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Hi, I have two questions: I am taking the GRE in a month. I just took my first practice test today and scored 620-720 verbal and 520-620 quantitative. I will have a somewhat rigorous practice schedule over the next 4 weeks to raise my scores. My question is how important is the quantitative score for Art History programs. My ideal program at the point is the terminal MA at Columbia. My second question is whether or not auditing PhD level art history courses is advisable to make my application more desirable? I graduated 7 years ago with a liberal arts degree from a not so special state school with a not so amazing gpa. Over the last 7 years I have done my best to make up for this with internships with NY arts organizations, independent curatorial projects, and minor publications. I also audited, with special permission from the professor, a PhD level course with a well-known art historian in critic in NY for which I received an A. Because of the large gap in time between my undergrad and now, I don't see a better way to create relationships with the professors. In this case, would you think it is wise to audit another MA or PhD class at the institution of interest? Do these audited courses give me an edge? Thanks!