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750 with 65th Percentile Q? [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2017, 11:15
I was very happy to record a score of 750 today (Q47/V47), but was somewhat perplexed to see that my Q score fell in the 65th percentile. I know that test taking demographics are changing and that the Q scores have been trending higher in recent years. However, I think of 750 as being a pretty good score, and 65th percentile is... not good. Can anyone provide some context on Q47 as a score in terms of viability for top 10/top 5 schools? Is there any resource that allows you to measure your Q/V scores relative to your demographic (e.g. "percentile amongst U.S. males") as opposed to the entire pool of test takers?

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Re: 750 with 65th Percentile Q? [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2017, 11:19
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I was very happy to record a score of 750 today (Q47/V47), but was somewhat perplexed to see that my Q score fell in the 65th percentile. I know that test taking demographics are changing and that the Q scores have been trending higher in recent years. However, I think of 750 as being a pretty good score, and 65th percentile is... not good. Can anyone provide some context on Q47 as a score in terms of viability for top 10/top 5 schools? Is there any resource that allows you to measure your Q/V scores relative to your demographic (e.g. "percentile amongst U.S. males") as opposed to the entire pool of test takers?

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I think you have already scored an awesome score and you should not bother about such questions.

Percentile is just a matter of how many people are taking that exam. People, mostly Indians, are at a very high Quant score. Hence, your percentile is less. But no B School would bother two look at your percentile after looking at your GMAT Score.

So, just cheer up and have a partyyyyy. :-D
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Re: 750 with 65th Percentile Q? [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2017, 11:22
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I was very happy to record a score of 750 today (Q47/V47), but was somewhat perplexed to see that my Q score fell in the 65th percentile. I know that test taking demographics are changing and that the Q scores have been trending higher in recent years. However, I think of 750 as being a pretty good score, and 65th percentile is... not good. Can anyone provide some context on Q47 as a score in terms of viability for top 10/top 5 schools? Is there any resource that allows you to measure your Q/V scores relative to your demographic (e.g. "percentile amongst U.S. males") as opposed to the entire pool of test takers?

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businessguy123


Hi businessguy123,

This should help you. Please use the tags according to your needs and download the pdf.

https://www.gmac.com/market-intelligence-and-research/research-library/gmat-test-taker-data.aspx
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Re: 750 with 65th Percentile Q? [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 11:07
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Hi,

750 is 98 percentile you are in top 2% of the test takers already
So you should not need to woorry about your Q47
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Re: 750 with 65th Percentile Q? [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2017, 15:01
Dont worry about it, what matters is you got 750. The reason Q percentiles are so screwed up is because alot of test-takers (non-native english speakers that struggle with english) focus solely on Quant. So many of the smart ones end up getting Q50 and Q51. That's the only way for many of them to improve their score which sort of screws over all the other regular people.

750 is 98%tile tho so dont worry! The highest GMAT avg of any school is 732 (Stanford) so you're even higher than that
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