So...I'm applying to clinical Ph.D. programs for 2007, hoping to focus on neuropsychology of anxiety and chronic pain. I've been intending to re-take the GRE General test, as my initial quant score was low (due to taking it my senior year during thesis research, fall classes, and honors work, in addition to 2 jobs)-a 560. My verbal was in the 94th percentile, so I'm not worried about that. My GRE Psych was 96th percentile and my undergrad GPA from a large, research-based institution was 3.99, 4.0 psychology. I'm currently entering my 2nd year as a clinical RA in neuroimaging research at a major psychiatric hospital. I will be published by the end of the summer and will be presenting a poster at SfN in the fall.
I've been doing a lot of research on possible programs and have narrowed it down to about 10 that are a good match.
Given that my apps coming out of my senior year were rejected (in retrospect I did everything wrong in the app process-5 schools, not good matches, all high-ranking), should I retake the GRE in the hopes of bringing my quant score above 600? Or is it a waste of time and money?
BTW, I know the GRE topic is discussed to death here (despite my low number of posts, I'm on this board a lot), so I'm sorry for the redundancy but this is worrying me.
I've been doing a lot of research on possible programs and have narrowed it down to about 10 that are a good match.
Given that my apps coming out of my senior year were rejected (in retrospect I did everything wrong in the app process-5 schools, not good matches, all high-ranking), should I retake the GRE in the hopes of bringing my quant score above 600? Or is it a waste of time and money?
BTW, I know the GRE topic is discussed to death here (despite my low number of posts, I'm on this board a lot), so I'm sorry for the redundancy but this is worrying me.