710 but Low IR Score...Is it worth Retaking ONLY for IR?

Hi Prashant -

Got your PM about this question.

Try to put yourself in adcom shoes.

This is what they see: - Indian male, experienced IT; GMAT score: 670 (Q49 V32) with IR5, then 710 (Q50 V35) with IR2

Though you are generally weaker in verbal than in math - this demonstrates your capacity to make improvements when given the opportunity. Your IR score could mean that you didn't put in the effort the 2nd time - or could be understandable if the rest of your application is stellar (indicating your super busy doing lots of activities, etc) - and you just didn't have the time to ace IR.

In my view, if you retake the exam just for IR - and you still end up with IR 4 or 5 - that's bad...PLUS you risk doing worse in Q/V as well.

So while IR2 is not ideal, I'd say it's not worth the retake. Because if you get low IR again, then they will definitely dismiss you as a candidate who can't integrate your reasoning.

Focus on building the rest of your application - hopefully to the extent that it makes it seem you are quite busy with other activities - so busy that you neglected IR (!) - though you were able to make the verbal improvement when you needed to - separating yourself from other Indian IT candidates who had a weak verbal score but could not make that improvement.