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Ho visitato Firenze per due settimane! I want to live in the Uffizi gallery...preferably in the room with the Botticelli. I never took french but hope to study it if I get into a program. Keep me posted on where you get in!

Crepi! haha Thanks, snoozetina. Maybe I'll see you in Seattle! I've never been to Washington, but I fell in love with their program and read up on some of the published works by the professors. Studiavo alla Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. I'm hoping to study Italian Baroque Painting. Although this museum didn't house any artworks from that era and neither does the Guggenheim haha. Yeah, I've literally checked every 3 hrs haha. It's become a problem. Best of luck to you with your apps! In culo alla balena (slang version of in bocca al lupo)

Hi all! This is a random post, but I would really appreciate some input/feedback. I applied to 6 masters programs (Courtauld Inst, Univ. Washington-Seattle, UMass-Amherst, Columbia (free application fee), CUNY Hunter and Univ. Florida). I took the GREs and did horribly on the verbal (450) and math (600) but did well on the writing (5.5). My GPA was a 3.5 which isn't outstanding but it could have been worse. I also interned at a museum in Rome, Italy and am currently volunteering at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. I'm fluent in Italian, proficient in Spanish and can carry conversations in Mandarin and German. I'm just wondering if my low GRE scores will cause me to be rejected from these programs (I don't expect to get into Columbia). I've never received impressive results on standardized tests. I was diagnosed with a learning disability when I was 5 and was mainstreamed several years later. I mentioned my struggles and overcoming this disability in my SOP as to explain my poor scores but I'm still concerned. Is there anything that I could do in the mean time to improve my chances? Should I look into taking a year off and getting a different internship? The worst part is definitely the waiting...although studying for the GREs wasn't fun either. I'd appreciate any input you guys may have. Best of luck to you all with your applications!