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17 Aug 2024, 19:26
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Hi, has anyone heard about the percentile refresh on the GMAT percentiles.
I have 71st percentile on quant, 91st percentile on Verbal, and 86th percentile on the DI section, overall percentile at 89th %ile.
I am wondering if the perentiles will shift....I also wonder if some schools will have minimums on the sectional percentiles or sectional scores? My quant percentile is lower than the 75th percentile which is not great so I hope I do not get passed upon during my application rounds.
Any thoughts are appreciated thank you.
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I have 71st percentile on quant, 91st percentile on Verbal, and 86th percentile on the DI section, overall percentile at 89th %ile.
I am wondering if the perentiles will shift....I also wonder if some schools will have minimums on the sectional percentiles or sectional scores? My quant percentile is lower than the 75th percentile which is not great so I hope I do not get passed upon during my application rounds.
Any thoughts are appreciated thank you.
Thanks,
17 Aug 2024, 19:34
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Hi. In the past, percentiles were refreshed every two or there years. These changes were mostly glacial speed and were very very gradual. They would usually collect about 500,000 tests and then use that number to release updated percentiles.
I can be wrong and I can always underestimate the lack of common sense in the GMAC’s product team, but I would argue that it’s in their best interest not to update percentiles if there are big jumps.
Consider 2 scenarios:
1. There are very few minor changes - this would be positive and potentially good to release to make people feel better. At the same time, if the changes are minimal and minor then why even bother....
2. Let’s say there are some big variations and jumps versus estimated numbers and in part this may be due to low volume of the tests taken. I don’t think GMAC would choose to rock the boat and annoy a bunch of people.
I would also add that sectional person tiles don’t really matter. Schools only really care about the overall total score. Of course the percentile for that score can change too, but in the past it was much less impacted compared to sectional differences.
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I can be wrong and I can always underestimate the lack of common sense in the GMAC’s product team, but I would argue that it’s in their best interest not to update percentiles if there are big jumps.
Consider 2 scenarios:
1. There are very few minor changes - this would be positive and potentially good to release to make people feel better. At the same time, if the changes are minimal and minor then why even bother....
2. Let’s say there are some big variations and jumps versus estimated numbers and in part this may be due to low volume of the tests taken. I don’t think GMAC would choose to rock the boat and annoy a bunch of people.
I would also add that sectional person tiles don’t really matter. Schools only really care about the overall total score. Of course the percentile for that score can change too, but in the past it was much less impacted compared to sectional differences.
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Yes that sounds helpful thanks. I saw the note on mba.com where they say that the GMAT 10th edition exam scores have been converted to GMAT Focus Edition equivalent scores to calculate percentiles, I am not sure if that is (or is not?) an accurate representation as the two exam formats are different so I am not sure which way the percentiles will shift if they do or if/when GMAC will publish them.
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