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A low score in TOEFL should not hurt your chances in admission. While this is a relief, it will result for you to enroll in their English programs and must enroll in their classes to make up for the low TOEFL score. Check the office of international admissions of the university of your choice regarding this.

I did get financial assistance from the university. The I-20 did not show the amount. I showed additional fund support from my parents.

Why gloom? You are bright and knows your major stuff. I am a student right now and believe me, people here do not use silly verbal words in GRE but of course, you should know how to add/subtract numbers and at least know what is % off when you shop.

You're fine. I mean, your course is chemical engineering and what is that, they're all math. You'll do fine. When you study grad school advanced chem eng, will you encounter the words in verbal again? Unless your major is Literature, Comm Arts - then yes. I have friends who accepted with these majors but their quant is low, around 300. Impressive GPA, credentials and TOEFL's/TSE but just one lousy 300.

safe. 3.0

quite redundant... i think 3.0 will suffice

score is 2.5

both essays - 2.5

Imho - 3.0

first essay - 4.0 second essay - 3.5

It will work out. Have faith. You ask them, they said no. So, be confident. You'll make it.

Thank you ascetic. The process of applying here is all the same like everyone else's (I think). During the interview proper, if the consul returned your passport after talking, you are denied because they can't process your passport because they're returning the passport back to you plus a blue paper of I don't know what does it says. However, if the consul gave you a yellow slip of paper and the passport was not returned to you, then you made it. They keep your passport for visa processing, and so the yellow slip is just a courier slip the courier service requires for so they cand eliveer your visa right at your doorstep. I have been approved for visa. The consul gave me a yellow paper in which I gave it to the courier services for the delivery of my passport after 4 working days of visa processing. I am from the Philippines. I applied at Manila US Embassy. I am now looking forward to have my graduate studies in the Univ. of Kansas majoring in Chemistry PhD. I forgot the details of the interview, it was short though. The talk was mostly about who will finance my studies there. In the long run, I had a great time talking with the consul. We were laughing after all.

Finally, after long hours of waiting... I made it to the cut. I was granted visa. U.S., here I come. Thanks everyone who helped me with my queries. All of you were great help for my success.

batboy where did you take the test?

Hello. I took my exam in Concordia in the Philippines. The rooms there are private and you have your own room with headphone and microphone built in. There is also a reflection prayer posted if you need some calming effect. The people in charge are also heart-warming: they really ask you to relax and to do well. The place is not a social-rich ambiance. But the private and cozy room, and the people that treat you highly (they even gave us an orientation which includes a relaxation-meditation session, which is good, for ten minutes), that place was a real deal. I remember that I was given few minutes to start answering the booklet while the proctor began dialing the TSE hotline. By the time the recorder on the phone spoke about instructions what was written in the booklet, I am answering questions 6-8. I gave my TSE there for the first time and my last time by a score of 50. I highly recommend the place.