GMAT before or after june

Two things:

1. Will you be well prepared in a month's time? If yes, take it. If no, wait. I am assuming you haven't given much thought to the exam yet. Take a GMAT prep test. If you score 700+ in that, chances are that a month is enough. If you get less than 600, you will probably need to put in more than a month.

2. The exam is changing - but is the change good for you or bad? Don't assume it is bad for you. Would you prefer to work on 'Analysis of an Issue' or 'Integrated Reasoning'? It's for you to find out. You might find you like the IR section better. If you do, that could be another reason to wait.

You've gotten some good advice on this page already, but I'll add my 2 cents as well.

As it happens, I've already written a blog addressing this very question:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/should-i-t ... t-changes/

I hope you find that helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mike

Also, to know more about the Integrated Reasoning Section, you can register for the free integrated reasoning seminar Brian is conducting on

Thursday, April 26, 6pm Pacific
Saturday, May 12, 8am Pacific

Register here: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#-r ... g-seminar/

Karishma, does Veritas Prep have any published material for the Integrated Reasoning Section? I am just a little curious on this.

We will have an IR section in our new books (which will hit the markets in July). Right now, we teach Integrated Reasoning in the classroom (and give out handouts of the relevant material to our students).

I'll chime in as well. In short, if you are smart enough to get a 700+ and you don't have a strict timeline, you should not fear the IR section.

Lot's of students are trying to decide if they should be taking the test before the big change in June. As has been mentioned, the big change of Integrated Reasoning really isn't that big. Sure they swap out an essay for more "real" test, but the rest of the GMAT is unchanged! The IR section is scored completely separately (1-6) from your 200-800 score. At some point, the IR section score will become relevant to admissions offices, but it will be a while before enough data exists to correlate IR performance with Business School Performance.

So the impact of the IR to you is the additional study time required to prepare for IR and the increased mental fatigue you'll experience before the Quant section (let's admit that the essays are warm-ups at best). You won't have to dedicate vast amounts of study time to IR (20 hours isn't a bad estimate) because you'll use the same quant/verbal concepts for IR as you will during the "main event". You'll spend most of your time dealing with the new tools and question types (yes you get a calculator!). As far as stamina, you'll want to be running through practice exams with IR sections (GMAT 2.0 is loaded with IR and our CATs now have IR) and be sure to take advantage of the break before the quant section (recharge your brain).

So don't fear IR! Take the GMAT when you will maximize your 200-800 score. If you want a deep dive on IR, go to the MGMAT site and check out the free IR video (on the home page).