Should I apply to this particular program?

[bicks]

So, I took the GRE today.  Because I live at the ends of the earth, it was paper and pencil and I won't get the scores till about Dec 5 (you can do the test on computer in remote parts of Africa and Central Asia, but not New Zealand).  Anyway

Comments

[rohaa]

Yes, definitely apply. Several reasons:
1) what's the worst that can happen? You don't get it (and lose some money - but I think that consideration depends on your general finances?). At least this way you won't have to spend the rest of your live wondering "but what if I had..."
2) deadlines are relative. The day the deadline closes usually is not the very day that they actually start messing around with the applications yet. So I think if you go for it and make a well prepared application, and you explain that b/c of the amazing advancements in NZ computer tests, you won't have your results yet till maybe a week later, you should be fine. Just explain it, send in the results with maybe a little note explaining them/accompanying them once you have them. If you're worried they wouldn't like this approach, you can always ask them first if this would be ok :) (Can't see why not!)

Good luck!

[tisiphone]

Money's just money, and it's all you're going to lose by applying. If you can swing it (assuming it's "oh noes, I can't buy that new top" sort of money and not "in November, I'm on the no-food diet" sort of money) I'd go for it.

[anonymous]

I was in a very similar situation last year, having had to take the paper test on a particular date due to location. As far as my experience went, no schools cared about the fact that my scores were late - as the previous poster said, it's not like they look at all the applications as soon as they arrive, your score would be only a few days late, and it's beyond your control anyway. It seems it would be very silly for a school not to look at a possibly good candidate simply because their GRE score was late for the reasons yours would be. Remember, they want the best students they can possibly get. As for whether you should apply - well, that's up to you, but I wouldn't make possibly late GRE scores part of your consideration.