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I have a question about GMAT scoring. So is it that the number of questions one gets wrong in V or Q is not correlated to score? I just took the princetonreview test and got 5 wrong in each V and Q and the score turned out to be 660. So how does not get to 700+, does it take less than that many wrong in each? Please tell me how GMAT is scored and if there is any idea of how to increase score?
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Hello and welcome to GMAT Club!

You are correct! The number of correct vs incorrect does not matter on the GMAT - it is the number of hard questions you answer correctly that matters (and to get to hard ones you have to answer easy ones correctly).

Would recommend that you take a look at this thread and start here. Otherwise, you should probably be a bit more specific ;)
gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html?highlight=ml301
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Thanks for the reply. I guess its the adaptive nature of the test. So really there is no way to predict how well one is doing on the exam, until you see the final score? I see raw score and then scaled score. How does one go from raw to scaled? Is there a formula? My date is 9/11 (don't ask why I chose that one!), hopefully it won't turn out to be a bad one... Little more than a month to go.. I am currently scoring in the 650-700 range, but I want to be consistently scoring in the 700+ range to feel good I guess..

My weakest link is Verbal and SC in particular...
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No, you can't really figure out much out of scaled scores. You are in a good spot with your scores, just need to cover that 700 barrier
Take a look at this thread - everything you ever wanted to know about scores: gmat-scores-guide-to-gmat-scores-score-reports-83890.html

Also, gmat score estimator/calculator is a nifty tool.

For SC, would recommend MGMAT SC book if you don't have it and possibly reading and training your ear. If you are international, would highly recommend getting a grammar book or following this discussion, which we are putting together slowly: gmat-grammar-book-96532.html
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Yes I got the Manhattan SC book. I used to first guess SC answers based on what I felt right in my gut, now I see how wrong I was! Continuing on the topic of scores, there is then no concept of a scaled score or raw score for that matter? The tool you have is quite nice, but really one has to take a CAT to get the score then, paper based is out?

I was getting a lot of questions wrong in Verbal - 10 or so each time, and I thought the idea is to limit it to 4-5, but that strategy I guess did not work as I think I was still getting the hard ones wrong... What are the truly CAT exams out there I can try? I already took the GMATPrep test 1 and I got a 720 in it, but I score consistently below in the 660-690 range in other exams..

By the way another question, in the actual GMAT are questions grouped by category? I mean SCs together, DS together or are they all randomly scattered throughout?

Thanks for your help!
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there is a way to at least get a feeling of your score during the test: the questions will get harder. In verbal the sentences will get a lot clumsier with many sentences shoved in between. Also the topics will get a lot more abstract and the answers to the questions will be formulated in much less obvious ways.
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Yes I got the Manhattan SC book. I used to first guess SC answers based on what I felt right in my gut, now I see how wrong I was! Continuing on the topic of scores, there is then no concept of a scaled score or raw score for that matter? The tool you have is quite nice, but really one has to take a CAT to get the score then, paper based is out?

I was getting a lot of questions wrong in Verbal - 10 or so each time, and I thought the idea is to limit it to 4-5, but that strategy I guess did not work as I think I was still getting the hard ones wrong... What are the truly CAT exams out there I can try? I already took the GMATPrep test 1 and I got a 720 in it, but I score consistently below in the 660-690 range in other exams..

By the way another question, in the actual GMAT are questions grouped by category? I mean SCs together, DS together or are they all randomly scattered throughout?

Thanks for your help!
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All the topics are intersperse throughout the test. Gmat randomly throws the questions according to your performance.

720 is a good score in gmatprep, and you should worry about scores in other exams.
Check https://gmatclub.com/gmat-score-calculator/ for better idea.
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