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22 Jun 2022, 01:56
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Hi,
I gave the GMAT a couple of days back and ended up getting a 720 (Q51, V36). This is my first attempt.
Now, although the score might seem decent, I am disappointed because of two reasons:
ESR Analysis
Since I can't attach the ESR (I do not have 5 posts on the platform), I will paste the text version below
Some initial inferences made using other ESR analyses on GMAT Club:
I can make out that I made 6 errors in total out of the 30 questions that are scored - 1 in the first quarter (8 questions), none in the second quarter (7 questions), 2 in the third quarter (7 questions) and 3 in the final quarter (8 questions). Given the % of questions answered correctly, would I be correct in assuming that the breakup of 6 errors is as follows?
Background on the mocks
I am comfortable answering questions in quant and I have consistently maintained a Q50 level but my scores in verbal have varied a lot
GMATprep mock 1 (26/05/22) - 710 (Q49, V37 with 13 errors - 5 in RC, 4 in CR, 4 in SC) - Did not have any timing strategy for verbal and ended up guessing the last 11 questions. Improved on that in the subsequent exams
GMATprep mock 2 (02/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 6 errors - 4 in RC, 0 in CR, 2 in SC)
GMATprep mock 5 (18/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 8 errors - 0 in RC, 3 in CR, 5 in SC)
GMATprep mock 6 (19/06/22) - 710 (Q50, V35 with 7 errors - 5 in RC, 2 in CR, 0 in SC) - Completely stumped by what happened here
To the experts bb, IanStewart, mcelroytutoring, MartyTargetTestPrep, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, souvik101990 and whoever can help me out here:
I gave the GMAT a couple of days back and ended up getting a 720 (Q51, V36). This is my first attempt.
Now, although the score might seem decent, I am disappointed because of two reasons:
- I feel let down by the verbal section. I believe I can do better than a V36
- My target score is 740 and upwards. I did get this score in 2 of the last 3 GMATprep mocks I gave
ESR Analysis
Since I can't attach the ESR (I do not have 5 posts on the platform), I will paste the text version below
- Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 34, which is better than 65% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.75.
Your performance of 100% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance of 80% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Above Average. - Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 45, which is better than 95% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.26.
Your performance of 83% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 100% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Very Strong. - Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 35, which is better than 72% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.51.
Your performance of 50% on Grammar questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 83% on Communication questions is considered Strong. - You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
- You responded correctly to 88% of the first set of questions, 100% of the second set of questions, 71% of the third set of questions and 63% of the final set of questions.
- The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium High for the final set of questions.
- The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:51, the average time for the second set of questions was 2:25, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:35 and 1:05 for the final set of questions.
Some initial inferences made using other ESR analyses on GMAT Club:
I can make out that I made 6 errors in total out of the 30 questions that are scored - 1 in the first quarter (8 questions), none in the second quarter (7 questions), 2 in the third quarter (7 questions) and 3 in the final quarter (8 questions). Given the % of questions answered correctly, would I be correct in assuming that the breakup of 6 errors is as follows?
- 1 error in CR
- 1 error in RC
- 4 errors in SC
Background on the mocks
I am comfortable answering questions in quant and I have consistently maintained a Q50 level but my scores in verbal have varied a lot
GMATprep mock 1 (26/05/22) - 710 (Q49, V37 with 13 errors - 5 in RC, 4 in CR, 4 in SC) - Did not have any timing strategy for verbal and ended up guessing the last 11 questions. Improved on that in the subsequent exams
GMATprep mock 2 (02/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 6 errors - 4 in RC, 0 in CR, 2 in SC)
GMATprep mock 5 (18/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 8 errors - 0 in RC, 3 in CR, 5 in SC)
GMATprep mock 6 (19/06/22) - 710 (Q50, V35 with 7 errors - 5 in RC, 2 in CR, 0 in SC) - Completely stumped by what happened here
To the experts bb, IanStewart, mcelroytutoring, MartyTargetTestPrep, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, souvik101990 and whoever can help me out here:
- If my analysis of ESR is accurate, does the difference between getting a V36 and V40 boil down to getting 2 more questions correct? If not, where am I going wrong?
- The mocks are not really helping me understand the level of accuracy I need to maintain (quantitatively) to consistently get a score of V40 and above
- What should I change to get a score of V40 in my next GMAT attempt?
22 Jun 2022, 04:35
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Gratz on the Q51 and 720. Both are things many people would love to have. A positive way to think about this is that you already have a 720 in the bag and that you just need to work on the Verbal for a 740.
[*] What should I change to get a score of V40 in my next GMAT attempt?
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
Based on your ESR, you may want to pay particular attention to your SC and CR. There may also be an issue of time management since your last Verbal quarter was done with an average of 1:05 per question.
[*] What should I change to get a score of V40 in my next GMAT attempt?
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
Based on your ESR, you may want to pay particular attention to your SC and CR. There may also be an issue of time management since your last Verbal quarter was done with an average of 1:05 per question.
22 Jun 2022, 05:48
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Hi,
I gave the GMAT a couple of days back and ended up getting a 720 (Q51, V36). This is my first attempt.
Now, although the score might seem decent, I am disappointed because of two reasons:
[*] I feel let down by the verbal section. I believe I can do better than a V36
[*] My target score is 740 and upwards. I did get this score in 2 of the last 3 GMATprep mocks I gave
ESR Analysis
Since I can't attach the ESR (I do not have 5 posts on the platform), I will paste the text version below
[*] Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 34, which is better than 65% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.75.
Your performance of 100% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance of 80% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Above Average.
[*] Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 45, which is better than 95% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.26.
Your performance of 83% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 100% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Very Strong.
[*] Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 35, which is better than 72% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.51.
Your performance of 50% on Grammar questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 83% on Communication questions is considered Strong.
[*] You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
[*] You responded correctly to 88% of the first set of questions, 100% of the second set of questions, 71% of the third set of questions and 63% of the final set of questions.
[*] The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium High for the final set of questions.
[*]The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:51, the average time for the second set of questions was 2:25, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:35 and 1:05 for the final set of questions.
Some initial inferences made using other ESR analyses on GMAT Club:
I can make out that I made 6 errors in total out of the 30 questions that are scored - 1 in the first quarter (8 questions), none in the second quarter (7 questions), 2 in the third quarter (7 questions) and 3 in the final quarter (8 questions). Given the % of questions answered correctly, would I be correct in assuming that the breakup of 6 errors is as follows?
[*] 1 error in CR
[*] 1 error in RC
[*] 4 errors in SC
Background on the mocks
I am comfortable answering questions in quant and I have consistently maintained a Q50 level but my scores in verbal have varied a lot
GMATprep mock 1 (26/05/22) - 710 (Q49, V37 with 13 errors - 5 in RC, 4 in CR, 4 in SC) - Did not have any timing strategy for verbal and ended up guessing the last 11 questions. Improved on that in the subsequent exams
GMATprep mock 2 (02/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 6 errors - 4 in RC, 0 in CR, 2 in SC)
GMATprep mock 5 (18/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 8 errors - 0 in RC, 3 in CR, 5 in SC)
GMATprep mock 6 (19/06/22) - 710 (Q50, V35 with 7 errors - 5 in RC, 2 in CR, 0 in SC) - Completely stumped by what happened here
To the experts bb, IanStewart, mcelroytutoring, MartyTargetTestPrep, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, souvik101990 and whoever can help me out here:
[*] If my analysis of ESR is accurate, does the difference between getting a V36 and V40 boil down to getting 2 more questions correct? If not, where am I going wrong?
[*] The mocks are not really helping me understand the level of accuracy I need to maintain (quantitatively) to consistently get a score of V40 and above
[*] What should I change to get a score of V40 in my next GMAT attempt?
I gave the GMAT a couple of days back and ended up getting a 720 (Q51, V36). This is my first attempt.
Now, although the score might seem decent, I am disappointed because of two reasons:
[*] I feel let down by the verbal section. I believe I can do better than a V36
[*] My target score is 740 and upwards. I did get this score in 2 of the last 3 GMATprep mocks I gave
ESR Analysis
Since I can't attach the ESR (I do not have 5 posts on the platform), I will paste the text version below
[*] Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 34, which is better than 65% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.75.
Your performance of 100% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance of 80% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Above Average.
[*] Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 45, which is better than 95% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.26.
Your performance of 83% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 100% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Very Strong.
[*] Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 35, which is better than 72% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.51.
Your performance of 50% on Grammar questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 83% on Communication questions is considered Strong.
[*] You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
[*] You responded correctly to 88% of the first set of questions, 100% of the second set of questions, 71% of the third set of questions and 63% of the final set of questions.
[*] The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium High for the final set of questions.
[*]The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:51, the average time for the second set of questions was 2:25, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:35 and 1:05 for the final set of questions.
Some initial inferences made using other ESR analyses on GMAT Club:
I can make out that I made 6 errors in total out of the 30 questions that are scored - 1 in the first quarter (8 questions), none in the second quarter (7 questions), 2 in the third quarter (7 questions) and 3 in the final quarter (8 questions). Given the % of questions answered correctly, would I be correct in assuming that the breakup of 6 errors is as follows?
[*] 1 error in CR
[*] 1 error in RC
[*] 4 errors in SC
Background on the mocks
I am comfortable answering questions in quant and I have consistently maintained a Q50 level but my scores in verbal have varied a lot
GMATprep mock 1 (26/05/22) - 710 (Q49, V37 with 13 errors - 5 in RC, 4 in CR, 4 in SC) - Did not have any timing strategy for verbal and ended up guessing the last 11 questions. Improved on that in the subsequent exams
GMATprep mock 2 (02/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 6 errors - 4 in RC, 0 in CR, 2 in SC)
GMATprep mock 5 (18/06/22) - 740 (Q50, V40 with 8 errors - 0 in RC, 3 in CR, 5 in SC)
GMATprep mock 6 (19/06/22) - 710 (Q50, V35 with 7 errors - 5 in RC, 2 in CR, 0 in SC) - Completely stumped by what happened here
To the experts bb, IanStewart, mcelroytutoring, MartyTargetTestPrep, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, souvik101990 and whoever can help me out here:
[*] If my analysis of ESR is accurate, does the difference between getting a V36 and V40 boil down to getting 2 more questions correct? If not, where am I going wrong?
[*] The mocks are not really helping me understand the level of accuracy I need to maintain (quantitatively) to consistently get a score of V40 and above
[*] What should I change to get a score of V40 in my next GMAT attempt?
I think you are already on your target level. I think you had a bad day. Study for a month and i think you will get ur desired score
Best of luck
As you may know, I am always down for a good ESR (Enhanced Score Report) discussion. 
