Appeal Graduate School Decision?

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Hello,

I want to start an NP program to specialize as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner. My undergrad GPA overall was 3.5 and my nursing school GPA was 3.95. I have taken the GRE 3 times now and overall scored 302 with 4.5 on the written part. The majority of my GRE score is the verbal reasoning portion though (161). I score in the 87th percentile there, but only 8 - 10 percentile in quantitative reasoning. I have hired a tutor, taken an online GRE prep class...I just don't think my quantitative score is going to get any better. I don't study at all for the verbal reasoning part - I could probably raise that score, but I don't do well with abstract concepts like algebra and I never have.

Of the 3 schools I applied to, 2 of them require the GRE. One of them wrote to me suggesting that I re-take the GRE - which is why I took it a 3rd time, but I still didn't do well on the quantitative part. I'd really like to tell them that the GRE isn't predictive of success in graduate school - even ETS doesn't contend that - and my score on a generalized abstract test like the GRE doesn't reflect my academic ability or aptitude. Do any of you have experience in appealing graduate school decisions (in a nice way)? Is that possible?

Thank you.

Anna

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