kmicinski

I was too freaked out about GRE scores when I applied (Sorry to resurrect an old topic.) But I wanted to throw out there that I got a 640 Q and 580 V GRE score in Computer Science and got in everywhere I wanted to go (even Wisconsin and UMD). But I feel like the most important part of the process was an extremely focused letter of intent along with dropping individual researchers a line before application to let them know I was applying. I didn't do anything along the lines of "please let me in" but would suggest dropping your potential advisors candid notes telling them why you chose to apply to their program. (The flip side of this is that you probably don't want to work someone that completely blows off a potential applicant, which happened just once to me.)