{"id":37348,"date":"2017-05-26T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/new-insead-to-weight-the-ir-section-of-gmat\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T01:54:11","slug":"new-insead-to-weight-the-ir-section-of-gmat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/new-insead-to-weight-the-ir-section-of-gmat\/","title":{"rendered":"New! INSEAD to weight the IR section of GMAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the debut of the GMAT\u2019s integrated reasoning (IR) section in 2012, it wasn\u2019t entirely clear how much emphasis top schools placed upon its importance. This 12-question, 30-minute section is scored on a 1 to 8 scale, separately from the total GMAT score, which tops out at 800. Its key elements include table analysis, graphics interpretation, multi-source reasoning and two-part analysis, presenting a multifaceted challenge that mercilessly withholds partial credit, even for answers to multi-part questions.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insead.edu\/m-programmes\/mba?CampaignId=Google-Search&amp;SiteId=Microsite-MBA&amp;AdId=MBA&amp;gclid=CMLppNT6jtQCFVMIkQodHDQIjw\">INSEAD<\/a> was among the programs that said it wasn\u2019t weighting IR scores in its evaluation criteria. But over the last five years, INSEAD and other programs have accumulated a strong body of data on IR scores from candidates and students, and how it correlates with academic performance. Now, INSEAD is placing greater emphasis upon IR score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the selection process, we\u00a0intend to include the IR section of the GMAT in our evaluation as of the\u00a0September 2018 intake. It seems to be a good\u00a0additional element to predict\u00a0academic performance on the programme, says INSEAD Admissions Director Virginie Fougea. \u201cWe also suspect that the IR section\u00a0could be a good indicator of the capacity for problem solving, critical\u00a0thinking, judgment and decision making, skills\u00a0that we definitely try to\u00a0identify during the application process. The current average of IR scores is\u00a0above 6, so we now recommend that applicants\u00a0target a score close to 6 or above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Virginie puts INSEAD\u2019s perspective into the context of its programmatic evolution and the introduction of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insead.edu\/node\/30641\"> Personal Leadership\u00a0Development Programme<\/a>, or PLDP. \u201cThe major change is not on the\u00a0admissions side, but rather on the Programme Management side with the curriculum\u00a0review and the introduction, as of\u00a0this August, of a Personal Leadership\u00a0Development Programme,\u201d says Virginie. \u201cThe PLDP is designed to provide students with a new\u00a0standard of excellence in\u00a0personal and interpersonal awareness, skills, and\u00a0communication effectiveness. It introduces a set of tools and experiences\u00a0throughout the MBA\u00a0programme that will give them opportunities to enhance their\u00a0short-term and long-term career success. In a sense, this is slightly\u00a0influencing our selection process as we are even more looking at skills like\u00a0emotional intelligence, creativity and cognitive\u00a0flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the debut of the GMAT\u2019s integrated reasoning (IR) section in 2012, it wasn\u2019t entirely clear how much emphasis top schools placed upon its importance. 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