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Recently I contacted a professor at Cornell and he encouraged me to apply and mentioned that will have positions available in his lab. I specifically asked that if I stand chance to get admit (with my low GRE scores), he replied YES. Do you think a department can deny my application, if my GRE scores don't satisfy thier cut-off scores? Please advise if should re-take the AWA part of my GRE. Thanks

Hi folks, I'm a working chemical engineer with M.S. from mediocre US university (GPA -3.84), 2005 B.E. from reputed institute in India (7.36/10), 1998 4 research + 1 industrial publication * One paper got awarded. several other conference papers + presentations plus good and diverse experience (4 yrs) in design, research and operations with chemical processes (mainly biofuels) pursuing for PhD (ChemE) from one of the top university is my long-lasting wish... Ok..here is the problem, I recently appeared for GRE (as my old GRE were scores were expired, > 5yr) -- without much preparation especially without any prep in AWA Q: 800 V:560 AWA: 3.0 (I can't believe I got that low of score) Do you think can this low AWA score would disqualify me or make acceptance chances very dim?? or would you advise me to retake the GRE. With my profile, Do I stand a chance in top 10 schools?/ how about... - UC Berkeley - U Minnesota - Rice U - Princeton Any suggestions or comments will be appreciated...

Hi folks, I'm a working chemical engineer with M.S. from mediocre US university (GPA -3.84), 2005 B.E. from reputed institute in India (7.36/10), 1998 4 research + 1 industrial publication * One paper got awarded. several other conference papers + presentations plus good and diverse experience (4 yrs) in design, research and operations with chemical processes (mainly biofuels) pursuing for PhD (ChemE) from one of the top university is my long-lasting wish... Ok..here is the problem, I recently appeared for GRE (as my old GRE were scores were expired, > 5yr) -- without much preparation especially without any prep in AWA Q: 800 V:560 AWA: 3.0 (I can't believe I got that low of score) Do you think can this low AWA score would disqualify me or make acceptance chances very dim?? or would you advise me to retake the GRE. With my profile, Do I stand a chance in top 10 schools?/ how about... - UC Berkeley - U Minnesota - Rice U - Princeton Any suggestions or comments will be appreciated...