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28 Dec 2022, 21:21
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Hello!
I have just taken the official practice exam 1 and exam 2. The scores are as follows:
Exam 1,
Quant 49, questions correct 22/31
Verbal 40, questions correct 26/36
Total 730
Exame 2,
Quant 49, questions correct 21/31
Verbal 31, questions correct 26/36
Total 660
Scores in Quant seem to be pretty consistent - similar accuracy and exactly same score each time. However scores in Verbal are so off! I got 26 correct out of 36 in both exams, why I got 40 the first time and only 31 the second time? What did I miss? Can someone please help understand how the scoring works? Thanks so much!
Vickie
I have just taken the official practice exam 1 and exam 2. The scores are as follows:
Exam 1,
Quant 49, questions correct 22/31
Verbal 40, questions correct 26/36
Total 730
Exame 2,
Quant 49, questions correct 21/31
Verbal 31, questions correct 26/36
Total 660
Scores in Quant seem to be pretty consistent - similar accuracy and exactly same score each time. However scores in Verbal are so off! I got 26 correct out of 36 in both exams, why I got 40 the first time and only 31 the second time? What did I miss? Can someone please help understand how the scoring works? Thanks so much!
Vickie
28 Dec 2022, 23:40
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Hi Vickiecube.
GMAT scoring takes into account both the number of questions you answer correctly and the difficulty of the questions you answer correctly and incorrectly.
So, since the number of verbal questions you answered correctly was the same on both tests, the difficulty of the questions you saw must have been different.
You can likely get some insights regarding why the difficulties were different by considering the patterns of the questions you missed.
I'm guessing that, on the test on which you scored higher on verbal, you got all of the early questions, which tend to be relatively easy, correct and then sporadically missed hard questions throughout the section. In contrast, on the verbal section on which you scored lower, you probably missed some of the easier questions toward the beginning and therefore saw mostly relatively easy questions for the rest of the section.
Meanwhile, the truth is that it's relatively rare for someone to score V40 with 10 missed questions. Normally 10 missed questions results in a lower score. So, you missed just the right questions to get V40 while missing 10, and therefore, the fact that you also scored V31 with 10 missed questions is not as surprising as it appears from your two outcomes.
For some more on the GMAT scores associated with different numbers of correctly and incorrectly answered questions, see this post.
How Many Questions Wrong on the GMAT to Get 700?
GMAT scoring takes into account both the number of questions you answer correctly and the difficulty of the questions you answer correctly and incorrectly.
So, since the number of verbal questions you answered correctly was the same on both tests, the difficulty of the questions you saw must have been different.
You can likely get some insights regarding why the difficulties were different by considering the patterns of the questions you missed.
I'm guessing that, on the test on which you scored higher on verbal, you got all of the early questions, which tend to be relatively easy, correct and then sporadically missed hard questions throughout the section. In contrast, on the verbal section on which you scored lower, you probably missed some of the easier questions toward the beginning and therefore saw mostly relatively easy questions for the rest of the section.
Meanwhile, the truth is that it's relatively rare for someone to score V40 with 10 missed questions. Normally 10 missed questions results in a lower score. So, you missed just the right questions to get V40 while missing 10, and therefore, the fact that you also scored V31 with 10 missed questions is not as surprising as it appears from your two outcomes.
For some more on the GMAT scores associated with different numbers of correctly and incorrectly answered questions, see this post.
How Many Questions Wrong on the GMAT to Get 700?
29 Dec 2022, 03:33
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Fair to say unless, for example a person has scored close to perfect, a strict percentage correct vs. incorrect ratio does not determine a section score. The difficulty level of the questions of the questions a person got correct or incorrect may also play a factor.
Might be good to check the types of questions you got incorrect/struggled with.
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
Might be good to check the types of questions you got incorrect/struggled with.
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
