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I took the GMAT last month and scored a 690 (Q46, V39, IR 2/8, AWA 4/6). I plan to apply in Business Schools in France.

I am a non-native speaker. I am happy with my first GMAT's overall score, especially with my verbal score (89th percentile), and I am fairly happy with my quantitative one (67th percentile).

However, I scored a 4.0 in AWA and I totally bombed IR, and only got 2 out of 8 (12th percentile).

I am retaking the GMAT tomorrow; I really do not know whether I should keep my second GMAT's score (tomorrow) if I score below 690 (660-670-680), even if I score for example 4 in IR (and around 4.5 in AWA).

Do you think it is worth it to keep a lower overall score if I slightly improve my IR/AWA ? Is a 4 in AWA / 2 in IR really bad?

What would you guys do if you were me? At what score would you keep it/cancel it ? (apparently now it is totally possible to cancel the score without having to mention it to B-S)

Thanks so much

Hi alex06,

The B-Schools do not consider IR yet, so a 2 in the IR should not be a spoilsport for you.
I would recommend you to not accept a lower GMAT score and cancel it.

Anyways if you want to change your mind later you can always re-instate it.

All the best for the test!
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Hi, please can u tell me in how many days/weeks did u get your first gmat scores after taking the exam.
Hi smritipatodia,

You get the IR, Verbal, Quants and the total score just after you submit the test.
The AWA scores usually takes somewhere between 7 - 14 days.