Killing time with GRE during waiting

[Tin Sn]

Hi, everyone.

 

Like most of you, I am waiting for a school. I have done some activities to kill the time, and among this activities, I took my new GRE. I wonder if I should ask the grad school to replace my old one with my new one which is higher. Do you think that this is a good/possible idea?

 

Thanks. 

[bridge_water]

Yes Definately !!!

 

At least call them and ask if its possible. No harm calling them right .

 

It would cost you addtitional 25 $ per school though,  as you know .

[peachypie]

Only if the GRE score now is significantly better than what you had submitted.  Most decisions for programs have been made or they have selected their top picks at this point so it would have to make it worth their time to go back and look at your application.  Is this for a PhD or masters program?  do you know if the school has sent out any decisions yet or made offers for interviews?

[DeleteMePlease]

Personally, I don't think your GRE still matters at this point. If you haven't been rejected yet you made it into the "inner circle" and now there are other things (research/work experience, statement of purpose etc) that are way more important.

[Tin Sn]

On 3/16/2014 at 1:07 PM, peachypie said:

Only if the GRE score now is significantly better than what you had submitted.  Most decisions for programs have been made or they have selected their top picks at this point so it would have to make it worth their time to go back and look at your application.  Is this for a PhD or masters program?  do you know if the school has sent out any decisions yet or made offers for interviews?

 

I applied to Duke University, Rice University, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of Washington for the PhD program. From the Grad Cafe result pages, some students had received the acceptance/rejection letter from the universities.However, I did not receive any letters from all of the universities. Thus, last night I sent an email asking the grad school offices whether they will consider replacing my previous score with the new one. I also included the total scores to let them make the decision.

 

 And,......

 

On 3/16/2014 at 2:34 PM, GermanStudent said:

Personally, I don't think your GRE still matters at this point. If you haven't been rejected yet you made it into the "inner circle" and now there are other things (research/work experience, statement of purpose etc) that are way more important.

 

So did I. You are right that for most of the schools, the GRE does not really matter because they have not yet rejected my application. However, I am not sure whether I would survive, because I found that some universities, such as Duke and Rice University, according to the Grad Cafe results, did not send the rejection letters until it was very late (during mid April) for the applicant to make their decision. So, I sent an email asking them whether they would consider the new score.

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By the way,  I would like to thank you all of you  ^^ .  I still love to hear your suggestions.  I have not yet sent the email to u of Washington because I am pretty sure that it may never look at my application. From the Grad Cafe result, I found that they offered about fifteen students, so I think that I might not have the chance. What do you think. I really want to hear suggestions from all of you.

[Tin Sn]

Hi,

 

I got an update. After sending the email asking some universities whether it is possible to replace my previous score with the new one,  I got a reply from Duke.

 

It says

 

"If you have ETS send the official test scores to Duke University (5156), we will add them to your application."

 

 

Well, ...does this mean that they have not yet consider my app ???? or the university still considers the additional information about me ???? I am very curious at this point.

I don't know whether I should feel great or sad.

 

What do you guys think ? I really look forward to hearing your opinions.

Edited March 18, 2014 by Gap Sntin