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A 4.5 or up is fine. I got a 6 on my AWA on my first GMAT but didn't do as well on the rest (I was sick and really petered out after the essays, which were easy for me because I have a lot of writing experience)...that 6 didn't do squat to help me get into school, but the low verbal + quant certainly got me waitlisted!

Be familiar enough with the AWA that you can write something good enough for at least a 4.0, more familiar if you personally like to write or want it to be a strong point, but overall they don't pay much attention to it.
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A question on the AWA test taking. In the real GMAT test, is it possible to quickly answer this section and go on to other sections? Or there is no way you can save time here to use it in, say, the quantitative or verbal. Thanks for any feeback.
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each section has its own bin of time. even the 2 essays are separate. you dont gain anything from finishing early.
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