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• Old GMAT or new GMAT From: angadsingh  Apr 11, 2012 Posts 1

  Will taking the GMAT test in the new format improve my chances of getting admission at Wharton ? Reply

• Re: Old GMAT or new GMAT From: victormlee  Apr 12, 2012 Posts 2,555

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  Inherently? No. Performing well on either format is the best way to improve your chances on that dimension.  -Victor  WG '11   Reply

• Re: Old GMAT or new GMAT From: victormlee  Apr 12, 2012 Posts 2,555

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  To clarify the above, as far as I am aware, Wharton Admissions does not consider the new format of GMAT so much of an improvement that they would require all applicants to take the new format to apply (or favor the new format over the old).  In essence, as long as Wharton Admissions feels the old GMAT gave them adequate comfort to help assess whether a person might be able to handle the academic curriculum at Wharton, the old GMAT will be honored just as well as the new GMAT.  To use a very rough and crude metaphor, a ruler might be a better measure of length than a piece of string in determining whether a fish is long enough to keep or must be returned to the ocean. But both could be sufficiently effective in accomplishing the main purpose: helping to assess whether or not the fish should be kept or sent off. Best, Victor PS - I do not mean to imply that candidates are just fishes :) Reply

• Re: Old GMAT or new GMAT From: GMATPrepster  Jul 20, 2012 Posts 3

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  When do you think you think that the integrated reasoning section will be a significant factor in overall GMAT performance in your admissions decisions? Reply

• Re: Old GMAT or new GMAT From: victormlee  Jul 21, 2012 Posts 2,555

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  Let me start with a disclaimer: I do not speak on behalf of Admissions. From my perspective, it will take some time before enough statistically significant data can be generated linking integrated reasoning performance with performance in actual business school curriculums. Right now, as with the AWA, business schools will use the additional information as they see fit. It certainly does not hurt to have more information at an Admissions Officer's disposal, but the integrated reasoning performance section is unlikely to be a sole determinant or major determinant of overall GMAT performance in the short run; this is also because each subscore can be addressed and analyzed somewhat independently of the others (though the holistic picture is also important). It is not like the different subscores are weighted and integrated to yield some "net GMAT score" upon which all decisions are based - this is not how the admissions review process works.  -Victor  WG '11 Reply