so I emailed her back and asked if there was any way that exceptional extracurriculars or any other impressive factors could possibly compensate for a lower quant GRE score than the 55% minimum. she asked me how much lower I was talking about, so I told her around 44%.
she emailed me back one more time and said that regardless of how impressive the rest of my app looks, i would absolutely HAVE to have a higher quant GRE score. she sounded almost apologetic and had this tone of, "sorry, but that's just the way it is."
so at this point, where do i go? if she is in fact telling the truth, then there is no way that my application will even be reviewed; it will simply be tossed in the trash for not making the cut off.
do you guys really think there could be something more to it? i mean, she flat-out said that my app wouldn't make it past the basic weed-out stage, but if you guys think there is still somehow a chance.....