GMAT exam strategy

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So I have a weird question about the gmat exam.Say I want a score above 700 in the Gmat focus edition I need to get 85 percenticle in the 3 sections but what are the numbers of question I can afford to get it wrong and still maintain the score ?

GMATinsight · Answer

There is no correct answer of this question because the exam is computer-adaptive. Sometimes the penalty of getting 9 questions wrong ina section may be equivalent to 3 mistakes in the same section due to the placement of mistake and difficulty level of the question that you attempted wrong.

However tentative target may be as follows
 FOCUS - 705
Q-87 (2 mistakes)
V-82 (8 mistakes)
DI-86 (3 mistakes)

pintukr · Answer

The test is adaptive; so, the number of questions to achieve a particular score varies.

All the Best.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi  JayashreeSudhakar ,

As many have already mentioned, there isn't a specific number of correct questions to guarantee an 85th percentile score in all three sections of the GMAT. This is because the GMAT adapts to your performance, so the difficulty of the questions (in addition to the quantity) you get wrong affects your section scores.

More importantly, fixating on the "exact number" of questions you can get wrong for a specific score won't be very helpful on test day. Sometimes, you get a question wrong without realizing it or get questions right through lucky guesses. So it's impossible, with 100 percent certainty, to keep track of how many questions you've answered correctly in a particular section.

So, the best thing you can do moving forward is focus on preparing as best as you can and doing your best on test day.

If you have any more questions, feel free to reach out.

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