gadjayh

Hi All, greetings from Indonesia... I know that this is one of never ending questions. But I am really in dilemma right now and really need your help/opinion. I am one of fulbright principle candidates from Indonesia with BSc in chemical engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology. I did my GRE before and scored modest number for two section of GRE test (Q=720, V=530), but I got poorly 3 (which is 10% below) for AWA. The fulbright committee has plan to submit my application into these universities (for its chemical and /or environmental engineering program) : Penn State, NC State, Washington State, Oregon State. And I am permitted to apply for other universities I intend to, by myself (in this case UF, U Maryland, or U Washington) Regarding this GRE score, the committe decided for me not to retake it (unlike several other candidates who scored below 1200 for Q+V and are requested to do so). But i am bit worried about my Quantitative and AW score which is basically below standard of some universities. My GPA is only decent (, thus I really hope I could boost the chance to get admitted with better GRE, however if I plan to retake it then I will need to do it with my own responsibility as committee did not suggest it (own cost, lower score risks, etc). SO in conclusion, do I really need to retake it and is it really worth to try? and does AWA score contribute that much to engineering program's admission? Thank you