Eight months after the GMAT exam underwent its biggest overhaul in 15 years, the test's new Integrated Reasoning section is beginning to be used by admissions committees at top business schools to determine which applicants to accept. The new section isn't being given much weight in the process, in part because many applicants do not have IR scores yet. But the scores are being reviewed, and some schools are asking the Graduate Management Admission Council, which publishes the test, for information on IR grade distributions to help them analyze the results. Some schools say they're waiting for new research that shows how well the new section predicts B-school success before making it a more significant part of the admissions process. Read More
