ESR & Difficulty level in GMAT Club

Question

Hi Experts,

I have a basic doubt regarding scoring pattern in GMAT

To get a high score in GMAT need to get all the above medium level questions right

but which type of questions of above medium level qns ?

in layman terms does 25%-45% difficulty level fall in which category ? (is 45% difficulty in GMAT CLUB rating is above medium or just medium ?

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

May want to check some Q49+ and/or V40+ ESRs to get a sense of the types of performances that get those sorts of section scores.

If you're using the Official Guides, you can check the official classification of a question in the back (easy/medium/hard). One thing to note is that the ESRs have some classifications such as Medium High which aren't in the OGs.

gmatpro15 · Answer

can you throw some light on medium high qns ? as per GMAT Club rating 45%- 55% or anyother?

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi gmatpro15,

This is not true unless you're aiming for a perfect score, at least in the verbal section. I've seen V99% ESRs where the student marked 2-3 easy/medium questions incorrectly. In other words, you can miss some easy/medium questions and still get an exceptional score.

The situation can be different if the algorithm gives the test taker mostly easy questions. Then the impact of even a few errors can be quite large.

AFAIK, GMAC has never told anyone how it defines "medium" (or "easy", or "hard"). So we don't have access to the item characteristics,  and  we don't know how they are used to tag questions as easy/medium/hard.

GMAT Club ratings are most likely not very precise. Use them as a broad indicator of difficulty level.

Also, why are you looking to map ESR difficulty tags onto GC ratings? I'd advise you to stick to the broad easy/medium/hard categories.

gmatpro15 · Answer

AjiteshArun thanks for the reply

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi gmatpro15.

To be safe, shoot for getting all questions from 25%-rated to 55%-rated correct.

55% questions are not very hard.

For some tips on how to practice for best results, see this post.

The Best GMAT Practice Methods

bb · Answer

I would add that is tricky to chase some of these things. You can download an official guide error log that we have prepared and that has difficulty parameters for every single question. You can then split them into three groups and that will be your easy medium and hard.

Keep in mind that our readings a crowd sourced and based on user answers so they may be sometimes inflated or lowballed just depending on the demographics but in general I’m guessing or assuming things should balance out… especially if you take the official guide universe and split it into three groups.

I’m not sure however doing this detailed analysis is going to be worth the time and effort but it’s good you’re doing this instead of watching YouTube or playing games so whatever helps you to stay motivated is a good thing 👍

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