I was going to apply to TT new testament Ph.D. programs this cycle.
I contacted POIs, and so far all POIs i contacted seemed to be interested in my potential research topic.
Everything was going well until I checked my GRE score today.
My verbal and math scores are not bad. I scored 165 V, 159 Q, and 4.5 AWA.
I am worried if my so-so awa score would disqualify me from TT programs like Duke, PTS, and Baylor.
I got the impression that the TT programs expect candidates to score at least 5 on awa.
What do you guys think? Would it be worth it for me to retake GRE to score at least 5 on awa? or Should I have peace with it and focus on other things?