A few Q&A's that might help clear up your understanding of what will come in June.
Q: How does Integrated Reasoning affect your 800 score?
It doesn’t. You actually get a completely separate score for it – similar to the way you get a separate AWA score.
So your score transcript will show your 800 score, your AWA score, and your IR score.
Q: Will there be a calculator for the integrated reasoning section?
Yes. Unlike the quant section of the existing GMAT section, the integrated reasoning section will involve “weird” math.
I say weird, because you’ll be using a lot more realistic numbers. Rather than seeing nice round numbers, or nice decimals, you’l actually see things like
.738 billion
And you might have to divide that by 1.25%
On the regular Quant section, you wouldn’t see weird numbers like this. But the purpose of the IR section is to be more “real-world” realistic in terms of the numbers you’d actually use in business and in business school. So yes, you’ll see these kinds of numbers and may very well need to use the on-screen calculator.
Q: How much longer will the exam be?
Actually it’s going to be the same amount of time. But it’s going to take the place of the 2nd AWA essay. So total time of the exam is still the same. However, it’s going to be a lot more grueling because the amount of thinking involved to sort data, do calculatins, and think critically on the IR section will be a lot more than the amount of thinking that you would have done for just a simple essay.
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