Historical question: what was GMAT order before choosing was allowed?

Question

Trying to settle a debate with a friend. What was the order before it became allowed to choose? Was it the same as the current default: Quant, Verbal, IR, AWA?

MartyMurray · Answer

AWA, IR, Quant, Verbal

It wasn't a great order since you used up energy on AWA and IR before you got to the two sections that really matter.

oiploiloi · Answer

Thanks for the reply! Really interesting that they got people starting with the two sections that schools don't really care about.

MartyMurray · Answer

Yeah, I guess they weren't really considering that test-takers don't care about those sections. They were sort of just listing the sections.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Would be interesting to hear what adcoms/ex-adcoms think about it, since IR was developed with input from business schools.

The Integrated Reasoning (IR) section of the GMAT—which measures a candidate’s ability to synthesize, interpret, and make judgements based on data from multiple sources—was developed with input from both business schools and corporate recruiters.  - MBA website

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi iceiceevie,

Even prior to the introductio of IR, the section-order of the GMAT was 'fixed': Argument Essay, Issue Essay, Quant, Verbal - AND the test was longer (45 mins for the Issue Essay and the Q/V sections were 75 minutes each).

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