A friend of mine got admitted into the Masters program here with a paid ride even though his GPA is far lower than the minimum of 3.0 (he has a 2.79 and I have a 3.33), his GPA writing score was a 2 (mine was a 4) and they look at writing, his math score was a 800 (mine was a 660... yes his was more). They told me I WILL not be admitted unless I meet the GRE math requirement even though the admissions site says you can be deficient in one area and still get provisional admission. He is white and I am not... the graduate coordinator has been rumored to have racial preferences.

Should I suck it up and retake the GREs even though I suck at standardized tests and pay the $115 or talk to some higher up officials.