Given that it does not contribute to one's total score, how much time should one spend studying IR compared to Quant and Verbal?
Hi CAREY33,
IR involves many of the same skills that CR does (with a bit of 'math' and the potential to occasionally use Quant Tactics thrown in). As such, you might find it worthwhile to deal with IR later on during your studies, after you've honed your other Quant and Verbal skills. All that having been said, since many Schools have publicly stated that they do not use an Applicant's IR score as part of the review process, you probably shouldn't be spending that much time training for IR. While it's helpful to get some repetitions in to become familiar with the question types and get comfortable 'dumping' questions when appropriate - and you should ALWAYS include the Essay and IR section when you take your CATs - putting in lots of time to train for IR is NOT a good use of your time.
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Rich
