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low awa plz help

by dhinendra » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:46 am
i just got my awa score which is only 3.5 . my overall gmat score is 760 (50 q , 41 v) . i concentrated all my studies on verbal and quant and totally neglected awa , as a result got 3.5 . due to anxiety at the start of the exam i was unable to concentrate on awa part in exam. also my writting skills are poor .

so i have to reappear despite the fact that i got 99 percentile .

my questions are (1) can a good verbal score is sufficient to neutralize the poor awa. and (2) can a good toefl score is sufficient to neutralize the same or i have to reappear again .

also english is not my first language.
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by niraj_a » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:35 am
hmmm...interesting dilemma because if your app essays are stellar then that will raise a red flag.

maybe you could explain your low AWA score in the option essay every school awards.

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by iamcste » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:36 am
Write a strong and convincing application. Dont see any issue.

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by dhinendra » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:00 pm
thanks for reply