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Congrats, do you mind sharing which discipline you applied for?

So is that to say if a domestic applicant hasn't heard of any decisions yet,they're most likely rejections,or is it too early to tell? I'm very nervous.

I'm applying for physical. Keeping my hopes up; my quant. GRE score is on the lower side for a pchem applicant, but the rest of my application is hopefully good enough to outweigh it.

Ah, it's probably a batch-processing issue then. They probably didn't "verify" the applications yet, since the deadline was yesterday. Thanks for your quick reply, that puts me at ease. What division are you applying for?

Does anyone else who applied to UPenn still have their application marked as incomplete? The website says that my official test scores have been received, as well as my recommendations. My personal statement, CV, and transcript are also attached to the application as directed. Should I contact admissions about this potential issue? I know the deadline was yesterday, but the application says all of the required materials have been submitted, yet it is marked incomplete. Also, congrats to those who have been accepted to programs already! Here's hope for the rest of us.

That's comforting to know that you know people with lower scores than I do who got into great programs. Thanks for your help.

Hey everyone, I've been lurking this website since the beginning of my application process and have found many great bits of information here and there, so thank you all for that I am applying to different schools for experimental physical/biophysical chemistry, and I have a question regarding "cutoffs" with respect to GRE scores. I'd rather not share where I am applying, but I am applying to one Top 10 school, a couple Top 15-30 schools, and one Top 50 school. On the general GRE, I scored 156 Quant. (65%), 157 Verbal (73%), and 4.0 Writing (55%). I took the Chemistry GRE and scored a 710 (51%). I am a domestic applicant. My question is this: without regard to personal statement, research experience, and LoRs, are my GRE scores too low to even have my application considered at all of the generally ranked schools listed above? I realize I definitely could have done better on the quantitative section of the general GRE, but I figured that my score was good enough, since I know that I am being evaluated on my potential to do research, not my ability to score high on a standardized test. Sorry for the long-winded question, I haven't seen a lot of experimental physical chemistry applicants to compare myself to, but at the same time I don't want to give myself away to anyone browsing the forum that may know me. Thanks for your time taken to read my question, good luck to all! I am anxious to know whether or not my GRE scores will even be considered