How hard is it to get into universities abroad?

How important is your GRE score to get admits into good universities? And can one manage to get into good universities by balancing a low score with a good profile?

• I'm a final year student Comp Sci. student and have a CGPA of 7.5. I've done two projects and will have two papers with in a month. I'm applying for Fall 2014. I got a low GRE score of 306 , toefl 92 and dont want to attempt these tests again.  So I was thinking if i could balance these low scores with my profile. Is it a wise idea. Will it help me? And the most important of all.. will I be able to get into some good universities with these credentials. I have no internship or work experience.

• Answer:

  published papers matter more than internship or work experience. GRE scores matter but not much. I had really bad scores but everything else was super good (GPA, work experience, recommendations, statement of purpose). GRE scores will matter if you are applying to stanford or UCLA, UCSD and dont have any track record to show. In that case you must show your dilligence and intelligence by having a good GPA and good GRE scores