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16 Apr 2019, 14:33
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Hi there! Happy to help!
While the optimal order selection varies by test-taker, I'd be glad to give you my thoughts! You'll want to reflect on your tendencies as a test-taker. Are you prone to text anxiety? Will you thus benefit from starting with the section you're most comfortable with? Or do you know you'll want to begin with what you're the most concerned with so that you're at your most "fresh and focused?"
I will make two bigger picture notes to keep in mind:
1. Only about 10% of students choose the original order beginning with the IR/AWA sections - and it's not usually a personal recommendation of mine. Since these sections are stand-alone scores that don't factor into your overall score out of 800, you'll likely want to save these for last - when fatigue is most likely to set in. Since schools are rated and ranked on their average overall scores out of 800, IR and AWA tend to pretty universally be secondary metrics for admissions - and most schools don't differentiate much beyond scoring at least average in the sections to verify your competency in business writing/reading and analyzing data. Beginning with Quant or with Verbal are the far more common selections - and for good reason!
2. When students don't have a strong preference one way or the other, I generally suggest trying out verbal first. Regardless of student strengths/weaknesses - most find it easier to feel the onset of fatigue taking verbal later in the test than taking quant later. It's easy to begin to feel fatigued or distracted when you encounter a particularly long, dense, dare I say it - boring - reading comprehension passage later in the test as compared to quantitative questions.
That said - if you're early enough in your prep - feel free to test it out in the practice tests you take and reflect on what ordering leaves you feeling the most confident as you move through the test!
I hope this helps!
While the optimal order selection varies by test-taker, I'd be glad to give you my thoughts! You'll want to reflect on your tendencies as a test-taker. Are you prone to text anxiety? Will you thus benefit from starting with the section you're most comfortable with? Or do you know you'll want to begin with what you're the most concerned with so that you're at your most "fresh and focused?"
I will make two bigger picture notes to keep in mind:
1. Only about 10% of students choose the original order beginning with the IR/AWA sections - and it's not usually a personal recommendation of mine. Since these sections are stand-alone scores that don't factor into your overall score out of 800, you'll likely want to save these for last - when fatigue is most likely to set in. Since schools are rated and ranked on their average overall scores out of 800, IR and AWA tend to pretty universally be secondary metrics for admissions - and most schools don't differentiate much beyond scoring at least average in the sections to verify your competency in business writing/reading and analyzing data. Beginning with Quant or with Verbal are the far more common selections - and for good reason!
2. When students don't have a strong preference one way or the other, I generally suggest trying out verbal first. Regardless of student strengths/weaknesses - most find it easier to feel the onset of fatigue taking verbal later in the test than taking quant later. It's easy to begin to feel fatigued or distracted when you encounter a particularly long, dense, dare I say it - boring - reading comprehension passage later in the test as compared to quantitative questions.
That said - if you're early enough in your prep - feel free to test it out in the practice tests you take and reflect on what ordering leaves you feeling the most confident as you move through the test!
I hope this helps!
16 Apr 2019, 18:14
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It entirely depends on you. I did V-Q-IR-AWA As I find it easier to tackle Q than RCs with a tired mind. So the bottom line is try to figure out what u can tackle better with a tired brain ( try different orders at practice tests - take these tests as you would the real one ). .....hope this helps!!
