Low AW GRE score

[cnice98]

On my GRE, I got average, not amazing, verbal (155) and quant (155) scores. I was shocked when I got my writing score back and it was a 3.5. I don't believe I have time to retake it since my grad apps are due January 15. I spent so long studying and paid so much money for prep programs/taking the test and I want to just move forward with my life. I'm really sad because I know this will make my application less competitive and take away a lot of funding opportunities. How much do slp schools care about the writing score? Should I even apply to schools that have a minimum writing score of a 4.0? Can I redeem my embarrassing writing score with an awesome personal statement? I'm confident in my GPA (3.85) and my experience. Please help!!

Edited December 17, 2019 by cnice98

[estel]

I'm also applying this cycle so I'm not pretending like I know a ton about this, but from what I've heard, it seems like most schools just want to see that you have a sum of 300 between verbal and writing, which you exceed! Since schools get a writing sample via your personal statement, I think you'll be totally fine with your writing score. I don't think you would have time to improve your score again before the deadlines, so I think you should just focus on writing really strong personal statements! Some schools don't even require the GRE (there's a thread elsewhere here) so you could look into a couple of those if you're really worried. I feel like schools will recognize that it's one test, though, and GRE writing is very different than grad school writing, so I wouldn't worry too much about it

[cnice98]

Thank you so much for your feedback. I wish you the best with your application process!

[Queene92]

I’m applying this cycle to. Are those scores really that low? 

 

the instructor in my GRE class said those are great scores. Especially for SLP

[cnice98]

Thank you for your input! I'm happy with my verbal and quant scores, but nervous about my writing score because some schools have a 4.0 minimum score. 

[2ls]

Unless schools list a minimum AW score you should apply. If they list an AW score I would call the program before spending the time and money on the application.