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Thank you for all your comments. I must spend more time to prepare SOP or writing sample. Good luck with all you.

Hi. I am a international student. I want to apply this year for political science Ph.D programs. My targeting programs are among top 20-50 universities. Today I receive my GRE score. Verbal : 159(81%) Quant : 160(78%) AWA : 3(17%) I am fully satisfied with my V and Q score and I think my GPA(3.7/4.0) is not bed to apply. However, I am really worried about my very terrible AWA score. Should I retake GRE? In many political science Ph.D programs, Do they consider AWA score as important criteria?

Thank you for all your comments. I will narrow this list. For this, I am going to scrutinize Ph.D programs in my list.

Dear Lemeard. My english is not good. So my post make you confused. I want to know whether there is possibility to be accepted by graduate school in my list. If I eliminate in my list, which graduate school must be eliminate? Thank you for your reply!

I am a graduate school student in Korea. In Korea, there is no sufficient information about applying graduate school abroad. So, I write some questions in The Gradcafe. GRE : Verval 159/ Quant 160(writing score cannot be available now. Because I took GRE this saturday) GPA : 3.7/4.0(undergraduate), 4.0/4.0(graduate) Working experience : RA 2years Presentation : MPSA 2012 Interest : voting behavior, Political Psychology, Ethnic Diversity, Latin American Politics I know my GRE score or my experience are not impressive. However, I don't have much time to retake GRE. Since now, I want to prepare SOP and my writing sample. my targeting university like this : University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Washington University in St. Louis Ohio State University Cornell University University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Northwestern University UC-Davis University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Emory University Texas A&M University-College Station Penn State University-University Park University of Washington-Seattle Michigan State University Rice University Stony Brook University-SUNY George Washington University University of Notre Dame University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Florida State University University of Pittsburgh Brown University University of Colorado-Boulder University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Missouri-Columbia However, I cannot be convinced that my list is plausible to be able to apply. I think that my list have difficulty for my admission. If there is no possibility to accept, I want to remove it. And can you recommend any other programs? Thank you! * After receiving Lemeard's reply, I think that my point in this post is obscure, so my post is not understandable. I want to ask you whether I would get into a program in my list or other programs.