low awa score but decent academic record ... above par and very gud projects

[diegee]

hello der,

i am a student from BITS pilani, goa campus,... i recently gave my gre and got 800 Quant, 600 Verbal but a poor score of 3.0 in awa....

i am currently in my final year and have a decent cgpa 8.38/10 i.e around 3.19 on a scale of 4. My major gpa is above 3.5 and i have done many good projects plus have also been involved in extra curricular activities. I want to pursue MS or MS+PhD in embedded systems from UPENN or CMU or UCLA and a few other top univs... will my awa score not cause a harm to my dreams... please do reply

i will be very thankful