openthought42, thank you for your msg.
Actually I am a rookie in applying graduate school. I mean I don't know much about the selection process, I don't know the importance of the tests to the application. And I even don't know this forum and thegradcafe.com until recently.
After I sent emails to the universities I applied, I think no reply is always better than an immediate rejection.
BTW, what is your field of interest? If yours is the same as mine, we may be competitors.
