Kavya, is there any specific requirement posted on the universities that you have applied? If they clearly state the lowest line for AW, probably we have to avoid such kind of universities. So far, I have only seen Purdue posted their minimum requirement on GRE AW, which is 3.5. I am not sure what the screening criteria for most of Universities when they look at the applications from the students coming from abroad.... can anyone gives some thoughts on this issue though