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29 Jul 2023, 21:07
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Hi GMATClub,
I have taken 4 official GMAT Mock exams so far from mba.com and one particular trend that I saw is confusing me. For context, here are the scores and time taken from each of them:
Exam 1: Overall Score 700 (V33 Q50)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 57+ minutes (4-5 minutes to spare)
Exam 2: Overall Score 690 (V34 Q49)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 54+ minutes (7-8 minutes to spare)
Exam 3: Overall Score 730 (V37 Q51)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 55+ minutes (6-7 minutes to spare)
Exam 4: Overall Score 750 (V40 Q50)
Time taken for Verbal: 61+ minutes (2-3 minutes to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 51+ minutes (9-10 minutes to spare)
As you can see, the sooner I am finishing a section, the higher I am scoring. So following this trend, I should be coming to the conclusion that the more time I have to spare when I finish the section, the higher my score is right? (Of course assuming I don't rush through the questions JUST to have a lot of time to spare).
Also, The reason I finish a section soon is that the final few questions of a section that I get (especially Quants) is relatively very easy. In fact, as I finish the section with a lot of time to spare, I worry that my score would be low because of how easy the last few questions I solved were.
My confusion is this- If I am getting 49-51 in Quants, and that means GMAT is considering me in the 80th percentile in that section, why am I getting such easy questions towards the end? Since this is an adaptive test, if, say, I demonstrated the skill that proved my ability to be Q50 around question number 25-26, shouldn't I be getting even harder questions to see if I am good enough for Q51? Or if I demonstrated the skill to prove that I am at Q51, shouldn't it continue to give me difficult questions to test if I am truly Q51 or if I have been getting lucky so far?
I have taken 4 official GMAT Mock exams so far from mba.com and one particular trend that I saw is confusing me. For context, here are the scores and time taken from each of them:
Exam 1: Overall Score 700 (V33 Q50)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 57+ minutes (4-5 minutes to spare)
Exam 2: Overall Score 690 (V34 Q49)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 54+ minutes (7-8 minutes to spare)
Exam 3: Overall Score 730 (V37 Q51)
Time taken for Verbal: 64+ minutes (less than 1 minute to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 55+ minutes (6-7 minutes to spare)
Exam 4: Overall Score 750 (V40 Q50)
Time taken for Verbal: 61+ minutes (2-3 minutes to spare)
Time taken for Quants: 51+ minutes (9-10 minutes to spare)
As you can see, the sooner I am finishing a section, the higher I am scoring. So following this trend, I should be coming to the conclusion that the more time I have to spare when I finish the section, the higher my score is right? (Of course assuming I don't rush through the questions JUST to have a lot of time to spare).
Also, The reason I finish a section soon is that the final few questions of a section that I get (especially Quants) is relatively very easy. In fact, as I finish the section with a lot of time to spare, I worry that my score would be low because of how easy the last few questions I solved were.
My confusion is this- If I am getting 49-51 in Quants, and that means GMAT is considering me in the 80th percentile in that section, why am I getting such easy questions towards the end? Since this is an adaptive test, if, say, I demonstrated the skill that proved my ability to be Q50 around question number 25-26, shouldn't I be getting even harder questions to see if I am good enough for Q51? Or if I demonstrated the skill to prove that I am at Q51, shouldn't it continue to give me difficult questions to test if I am truly Q51 or if I have been getting lucky so far?
29 Jul 2023, 21:11
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Hi. This may help: GMAT Prep paid tests have only enough questions for one test. This means that the test is adaptive but there are only 31 or 36 questions. If you get the hard questions upfront, than the easy ones are served at the end… because the system has no hard questions left, so what you are describing makes sense but is more of a byproduct of a very small question database and potentially has some impact on scoring those still probably well within the norms …
Basically the same set of questions is designed for a 500 level, 600, 700 and 800 level scorer 🤔
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Basically the same set of questions is designed for a 500 level, 600, 700 and 800 level scorer 🤔
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29 Jul 2023, 22:15
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the response. My follow up question, then would be if I should be happy about my scores so far. If, like you said, these official practice exams are selecting from a limited pool of questions, then are the scores from them a close representation of what my actual test score would be?
