IR and AWA don't have an effect on the total GMAT score?

[utesoma]

GMAC states on their homepage that IR and AWA don't have an effect on the total GMAT score.

What exactly does it mean? That you get your score (between 200 and 800) and the seperate scores for IR & AWA?

Thanks for your help.

[Chris Knight]

Yes. You will get 5 scores from the exam:0-6 awa0-8 IR6-51 Quant Raw score6-51 Verbal Raw score200-800 Overall - this is from the quant and verbal raw scores.