GMATPrep Test Scoring Error?

Question

Hey friends,

I gave my first Official GMAT Prep test. I was surprised to see that even though I had only 8 incorrect questions in the Verbal section I scored a mere V35. Also, I am also a bit skeptical about the Quant score as I got 9 questions incorrect (evenly spread, and only 2 incorrect in the first 10 questions) and still got a Q48 instead of a Q49. Can someone please point out if I am missing something or my observation is wrong? I got a total of 680 with the abovementioned scores. (Attached screenshots)

PS - I got approx 730-740 with an almost similar number of mistakes in tests other than Official GMAT Prep (Veritas, Experts' Global).

souvik101990   bb   GMATNinja   Bunuel

Following is the distribution of the Verbal Questions:

Question - 1
Question - 2 Incorrect
Question - 3
Question - 4 Incorrect
Question - 5
Question - 6
Question - 7
Question - 8
Question - 9
Question - 10 
Question - 11 Incorrect
Question - 12 
Question - 13 
Question - 14 
Question - 15 
Question - 16 
Question - 17 
Question - 18 
Question - 19 
Question - 20 
Question - 21 Incorrect
Question - 22 
Question - 23 
Question - 24 
Question - 25 
Question - 26 Incorrect
Question - 27 
Question - 28 Incorrect
Question - 29 
Question - 30 Incorrect
Question - 31 
Question - 32 
Question - 33 
Question - 34 Incorrect
Question - 35 
Question - 36

bb · Answer

It is not wrong. That’s just your score. If you miss questions in the beginning, you get easier questions and that does not help your score.

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Businessconquerer · Answer

As bb said, it is not about the number of mistakes, it is about the quality of questions you get wrong. That doesn't mean you cannot pick up.
You seem to have picked up after #11
But by the time you made a recovery, you made consistent mistakes. Luckily those were alternate questions so your score didn't drop overall.

That said, none of the algorithms, match the actual test algorithm. Practice as much from official materials than the other prep companies. You need to essentially build the concepts on the Official pattern. When you find that pattern, you're golden

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  apoorv1031 . I agree with what has been written above. You may find it useful to look up the questions you missed right here in the GMAT Club forum to see what level of difficulty has been assigned to them, based on the results of GMAT Club users who have taken those same questions through this site. It is not that the level of difficulty always aligns between GMAT Club and official questions--I have seen a Hard question from the OG, for example, rated as Medium on this site--but again, that could be because GMAT Club members might be answering the questions on the site more or less accurately than GMAC™ thinks they ought to. The point is, if you are missing an Easy question here or there or a couple Medium questions, the bar is much harder to raise, like pumping iron with an empty barbell compared to one with weights on the ends. Every question missed is like adding another weight, and questions missed in the earlier part of the test seem to affect the outcome more than those toward the end. The only thing that everyone agrees on is that if you miss zero questions, you will earn a perfect score. If I were you, I would focus on clawing back those eight questions, one by one. (I think that is a fine performance in Verbal. A few tweaks here and there, and you will be in the 40s in no time.)

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi apoorv1031,

I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help. To reiterate, your GMAT score is based on not only the number of questions you answer correct/incorrect, but also the difficulty of those questions, among other things. So, as has been said, yes, your score is accurate. Certainly, if you’d like any advice regarding your study plan moving forward, reel free to reach out and I’d be happy to help. You also may find it helpful to read the following article:

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