Low AW Score

[p287]

I got my official GRE results back today and was surprised by a fairly low AW score. My scores are 162V, 156Q, and 4.0AW. I am a strong writer and thought I had done better on this section. I know that AW is typically not weighted too heavily, but I am a Communication/Media Studies PhD applicant and am worried I might miss the cutoffs. My target schools include UC Boulder and U Denver, and my reach school is UCSB. Should I retake and/or have the score reviewed, or am I over-worrying? I have a 3.8 undergraduate GPA and 4.0 GPA in Master's program.

Edited October 23, 2018 by p287

[loffire]

I personally think you should focus on the other areas of your application. Try to make the rest airtight and supplement your awa scores with a strong SOP and/or maybe a writing sample