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Hello, good day I am new to using Nairaland to chat
Please I just wanted to know if using a family member as a sponsor affects your chances in applying for school in USA

Denc:
On standardized tests:

Graduate schools in North America as well as other continents like the GMAT or GRE.
Why do admissions committee/staff/team like standardized tests?
- the official reason is "standardized test score is a predictor of a candidate's performance in the graduate program ..."
- the (additional) unstated reason is that it makes their work easy.

Rememba, oyibo no like stress!
What is the simplest way for a program that receives thousands of applications - yes thousands - from all over the world to select candidates?
Get all the applicants to input a standard metric (e.g. test score) and once they click "Submit", any software including a basic spreadsheet can sort all the applicants in seconds.

Note that GMAT/GRE scores are factored into the ranking of the schools and in developed economies, people read i.e. look at rankings and/or reviews to decide which school/program to apply to. As schools are concerned about ranking i.e. perception, they tend to guard their score range for admission. Hence, top schools across the world have average GMAT ~700 while GRE ~330.

Please, disregard posts that say standardized tests has little impact on funding.
Despite the trend of these tests being optional in recent application cycles of US schools, many still insist that for an applicant to get top dollar i.e. full funding, one must submit competitive tests scores [from (say) ETS for GRE or GMAC for GMAT]

Be wise, do not believe everything you read. Do own independent investigation.