Do AWA and IR scores even matter?

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ksc1940: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 68; Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:27 pmFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 2 times

by ksc1940 » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:10 pm

I just got my official score report today and got a 6 on AWA (90%) and 8 on IR (92%). My overall score is 740: 48Q, 44V. My quant score is a bit low for wharton/sloan/columbia, so i'm concerned but definitely am not retaking it. From what i've heard, adcom is not going to care about IR this year, which obviously upsets me since i happened to do well on it. Any truth to this? Will a perfect IR score really not matter, or will it help a bit?

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by machichi » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:27 am

Obviously your top marks in AWA and IR are not going to hurt you; however, you're right that they'll only be helpful on the margins. I think the rule of thumb is that if they are too low they might leave the admissions folks questioning your abilities, but when they're high, they just brush them to the side. They don't have data on how IR translates to grades, salaries, etc.

Wharton can be a stickler for quant scores, but GMAT is only one way to determine your ability to handle math. Hopefully you have high level math on your transcript. You definitely don't need to retake!

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by ksc1940 » Sun Nov 04, 2012 2:12 pm

machichi wrote:Obviously your top marks in AWA and IR are not going to hurt you; however, you're right that they'll only be helpful on the margins. I think the rule of thumb is that if they are too low they might leave the admissions folks questioning your abilities, but when they're high, they just brush them to the side. They don't have data on how IR translates to grades, salaries, etc.

Wharton can be a stickler for quant scores, but GMAT is only one way to determine your ability to handle math. Hopefully you have high level math on your transcript. You definitely don't need to retake!

Definitely not retaking. From talking to friends, top schools want to see 48+ on quant, although 49-50 would have been ideal since my college grades weren't that great.

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