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Stanford says on their application, after entering gre general test scores, 'you may report additional scores below.' does this mean they only take your highest score? Should one list their lower scores (obviously they'll be on the official report that they receive), or just leave them out for the online app?

Hello, I'm applying for PhD programs currently and I am a bit confused about how the financial aid works. Do I need to submit some sort of financial aid form to the schools to which I'm applying in addition to their regular application by the deadline? Or do schools make choices based on the application alone (on which, when asked, I say I'd like to be considered for RA, TA and list a fellowship I've applied for, but that's about all that is related to financial stuff) and then ask for the financial information in the spring? I've seen a few posts on the site that say things like 'admissions will be difficult especially if you're asking for admission with full funding,' and that confuses me, because how does the school know what funding you are 'asking for.' In general, I now have this fear that there's a financial aid application that I should be submitting by the deadlines that I am totally missing, and that will mean my application is 'incomplete' or something like that. Thanks for any responses!

I found out that the transcript that my school sent to all the schools on my list wasn't fully updated--it's very strange that this happened, but somehow it did. (i'm currently a senior) If I resend the transcripts, do you think the schools will take the most recent copies that they receive, or is it too late? Has anyone had experience with transcript issues willing to share advice? It's not a huge disaster, but I want them to have the version with that is updated in terms of my degree progress etc. Thanks!