GMAT Strategy

do schools care about the AWA section at all? is it true that they couldnt care less if you scored a 5 or a 6, as long as it is higher than a 5?

I can't attest to every school out there, but the general consensus is that schools do not really care. I have personal experience with SMU and UT Austin's respective B-schools, and in both cases an admissions officer told me point-blank they do not even LOOK at the score.

Hopefully someone can back me up on this from other schools, but this is pretty much what I have heard from various different second-hand sources as well.

an AWA is simply a score to let a B-School know you can write also & articulate something in words.

One friend of mine was saying that
many universities say you need atleast .... or above (for eg may be 4.5+) to be eligible for apply in our university

is that true?

do they put such constraints.....

thanks