Hi There

From personal experience I can say the following about the IR section

First, I struggled to finish the IR section within the assigned 30 mins as well.On an average Id say I could only finish 10 out of 12 questions(even on the day of the actual GMAT)I too feel the multi source reasoning questions are time consuming.

Second,Its my opinion that for the 2013 intake the IR score is not really going to matter as the IR is in a testing phase.

Lastly after not devoting a lot of my prep time to the IR section I manages a 7 out of 8 score in the GMAT.

So,relax and dont worry too much about the IR section.Going through the OG guide's questions loosely as well as the ones in the prep software is more than enough.

I have to agree with Ceilidh! I would say that what is important is that you not score a zero...I mean even to the schools that are not looking at the scores a zero is pretty clear...

But more importantly you need to make it through the first hour of AWA and IR in a position to succeed on the sections that do count toward your 200 - 800 score --- the Quant and the Verbal.

So I would say the best reason to have a solid IR strategy -- for example skipping two or three questions that seem tough and taking 3 minutes each on the others, and making sure that you take it easier the whole way through -- is to preserve your best score on the Quant and Verbal.