DeterminedMBA2012 wrote:
Hi there -
So... I retook the GMAT earlier this month and choked at the testing center. Consequently, I completely tanked the IR section. While I was able to pull myself together somewhat later the results speak for themselves:
6 AWA (90%)
47 Q (73%)
41 V (93%)
2 IR (not a typo) (as in 17%)
I admit to not having studied much for that particular section, but that is really really bad. Do you think this is grounds for a GMAT retake? For reference it is currently July 31st... I am not sure how re-taking the GMAT might impact the rest of my timeline. Otherwise (prior to seeing this official score report) I was considering just taking my test score as it is, accepting that my score is "in the range" but not a point of distinction, and focusing on other parts of my application.
Advice would be certainly be appreciated.
Thanks
I am on the same boat. I got a 640 in GMAT ( Q:47 ; V: 30 ; AWA : 5.5 ) . Now here is the the part where I goofed up. I got 1 on IR ( thats a 0 Percentile!). I am really not sure how that happened.
Now here is some more information about myself :
1) IT - 4years Exp with an MNC
2) I cant go above 650 in GMAT, that's pretty much what I can get ( Not sounding pessimistic here, Its just that I realize my strengths and my weaknesses too very well ) . So even If I retake , I dont think I can improve the GMAT score ( there are chances that I may get lower as well !!)
3) I think my AWA score is decent and there is no necessity for improving that.
So should i retake the GMAT ONLY for the sake of IR ? I keep reading on the internet that the IR is not important atleast for this years admission. And I read the blog where one of the top B school in US ( I think it was stanford, im not very sure) said that it is not going to weigh the IR section.
Any update from the DeterminedMBA2012 ?