Low IR on GMAT in second attempt. Retake?

[titan31]

Hi,
I wrote GMAT twice this year. Here are the scores:
GMAT-1:
Q51 (97%ile) V31 (60%ile) AWA6.0 (91%ile) IR5 (52%ile) Overall 690 (87%ile)

GMAT-2:
Q50 (89%ile) V36 (80%ile) AWA6.0 (Expected) IR4 (37%ile) Overall 710 (92%ile)

Do I need to retake? I am concerned about my IR score. If there is any other I thing I should be worrying about right now, please guide me....

Background: Indian / Male / Software Product R&D / Age 25
Undergraduate GPA: 8.64/10

Schools: Not decided.. But will not be looking at schools ranked below 15..

Please help.

[StaceyKoprince]

I'll give you my opinion, but you should talk to an admissions consultant to get better advice!

If you are applying this year, then a 5 should be fine for the schools. If you are not applying for a few years, I can't predict whether a 5 will still be fine or whether they will be looking for higher scores. I do feel confident that Q+V will still be much more important than IR for at least the next several years.

Longer-term, if you will be looking for jobs in consulting or banking, they *might* start using IR scores. They already use GMAT (Q+V) scores, and my guess is that even when they start to use IR scores, those scores will still be less important (for a while) than Q+V. Same thing as the schools.

But ask an admissions consultant to see what they think!