Is Georgetown a pipe dream?

Graduate School
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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>So I applied to Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies Master's program. I know there is nothing I can do but wait and see at this point, but I don't want to get my hopes up if it is a lost cause.</p>

<p>You see, I scored bottom of the barrel badly on the Quant section of the GRE and below average on the AWA (I don't know what happened, I am a good writer). The Verbal section was fine…nothing stellar, but fine. I am bad at testing/preparing for these kinds of tests/anxiety. I left the USA shortly after, not realizing I could take the test abroad until it was too late. I could have, but it would have defeated the purpose of studying appropriately. So, excuses aside, it is what it is…on the application website, it had "desired" numbers, but I spoke with someone from Georgetown who said there was no minimum cutoff score and that all applicants are considered.</p>

<p>However, everything else about my profile is pretty good, I think…I graduated with a 3.61 GPA and with honors. I spent a semester in Russia. Four years of solid Russian. Plenty of cross-cultural experience. Not to mention, I am currently serving on a Fulbright Scholarship in the Republic of Georgia where I am learning Georgian, improving Russian…</p>

<p>It is impossible to know what my chances truly are and that you can't tell me, but I want to know, realistically, with those GREs, is it too much of a long shot? </p>

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<p>I also had great letters of recommendation, a very good writing sample, research experience. I forgot to add that part. The rest of my profile is good. </p>

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<p>I wouldn’t worry about it. GRE is without a doubt the least important part of your application, and looking at your profile it looks like everything else is solid. The further you get away from undergrad, the less your GRE scores/GPA matter and the more your real experiences matter. </p>

<p>Unless your GRE score looks like 150 V/140 Q/2.5 AWA in which case I would suggest retaking, you are probably fine. </p>

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<p>Since they have no minimum at the grad school, if you have what they want, they will overlook it, for sure. Congrats on your Fulbright.</p>