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I am not worried or concerned about the "abnomaly". I just thought that it is interesting to report the scores for the gmatprep. Someone posted that he/she got 12-13 math questions wrong and still got a Q48. So I hope that this info can help people realize that the "best score" is only Q51, and there is alot wiggle room for a 50-51 score.

Also, my 4 misses were out of the last 8 questions (including the last question), so I suppose that the score 48-51 level scores are set/achieved at around questions 28-30. So there could be some truths about the strategy of giving more time to work on the early questions, eventhough the official guide claims that strategy is based on myths.
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I am not worried or concerned about the "abnomaly". I just thought that it is interesting to report the scores for the gmatprep. Someone posted that he/she got 12-13 math questions wrong and still got a Q48. So I hope that this info can help people realize that the "best score" is only Q51, and there is alot wiggle room for a 50-51 score.

Also, my 4 misses were out of the last 8 questions (including the last question), so I suppose that the score 48-51 level scores are set/achieved at around questions 28-30. So there could be some truths about the strategy of giving more time to work on the early questions, eventhough the official guide claims that strategy is based on myths.
I have a couple data points to add to this as well. I took a GMATPrep a couple weeks ago, missed 12 Quant questions, and scored a 48. I didn't miss any until the 8th question. Yesterday, on the other hand, I only missed 9, but scored a 46. I missed 3 of the first 10.
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I am not worried or concerned about the "abnomaly". I just thought that it is interesting to report the scores for the gmatprep. Someone posted that he/she got 12-13 math questions wrong and still got a Q48. So I hope that this info can help people realize that the "best score" is only Q51, and there is alot wiggle room for a 50-51 score.

Also, my 4 misses were out of the last 8 questions (including the last question), so I suppose that the score 48-51 level scores are set/achieved at around questions 28-30. So there could be some truths about the strategy of giving more time to work on the early questions, eventhough the official guide claims that strategy is based on myths.

If questions at various stages are weighted differently, it would be very interesting. We'll probably never know if this is applicable to the real GMAT, will we?
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I have a couple data points to add to this as well. I took a GMATPrep a couple weeks ago, missed 12 Quant questions, and scored a 48. I didn't miss any until the 8th question. Yesterday, on the other hand, I only missed 9, but scored a 46. I missed 3 of the first 10.

So out of the 37 questions, you had 12 wrong and received a 48??? I scored a 33 and didn't miss anything until the 7th question and had 13 wrong...

This is where I do not understand the scoring.
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I have a couple data points to add to this as well. I took a GMATPrep a couple weeks ago, missed 12 Quant questions, and scored a 48. I didn't miss any until the 8th question. Yesterday, on the other hand, I only missed 9, but scored a 46. I missed 3 of the first 10.

So out of the 37 questions, you had 12 wrong and received a 48??? I scored a 33 and didn't miss anything until the 7th question and had 13 wrong...

This is where I do not understand the scoring.
You missed 12 and received a 33? That doesn't make sense to me.
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I have a couple data points to add to this as well. I took a GMATPrep a couple weeks ago, missed 12 Quant questions, and scored a 48. I didn't miss any until the 8th question. Yesterday, on the other hand, I only missed 9, but scored a 46. I missed 3 of the first 10.

So out of the 37 questions, you had 12 wrong and received a 48??? I scored a 33 and didn't miss anything until the 7th question and had 13 wrong...

This is where I do not understand the scoring.
You missed 12 and received a 33? That doesn't make sense to me.


It does make sense actually. Missing 12 out of the last 30 is basically 50%, you gain a point and lose a point. Worst yet, if you miss 2-4 in a row, you drop your score to a much lower level, and you have to build back the score.
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