How important a gre awa score for phd admission

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<p>Hai,</p>

<p>This is Ria from India. I am going to apply to US univs for fall-2011 Ph.D (ECE)</p>

<p>I did my master in ECE from NIT Trichy (One of the Top college in India) with CGPA-8.3/10</p>

<p>But i did bad in GRE (Q : 640 ; V: 350 ; AWA : 2.5 )</p>

<p>I am very much worried with my GRE score specially my AWA score. How important is my AWA score for PhD admission?</p>

<p>I have two ACM and IEEE papers</p>

<p>Could anyone please tell me my Chances of admission in Clemson Univ and Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville. I am worried with my awa score.</p>

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<p>You need to post this in the Grad School Forum. Click on “Discussion Home” in the upper-left of this screen, and then scroll down to find it.</p>

<p>If English is not your first language, you should take the TOEFL. Your score on that exam will help the universities evaluate your GRE scores.</p>

<p>If your co-authors, and your professors believe that you can get into the universities on your list, and they have personal contacts at those universities, then you probably can get in. At the Ph.D. level professional contacts can be more important than test scores.</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for your valuable reply.</p>

<p>I am going to re-post it in the GRAD school forum as you said :)</p>