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As far as I know you should not get more than 3 MSR (3 of each question type).

Most GMAT prep companies suggest you skip 2 to 4 questions in IR, depending on the score you wish to achieve, to give yourself more time per question, i.e. increasing your allotted time to 3 minutes (skip 2) / 4 minutes (skip 4).

It is typically suggested to skip either MSR or Two-Part Analysis, although this is just a general suggestion. You should really focus on answering the question types you are the most comfortable with. The idea is to make sure you get the questions you choose to answer right!
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alainca wrote:
prachi18oct wrote:
I am also in the same boat as erahn1
I can't handle MSR and spend too much time solving them and that too incorrectly.
I am thinking to skip the first MSR passage ( 3 questions ) to spend considerable amount of time on other questions that I can get right. But I just hope I do not get 2 MSR passage ( 6 questions ).
Anyone faced 2 MSR based passages in IR in official GMAT. I got it while GMAT Prep but not sure of official exam.
Can anyone guide please.


I'm in the same boat and wondered about whether skipping the first MSR might be the right strategy. Anyone have any thoughts?


Update: Once I relaxed I was able to get through all the questions and score a perfect 8 on the real test. Sure, the first MSR might take more time to take in the entire situation, but follow-up questions take less, averaging it out.
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Hi All,

I'm in the same boat as well with respect to timing on the IR. However, not just with the MSR questions, although they definitely take my the longest and eat away a lot of my time.

I'm always rushing at the end and have to guess blindly on a solid 4 questions at the end. I've only done two practice IR sections so far and my highest score was a 3.1 Now without the time factor, I understand and can answer most of the questions correctly so I'm really struggling with how to effectively manage the time and answer the questions efficiently.

How many questions should I consider skipping in total to give myself more time? How much would that hurt/help the score?

Would appreciate any suggestions!

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erahn1 wrote:
Hello,

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated. My most recent test scores have all been between 720 and 760, but the IR section has been quite vexing to me.


Hi Erahn!
With this perfect overall score, why would you even need to worry about IR?
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As far as I know you should not get more than 3 MSR (3 of each question type).

Most GMAT prep companies suggest you skip 2 to 4 questions in IR, depending on the score you wish to achieve, to give yourself more time per question, i.e. increasing your allotted time to 3 minutes (skip 2) / 4 minutes (skip 4).

It is typically suggested to skip either MSR or Two-Part Analysis, although this is just a general suggestion. You should really focus on answering the question types you are the most comfortable with. The idea is to make sure you get the questions you choose to answer right!

While, it may work for GMAT, where the overall score matters, provided that you do not really fail/score too low on IR, I doubt it is a valid strategy for EA test as IR counts toward the overall score
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Which one has more impact on the score?
1. Skipping the question, or
2. Answering incorrectly?
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Which one has more impact on the score?
1. Skipping the question, or
2. Answering incorrectly?


As far as Integrated Reasoning is concerned, answering incorrectly is considered worse than skipping a question.

IR can very much be a game of choosing to answer the questions you think you can get right and skipping those you are uncomfortable with.

Generally speaking with GMAT, and that's true for Quant and Verbal too, you want to be ready to skip a question if you feel you won't be able to get to an answer in a reasonable amount of time. Of course, you make an educated guess when skipping, but most importantly you skip in the first 15-30 seconds, so you now have more time for the remainder of the test.
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On an "Official" preptest, I got an MSR-type prompt with only one question attached. I definitely would have skipped it if I had known that there was only one question. Has anyone else ever heard of one question MSRs?
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On an "Official" preptest, I got an MSR-type prompt with only one question attached. I definitely would have skipped it if I had known that there was only one question. Has anyone else ever heard of one question MSRs?



This happened again with another preptest. Could someone refer me to an GMAC rep who might know the answer to this question?
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