Gmat Focus Quant Attempt - Q81

Question

Hello, I took my first attempt at the GMAT Focus last week. I got 81 on quant with 2 questions incorrrect. I am attaching my sheet on timing and accuracy below from the report.

What I am wondering is that I got the first question wrong, and one other question, would it impact my score that much? Meaning I had a runway of 14 more questions before I got my next one wrong and I was not able to recover my score enough?

So, either the ones I marked incorrectly were very easy problems, I am not sure, I am still wondering what went wrong here.

Overall, my ability in mock exams has around 83 - 84 for Quant so this is a bit of a gap on the actual test. I also felt that the level of difficulty on some problems on the test did not feel as difficult so I may have started on the wrong foot...help or suggestions or thoughts are welcome please thank you.

bb · Answer

Ugh. Sorry! This is another crapshoot score…

This is better than the other person who made one mistake and got 82 in the real test but not that much better…. 81 with just 2 mistakes is really annoying.

How did you feel about the section overall? Did you feel it was quite easy and lacked hard questions? Maybe that penalized it because the question bank was too narrow?

I’m really sorry about this. I have sent this issue over to GMAC but never heard from them 😭 and I’m going to ask it during the panel we have with them at MBA Spotlight on Wednesday at 1 PM Pacific… That’s the best way to get them on the spot I think. This is getting ridiculous.

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playthegame · Answer

This was a real bummer, I think I felt the overall difficulty of the test was easier than the questions I got on the practice exams. So not sure what happened to the question pool, something felt off.

Also, the mix of questions seemed a little out of place, I still managed to finish in time, I reviewed problem number 20 which is the probability question I think and then had a few seconds to spare but I think the first question I would not have been able to solve correctly even if I had more time it was a conceptual gap. I changed #20 from incorrect to correct.

Nevertheless, I am seeing this as an opportunity to improve my ability in Algebra.

Thanks.

playthegame · Answer

I think I would also strongly recommend that test takers pay extra attention to the first 3-5 questions, for quant at least....

bb · Answer

The interesting part is that this is exactly the same pattern as the other test taker, they missed the first question.

I’ll try out this scenario with GMAT prep. But I’ve been able to get six wrong on GMAT prep and still get 81.

Link:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/i-got-20-cor ... 06-20.html

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playthegame · Answer

Thank you, may be one other scenario to try would be getting the first one wrong as well as the last one wrong.

I think in the Focus Edition it is not only important to start strong but it is also important to finish strong, unlike the previous edition of the test with 31 questions, where you could get a lot more wrong towards the end and still get a good score.

playthegame · Answer

ChiranjeevSingh  Hello, I know you have had the first question wrong in Verbal on the actual GMAT, copying you in for visibility on this topic for Quant.

Thanks,

bb · Answer

Thanks! I will try a few scenarios. 
Will do a scenario with missing the first and the last questions.

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playthegame · Answer

Thanks, here is one from a practice exam where I got Q84, first one incorrect and 4 incorrect in total.

bb · Answer

Thank you! I have tried making first six wrong on GMAT focus and I didn’t see much of a difference….

Compared to making six wrong in the middle or six wrong at the end.

So I feel the difference is really due to the question bank…. I don’t know how to explain it in any other way

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playthegame · Answer

I hope they did not test artificial intelligence enabled algorithms during my test lol, it seems AI is at work here, just kidding.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

The gmatclub math guide could be helpful to check out. You can download it for free as a pdf and it is has a section on algebra.

playthegame · Answer

Thank you, yes I have the guide printed out for me.

Do you have a way to tackle Must Be True questions that have three statements and all of those are some kind of algebraic entities asking to be true or not true?

Meaning do you tackle by taking assumptions or numbers or working backwards or you actually try and solve the algebraic arrangment?

I know different approaches will work in different scenarios but let me know if you have any thought my Knight.

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi playthegame,

You may be right. Given that the quant and verbal sections have fewer questions now, test takers may have to do well across more of each section to get a high score (less margin for error).

All the best for the retake.

hughng92 · Answer

Same here! Really curious if admission sees this and is able analyze the test scores in all fairness, which may seem to be a challenge .

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