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ASKTHEMAKERSOFTHEGMATEXAMABOUTINTEGRATEDREASONING
[LIVEWEBINARSTRANSCRIPTS]9:30AM/1PM/8PMUSEDT/April18,2012
OnApril18,2012,AshokSarathy,VicePresident,GMATOperations,andBetsyMcIntyre,Director,Product
Management,hostedthreeonlinewebinarsontheGMATexamwithIntegratedReasoningandnewstudymaterialsfor
thisnewsection.
QuestionsBegin:
StartTime:09:30:00GMT0400(EasternDaylightTime)
HowmanyquestionswillbeaskedintheINTEGRATEDREASONINGsection?
ANSWER:12
Twoquestions.WillIRscoringbe1through8inintegers?Orcanyouget,say,a6.5?Also,IdidthenewGMATPrepand
theIRsectionwasidenticalforthetwotests.Wasthatabug?
Answer:IRwillbescoredbetween1and8usingonlyintegers.Youcannotgeta6.5.TheIRsectionisthesamefor
bothpracticetestsinGMATPrep.
AbhishekAsked:HowdoyouexpectBSchoolstousethisnewsectionduringadmissions?
Answer:WhilewecantsayhowindividualschoolswillspecificallyusetheIRsectionintheiradmissionsprocess,
nearly740facultymembershaveindicatedthattheskillsmeasuredbyIntegratedReasoningarecriticalforsuccessin
agraduatemanagementprogram.AdmissionsDirectorsatkeybusinessschoolshavealsoindicatedtheIRsection
willbevaluedadditiontotheadmissionsprocess.Admissionstoleadingbusinessschoolsiscompetitive.Schoolscan
useIRscoresasanadditionaldatapointtoevaluateacandidatesapplication.
ManasaAsked:HowmanyquestionswillbeaskedintheINTEGRATEDREASONINGsection?
Answer:12
ArunRaviKumarMAsked:IneedsomehelpregardingselectionofBschools.Howdowegetintouchwiththeschools
withourGMATscores?
Answer:Youhavetheopportunitytosendyourscorestoupto5schoolsontestday.Ifyouwanttosendyourscores
tomorethan5schools,orifyouwanttosendyourscoresafteryouvetakentheexam,visit
http://www.mba.com/thegmat/gmatscoresandscorereports/sendingyourscorestoschools.aspx.
RiccardoAsked:HowwillbusinessschoolsbeabletocomparecandidateswhotooktheoldGMATwiththeoneswho
tooktheNewGenerationGMAT?
Visitmba.com/nextgentolearnmoreabouttheNextGenGMATExam
BuynewGMATstudymaterialsatmba.com/store
2012GraduateManagementAdmissionCouncil(GMAC).GMAT,GMATFocus,GMATWrite,GMATPrep,andGraduateManagementAdmissionTestareregisteredtrademarksofGraduateManagementAdmission
CouncilintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.
Answer:WhatisimportanttoconsiderwiththenewGMATexamisthattheQuantitative,Verbal,TotalandAWA
scoreswillremainexactlythesameasthecurrentGMATexam,soschoolswillbeabletocomparethescores
associatedwiththesesectionsveryeasilyforGMATteststakenbeforeorafterthelaunchofIntegratedReasoningin
June2012.IntegratedReasoningoffersschoolsanadditional,highlyrelevantdatapointwithwhichtoevaluate
applicationstotheirprogram.HoweverthebestwaytodeterminehowaspecificschoolwilluseIRscoresistoask
thatschooltowhichyouareapplyingdirectly.
aditysoodAsked:detailsofIR
Answer:12questions,30minutes,scoreof18.
PeterAsked:SoifIget9outof12correctonIR,whatdoesthattranslateto?
Answer:Thereisntadirectltranslation.Sincedifferentstudentsseedifferentquestions,eventhoughwetakegreat
painstomakesurethatthedifficultyofthedifferentformsofquestionsaresimilaracrosscandidate,anequating
processwillconvertacandidatesrawscore(basedonthenumberofquestionsansweredcorrectly)tothescaled
score(from18).FormoreinformationabouthowtheIRsectionisscored,pleasevisitwww.mba.com/nextgen.
NilimaAsked:outofhowmuchistheintegratedreasoningsectionoutof?
Answer:TheIRsectionisscoredfrom18.
MichaelMagyarAsked:IheardthattheIRsectionisnotcomputeradaptive.Whyisitthatcandidatescannotmove
backwardsinthesection?Also,doestheIRsectionhavealargepenaltyforleavingquestionsblank,astheQandV
sectionssupposedlyhave?
Answer:Youarecorrect;theIRsectionisnotcomputeradaptive.However,wevekepttheformsimilartotheQuant
andVerbalsectionsoftheexamsothatyoucannotmovebackwardsandforward.Questionsleftblankwillbetreated
asthoughthecandidatehasansweredthosequestionsinaccurately.
JohnFulmerAsked:IseachtypeofIntegratedReasoningquestionweightedthesame?
Answer:Yes.
AkashJoshiAsked:CanIcorelateDataInterpretationastotheIntegratedreasoninginGMAT?
Answer:YouwillneedDataInterpretationskillstocorrectlyanswerIntegratedReasoningquestions.
MadieAsked:Justtoclarify,whichisbetterfortheendscore:leavingquestionsblankorguessingonthelastquestions
ifyourunoutoftime?
Answer:Thebestforyourendscoreisforyoutomanageyourtimesothatyoucanreadandmakeaneducatedguess
onallquestions.Answeringallquestionstothebestofyourabilityisbetterthanleavingquestionsunanswered.
PiyushJalanAsked:Somequestionmightbedifficultforsomewhichmightbeeasierforothers.Pleaseexplainhowyou
judgethedifficultylevelofquestions.
Answer:Difficultyisassignedtoquestionsbasedonhowtheyareansweredasexperimentalquestions.Experimental
questionswillbeincludedontheIntegratedReasoningSectionaswell.Thequestionsareassignedadifficultylevelas
afunctionofthenumberofaccurateresponsesprovidedtothequestions.Oncethedifficultylevelisassignedtoa
question,itwillbetreatedasoperationalandwillbeincludedonatestform.
JohnFulmerAsked:AreanyoftheIRquestionsexperimentallikethereareexperimentalsintheQuantandVerbal
sections?
Answer:Yes.
SunilAsked:IfihavetakenaGMATbeforeJune,willtheschoolaskmetotakeGMATagainifiamapplyingafterJune,
becausetheoldGMATwillnotcontainIR?
Answer:Thebestwaytoanswerthatquestionisforyoutoasktheschoolstowhichyouareapplying.Theirresponses
willvary.
ArunAsked:Willeachtestformpresentitsquestionsinthesameordertoalltesttakerstakingthatparticularform?
Answer:Questionsonaformwillbeadministeredinarandomordertocandidates.
MadieChangesQuestionTo:IscheduledmyGMATexamintwomonthstobeabletomeetaschool'sdeadline.Is2
monthsenoughtimetostudyforthisexam?
Answer:Itdependsonhowyoustudy.Ifyouhaveenoughtimetodedicatetostudyingin2months,thenyes.
However,ifyouarenotabletodedicatethetimetopreparation,youmightneedmoretime.
NilimaAsked:theirsection,howisitscored?
Answer:Wholenumbers,between1and8.
AlhajicontehAsked:whenwilltheIRsectionbegin?
Answer:June5,2012
OriSnirChangesQuestionTo:What'sconsidereda"sufficientgrade"inthe"IR"sectionbyMBAprograms?forinstance
Iknowthat4.5intheAnalyticalwritingsectionisasufficientscore.
Answer:Itdependsontheschool.Youshouldasktheschoolsthatyouareconsideringapplyingto.
RajatSadanaAsked:Inyouropinion,IsKaplan'sclaimthatpeoplewhotaketheGMATafterJune2willbeata
disadvantagetrueinyouropinion.
Answer:No.TheQuantandVerbalsectionshavenotchanged.AdditionallytheIRsectionallowsyoutoshinea
spotlightonskillsthatyouhavehonedinyourcurrentworkenvironmentorinyourundergraduateprogramandthat
areconsideredrelevantinbusinessschoolaswellasinthesubsequentcorporateenvironment.
JeyurPatelAsked:Iftherewasahighcorrelationthenwhywerethere2essaysforsomanyyears?
Answer:Businessschoolfacultyhadoriginallyidentifiedauniquesetofskillstobemeasuredbyeachoftheessasys.
Forexample,anAnalysisofanargumentevaluatesacandidatesabilitytodeconstructabusinessscenario,critiquea
logicalargumentbyexaminingtheassumptionsunderlyingtheargumentandprovideanevidencebasedanalysis.
TheAnalysisofanIssueevaluatesacandidatesabilitytotakeapositiononadebatableideaandtoprovide
supportingexamples.
Howeversubsequentanalysisofthescoresontheindividualessaysrevealedahighdegreeofcorrelationsuggesting
thatoneAWAessaydoesasaverygoodjobofmeasuringacandidatesanalyticalwritingskills.Oncebusinessschool
facultyidentifiedanewsetofskillstomeasureontheexam,wedeterminedthatwewoulddroponeoftheessays
andintroducethenewsection.
DrewAsked:Dodifferencesindifficultymeanthatonequestiononatestmightbeworthmorethananother?
Answer:AcandidatesscoreontheIRsectiondependslargelyonthenumberofquestionsheorshehasanswered
correctly.GMACtakesgreatcaretomakesurethatonaveragethedifficultyofthequestionspresentedtocandidates
arethesameontheIntegratedReasoningSection.Howevertheremightbeveryminordifferencesindifficulty,and
thereforeweconductanequatingandscalingprocesstomakesurethatallcandidatesareevaluatedonthesame
scale.
PolinaChangesQuestionTo:Howmanyquestionsaretheregoingtobeintheintegratedreasoningpart?
Answer:12
BarbaraAsked:doeseachquestionhavethesamescore
Answer:
AcandidatesscoreontheIRsectiondependslargelyonthenumberofquestionsheorshehasansweredcorrectly.
GMACtakesgreatcaretomakesurethatonaveragethedifficultyofthequestionspresentedtocandidatesarethe
sameontheIntegratedReasoningSection.Howevertheremightbeveryminordifferencesindifficulty,and
scale.
ArindamChakrabortyAsked:Howcanapersonget8inIntegrationReasoning?Ifthereare12questions,howwillthe
scorebegiventofirst8answersiftheyarecorrect?
Answer:
scale.Thisprocessconvertsthenumberofquestionsthatthecandidatehasansweredcorrectlytothe18scale.
.
MadhusudanAsked:Doesthatmeantosayoutofthefoursamplequestionsthatyoushowed,assumingthatthey
appearintheGMATexam,ifImanagetogetoneofthequestionswrongineachofthe4types,willibeawardedonly1
credit?
Answer:AquestionontheIRsectionmayhavemultipleparts(multipletrue/falseormultiplestatementsto
complete).Acandidatehastoanswerallparts(orresponseoptions)toaquestioncorrectlyinordertoreceivecredit
forthatquestion.AcandidatesscoreontheIRsectiondependsonthenumberofquestionsthatheorshehas
answeredcorrectly.
RishilSavaniAsked:WhatwouldbetheaveragescoreinIR?
Answer:Becauseitisnotyetavailableforstudentstotake,wedonotknowwhattheaveragescoreis.Formore
informationaboutIRpercentilesandhowtheywillbecalculated,pleasevisitwww.mba.com/nextgen
VladAsked:isIRadaptive?
Answer:No.IRisnotadaptive.Howeveracandidatecanonlyproceedtothenextquestionifshehasrespondedto
allpartsofthequestionthatsheiscurrentlyanswering.Additionallyacandidatecannotreturntoapreviously
answeredquestiontocorrectit.
KarthikParvathaneniAsked:WillapercentileforIRsectionbeprovided?Ifso,howisitcalculated?
Answer:Yes,apercentilewillbeprovidedfortheIRsection.ForthefirstsixmonthsaftertheIntegratedReasoning
sectionlaunches,percentilesforallIntegratedReasoningscoreswillbeadjustedeachmonthandthenupdated
annuallyonthesamescheduleastheotherGMATpercentiles.YourIRscaledscorewillnotchange,butasthepoolof
testtakerswithIRscoresgrows,IRpercentileswillmostlikelychange.
MarcelaAsked:Helloall,regardingthescorescale,howcana,examof12questionshavemaxscoreas8andthe
intervalsareequalto1?Thanks!
Answer:
scale.Thisprocessconvertsthenumberofquestionsthatthecandidatehasansweredcorrectlytothe18scale.
Thereisnotadirectconversionfromthenumberofquestionsyouanswercorrectlytoyourscore.
ManasaAsked:Willthescaledscoresberevealedattheendofthetest?Manasa
Answer:YouwillreceiveyourQuant,VerbalandTotalscoresatthetestingcenter.YouwillreceiveyourIRscorewith
yourofficialscorereport.
BarbaraChangesQuestionTo:willallschoolsbeconsideringtheIRrating?
Answer:Likelyyes.Nearly740facultymembershaveindicatedthattheskillsmeasuredbyIntegratedReasoningare
criticalforsuccessinagraduatemanagementprogram.AdmissionsDirectorsatkeybusinessschoolshavealso
indicatedtheIRsectionwillbeavaluedadditiontotheadmissionsprocess.Admissionstoleadingbusinessschoolsis
competitive.SchoolscanuseIRscoresasanadditionaldatapointtoevaluateacandidatesapplication.However,
thebestwaytounderstandhowschoolsareusingtheIRscoresistoaskthemdirectly.
rahmansaruhanAsked:whenwouldschools(eitherformbaorphd)startuseIRsectionscoreintheapplicationprocess,
woulditbeoktoskiptheIRsectionifwearemakingourapplicationsnextyear?
Answer:ThebestwaytounderstandhowschoolsareusingtheIRscoresistoaskthemdirectly.
ManimatorrAsked:firunoutoftimeandidontmanagetoanswerallthequestionsinthestipulatedamountoftime.
willibepenalizedinmyscoring?
Answer:Candidateswillnotreceiveanycreditforleavingaquestionunanswered.Werecommendcandidates
completeallquestionswithinthestipulatedtime.
BarbaraChangesQuestionTo:canweorderonlinetoIndiatoday?
Answer:TheOfficialGuideforGMATReviewisavailableinIndiatoday.Tolearnmore,visitwww.mba.com/india.
ArindamChakrabortyChangesQuestionTo:WhichisimportantforaBSchool:PercentileorScore?Willalwaysmy
scorebethelatestGMATexamtakenevenifthelatestscoreislessthanthelastexamtakenin5years?
Answer:Yourscoreisareflectionofyourability.Thepercentilerankingindicatesthepercentageofcandidateswho
havescoredbelowyourscore.Bothvariablesareimportanttoschools.However,eachschoolconsidersscoresand
percentilesdifferently.ThebestwaytounderstandhowaspecificschoolusesGMATscoresistoaskthemdirectly.
PolinaChangesQuestionTo:Whatisthebestwaytopracticetheessaypart?Howmanyquestionsaretheregoingtobe
intheintegratedreasoningpart?Howmuchpreparationtime(inhours)doyourecommendtoplanforthetest
preparation,whennothavingtakenthetestbefore?
Answer:ThebestwaytopracticetheessaysectionoftheGMATistopurchaseGMATWritefrom
www.mba.com/store.Itallowsyou2opportunitiestowriteandscoretheessay.Therewillbe12questionsontheIR
section.Theamountoftimerequiredtopreparefortheexamvaries.Pleaserefertotheblogarticleonmba.com
here:http://www.mba.com/mbacommunity/mba_com/b/asktheexpert/archive/2011/02/07/howlongshouldi
preparestudyforthegmat.aspx.
VladAsked:isIRadaptive?
Answer:No,itisnotadaptive.Howeveracandidatecanonlyproceedtothenextquestionifshehasrespondedtoall
partsofthequestionthatsheiscurrentlyanswering.Additionallyacandidatecannotreturntoapreviously
answeredquestiontocorrectit.
CourtneyAsked:CanyoupurchaseonlytheIRsection?Asopposedtohavingtopurchasetheentirebook?
Answer:Ifyoualreadyhaveacopyofthe12theditionoftheGuideandonlywanttopurchasetheonlineIRsection,
youmaydosoatmba.com/store.
MatthewBoguszAsked:WhydopeopletaketheGMAT?
Answer:Foradmissiontoagraduatebusinessprogram.
RajatSadanaAsked:Doeasy,medium,hardcorrespondtoaparticulardifficulty?
Answer:Yes.
SanjayAsked:IhavestartedpreparingforGMATusing12thEdition.DoIneedtoredopreparationforVerbalandQuant
fromscratchandpreparationthatIhavedonesofarwillnotbeuseful?CanInotcontinuepreparingforVerbaland
Quantfrom12thEditionanduse13thEditiononlyforIR?
Answer:Ifyoualreadyhaveacopyofthe12theditionoftheGuideandonlywanttopurchasetheonlineIRsection,
youmaydosoatmba.com/store.
ManasaChangesQuestionTo:IntheIRsection,isitpossiblefortesttakerstogobacktoaquestionandcorrectit
(beforefinishingthesectionofcourse)?
Answer:No.Youmaynotgobacktoaquestionafteryouhavesubmittedyouranswer.
CourtneyAsked:HowmuchpreptimeshouldyoudedicatetostudyingfortheIRsection?
Answer:Therearesomeanswerstothisquestioninablogpostonmba.com:
http://www.mba.com/mbacommunity/mba_com/b/asktheexpert/archive/2011/02/07/howlongshouldiprepare
studyforthegmat.aspx.
JeetThakkarAsked:WhatkindofquestionsaregoingtobeaskedintheIntegratedReasoningsectionofGMAT?
Answer:FormoreinformationabouttheIRquestiontypes,gohere:http://www.mba.com/thegmat/nex
gen/integratedreasoningquestionformats.aspx.
MohitBhargavaAsked:IfiGiveOnetestBeforeIRSectionAvailabilityandOneAfterIRSection,howwillthesetwo
scoresbecompared?
Answer:YourQuant,VerbalandTotalscoreswillbecomparedonetoone,astheIRscoreswillnotbeincludedinthe
yourTotalscore.Schoolswillhaveanadditionaldatapointonhighlyrelevantskillswithwhichtoevaluateyour
applicationasaresultoftheIntegratedReasoningscore.
KarthikParvathaneniAsked:WilltherebeabreakbetweenArgumentAWApromptandIRsection?
Answer:No.
SubhashiniSriramaluAsked:WilltherebeabreakbetweentheessayandtheIRsession?Ifsohowlong?
Answer:No.
JeetThakkarChangesQuestionTo:ArethequantandVerbalsectionformatschanginginanyway?
Answer:No.
AlhajicontehAsked:caniseemyscoreintheIRaftertheexams
Answer:YouwillreceiveyourIRscorewithyourofficialscorereport.TheunofficialscorereportwillnotcontainanIR
score.
JeetThakkarAsked:WherecanIfindstudymaterialfortheIRsection?
Answer:IRquestionsareavailableinthenewversionofGMATPrep(freedownloadablesoftwareavailableat
www.mba.com/gmatprep)aswellasinthe13theditionoftheOfficialGuide.ifyoualreadyhaveacopyofthe12th
editionoftheGuideandonlywanttopurchasetheonlineIRsection,youmaydosoatmba.com/store.
omotadeAsked:Inacaseofthetwopartquestions,aretheanswersgoingtobegradedseparately,ifyouansweredone
correctlyandtheotherwrongly?
Answer:Thewholeanswerwillbeconsideredwrong.Youwillonlyreceivecreditforthequestionifyouanswerboth
partscorrectly.
PriyankAjmeraAsked:CanyouexplainwhatkindofquestionscouldweexpectintheIntegratedReasoningsection?And
beingthefirstyearwiththisaddedsectionwhatwouldthelevelofdifficultybe?
Answer:FormoreinformationabouttheIRquestionstypes,visit:http://www.mba.com/thegmat/nex
gen/integratedreasoningquestionformats.aspx
MarkAsked:Howwilltheintegratedreasoningsectionbescored?
Answer:Wholenumbers,18.
MarkAsked:Whenwilluniversitiesstartusingtheintegratedreasoningscoreinanofficialmode,asopposedto"for
analysisonly"?
Answer:Itdependsontheschool.Nearly740facultymembershaveindicatedthattheskillsmeasuredbyIntegrated
Reasoningarecriticalforsuccessinagraduatemanagementprogram.AdmissionsDirectorsatkeybusinessschools
havealsoindicatedtheIRsectionwillbeavaluedadditiontotheadmissionsprocess.Admissionstoleadingbusiness
schoolsiscompetitive.SchoolscanuseIRscoresasanadditionaldatapointtoevaluateacandidatesapplication.
Foraspecificanswerwerecommendyoucontacttheschoolthatyouareapplyingtodirectly.
AaronLundbergAsked:WhywastheAWAIssueessaydropped?
Answer:Aftermuchstatisticalanalysis,wedeterminedthetwoessayscoreswereveryhighlycorrelated.Assuch,one
essayscoredemonstratesyouranalyticalwritingskills.
JuniorAsked:didyousaythatintegratedreasoningwillbescoredseparatelyfromeverythingelse?
Answer:Yes.
AaronLundbergChangesQuestionTo:Ispartialcreditgivenforaquestioniflessthanalloftheresponseopportunities
areansweredcorrectly?
Answer:ThereisnopartialcreditintheIRsection.
AaronLundbergChangesQuestionTo:Isitpossibletoanswereveryquestioncorrectlyandnotget8points?
Answer:No.AllformsofIRquestionshaveapproximatelythesamelevelofdifficulty.Thescalingprocessadjustsfor
minordifferencesindifficulty.Howeverifacandidateweretoanswerallquestionscorrectlytheywouldreceivean8.
LindaEdwardsSheaAsked:HowhavetheIntegratedReasoningquestionsbeentestedforthefirstbatchoftests
following5thJune?
Answer:WeconductedthreeseparatepilottestsofGMATtesttakerswiththeIRquestionstocalibratethequestions.
KimberlyKruzynskiAsked:IsitassumedthatthemorepeoplethattakethenewIntegratedReasoningsection(i.e.as
moretimepasses),themorecompetitivethepercentilewillget?
Answer:Itdependsonthepeoplethattaketheexam.ForthefirstsixmonthsaftertheIntegratedReasoningsection
launches,percentilesforallIntegratedReasoningscoreswillbeadjustedeachmonthandthenupdatedannuallyon
thesamescheduleastheotherGMATpercentiles.YourIRscaledscorewillnotchange,butasthepooloftesttakers
withIRscoresgrows,IRpercentileswillmostlikelychange.
AaronLundbergChangesQuestionTo:HowmanyexperimentalIRquestionswilltherebe?
Answer:Fortestsecurityandfairnessissues,wecannotrevealthenumberofexperimentalquestionsontheIR
section.
MBRAsked:HowareyougoingtodeterminepercentilesforstudentstakingthenewGMATduringthefirstmonth?
Answer:Forthefirstmonth,thepercentileswillbecalculatedbasedoncandidateswhohavetakentheGMATtest
duringthefirstfewweeksinJune.ForthefirstsixmonthsaftertheIntegratedReasoningsectionlaunches,
percentilesforallIntegratedReasoningscoreswillbeadjustedeachmonthandthenupdatedannuallyonthesame
scheduleastheotherGMATpercentiles.YourIRscaledscorewillnotchange,butasthepooloftesttakerswithIR
scoresgrows,IRpercentileswillmostlikelychange.
GillianWongAsked:HowwouldyouadvisewebestprepareforthenewIntegratedReasoningsection?
Answer:Wesuggestthatyoupractice!YoucanseeIRquestionsinthefreeGMATPrepsoftware(availableat
www.mba.com/gmatprep)orintheOfficialGuideforGMATReview,13thedition.
ShivaliAgarwalAsked:HowwillthecandidateswhotakethetestafterJune5beevaluatedagainsttheoneswhohave
takenthetestbefore.Esp.ifthepersonhasastellarQuant/Verbalscoreandnotsogoodintegratedreasoningscore.
Answer:SincetheQuantitative,Verbal,AWAandTotalscoreswillnotchange,schoolswillbeabletocompare
candidateswhohavetakentheGMATbeforeJune5thwiththosewhohavetakenitafterJune5th,basedonthese
measures.IntegratedReasoninggivesschoolsanadditionaldatapointwithwhichtoevaluateahighlycompetitive
applicantpool.ThewaythatschoolsevaluateGMATscoresvary.ThebestwaytounderstandhowschoolswilluseIR
scoresistoasktheschoolstowhichyouareapplyingdirectly.
JuniorAsked:arepracticetestsavailableonmba.comnowthatincludetheintegratedreasoningsections?
Answer:yes,afullpracticetestwithIntegratedReasoningisavailableinthenewversionofGMATPrep(free
downloadablesoftwareavailableatwww.mba.com/gmatprep)
rawnAsked:awaissuesorargumentrelatedquestionactuallydropfornewversion?
Answer:TheAWAsectionwillnowonlyincludeanAnalysisofanArgumentprompt.
JuniorChangesQuestionTo:IsthissoftwarenowcompatiblewithMac
Answer:Yes,GMATPrepisnowcompatiblewiththeMAC.
SiyingAsked:questionsaboutthetiminginIR:HowdidGMACgaugethetimerequiredforansweringeachIRquestion?I
wouldliketoseesomestatisticaldatashowing,forexample,fortheregularverbal/quant,%oftesttakerswholeave
questionsunansweredattheend,comparedwith%oftesttakerswholeavequestionunansweredinIRduringthe
previoustrialperiod(earlythisyear).IsIRsessionhashighertimeconstraintthanverbal/quant?Foranaveragetest
taker,aquantquestiontakes2min.So,isittruethatthisaveragetesttakerwould,onaverage,answeranIRquestionin
around2.5min?Thanks.
Answer:GMAChaspilotedtheIRsection3timesoverthepast2years.Duringthattime,ourtestingexpertshave
determinedthetimingandthenumberofquestions.Thereissomedatawedonotshare,includingdataaboutour
pilottests.Perquestion,youhave2minutesand30secondstoanswer(30minutesdividedby12questions)which
ismoretimeperquestionthaneitherVerbalorQuant.
vatoyaAsked:Hello,IhaveaqontheGmatPrep.IfIalreadydownloadedthesoftwareandhavebeenusingitsofar,can
Idownloadthisnewversionandstartfromscratch?
Answer:ThequestionsintheIRsectionarenew.Allotherquestionsarethesameasfromtheoldversionof
GMATPrep.
LouAsked:Iboughtthe12theditionoftheGMATprepguide,isthereaguideonlyforintegratedreasoning?
Answer:YoucanpurchasetheonlineIRsectionseparatefromthe13theditionuntilJune5,2012here:
http://www.mba.com/store/productinfo.aspx?ProductID=5032
KarinePelletierAsked:whatisthedeliverydelayforthe13thprepguide?
Answer:The13theditionoftheGuideisnowavailableinCanada.
LaurenceChangesQuestionTo:Threequestions:WilltheIRpercentilerankingsbeupdatedonthe1stofeverymonth,
orwilltheybeupdatedduringthemiddle/endofeverymonth?ThestatementclaimsthattheIRpercentilerankings
areupdatedeverymonth.IfItaketheexamonJune5th,willmyscorereportshowapercentilerankingfortheIR
section?Scorereportsaremailedwithin20daysaftertheexam,soevenifthescorereportismailedtomeonJune
25th,themonthofJuneisn'toveryet,sowillthescorereportshowablankpercentilerankingfortheIRsection?Ifthat
istrue,willschoolsseeablankpercentilerankingfortheIRsection?Also,ifItaketheexamonJuly15thorJuly29th,the
IRpercentilerankingwillreflectmyperformanceagainstthepooloftesttakersfortheentiremonthofJune,correct?
ThescoresofJulytesttakersaren'taddedtothepooluntilAugust1st,correct?
Answer:Thefirstmonthspercentilerankingswillbecalculatedbasedontheperformanceofthosetestingduringthe
firstfewweeksinJune.Thereafter,forthefirstsixmonths,thepercentilerankingswillbeupdatedatthebeginning
ofthemonthtocumulativelyincludedatafromthepriormonths.
vatoyaChangesQuestionTo:Hello,thisisaquestionontheirpersonalopinionaboutwhentotaketheexam.Ihavenot
bookedmyexamyet;wouldtheyrecommendItrytotakeitbeforeJune2ndorafterandhavetheexamwiththeIR
section?
Answer:TheIRsectiongivesyouanopportunitytospotlightyourskillsinawaythattheQuantandVerbalsections
dont.Whenyoutaketheexamisentirelyuptoyou,butdontmissouttheopportunitytoshowyourabilities!
URIELAsked:Aretheseparticularquestionscomputeradaptivequestionstoo?
Answer:No,theIRsectionisnotcomputeradaptive.Howeveracandidatecanonlyproceedtothenextquestionif
shehasrespondedtoallpartsofthequestionthatsheiscurrentlyanswering.Additionallyacandidatecannotreturn
toapreviouslyansweredquestiontocorrectit.
TaniaAsked:AsmoreGMATtesttakerstakethetestwillthepercentileofyourscoredecrease?
Answer:Yourpercentilewilllikelychange,butnotnecessarilydecrease.
ZAsked:Howmanyschoolsyoucansendyourscoretowithoutpayingadditionalfee?
Answer:Beforeyoutakethetestwhileyouareinthetestingcenter,youwillhavetheabilitytosendyourscoresto
upto5programsforfree.Ifyouchoosetosendyourscorestomorethan5programs,orifyouwanttosendyour
scoresafteryouseeyourscore,youmaydosoatwww.mba.com.ThecosttodosoisUS$28perscorereport.
TahminaAsked:Whatisthepurposeoftheexperimentalquestion?Doesthatmeantherewillbe13questionsinstead
of12?
Answer:ExperimentalquestionsareusedtoreplenishthequestionbankofIRquestion,toenableustotestfuture
testtakers.Weareabletogatherempiricalinformationaboutanexperimentalquestionsuchasdifficultyandtime
takentorespondtothequestion.Oncethisdatahasbeengathered,weareabletoadministersuchquestionswithin
theoperationalpool.Experimentalquestionsareincludedwithinthe12questionsontheIRsection.
JordanDAsked:WhatshareofIRquestionscantesttakersexpecttobemultipart?Isthereamaximumnumberor
generalrange(34)thatwecanexpecttoseeonmultipartIRQuestions?
Answer:AllIRquestionsaremultipart.Formoreinformationaboutwhatthequestionslooklike,visit:
http://www.mba.com/thegmat/nexgen/integratedreasoningquestionformats.aspx.
sreeAsked:TowhatextentdoesQuantandVerbalpreparationhelpmeinIRsection?
Answer:Thefoundationalskills(highschoolverbalandquantitativeskills)neededtosucceedontheIRsectionare
similartothoseneededtosucceedontheQuantandVerbalsections.WhiletheIRcombinessomeoftheseverbal
andquantitativeskills,itexpandsontheseskillsbymeasuringacandidatesabilitytosynthesizeinformationfrom
differentsourcesinordertoevaluatethelikelihoodofcertainoutcomes.Formoreinformationaboutthetypesof
questionsaskedintheIRsection,visithttp://www.mba.com/thegmat/nexgen/integratedreasoningquestion
formats.aspx.

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