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I wrote the GRE three years ago (before doing a Masters) and scored quite well - 660V/800Q/6.0W. Now that I'm applying to PhD programs, one of my schools (UBC) requires GRE scores that are less than two years old! This rule sucks! UBC isn't my top choice school, but it's definitely my top "safety", and I'd rather not just depend on the Harvards and Penns to accept me. I've sent them an email inquiry about this, but they haven't written back, and my guess is that they won't budge on this requirement. Is it worth it to rewrite the GRE just for one school? Is it at all likely that they'll take my 3-year-old scores (as in, is it even worth calling them)?

If I do rewrite, I don't plan on studying very much, because I have a thesis to finish and applications to start (+ finish!). I expect that my new scores will be a little lower than my old ones, but probably not a huge amount (I didn't study much the first time around anyway). I'm thinking that I should probably send my current GRE scores to all my other schools, then rewrite and send the new ones to just UBC, in case the new scores are worse. Does this make sense?

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