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How in the world is a 44Q 58th percentile?! 05 Feb 2015, 12:46
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My test is a few weeks old now, but that still blows my mind. How can that be? I have studied so hard to get a 44 and that is not even 60th percentile?

You guys are killing me with your math skills....
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My test is a few weeks old now, but that still blows my mind. How can that be? I have studied so hard to get a 44 and that is not even 60th percentile?

You guys are killing me with your math skills....
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I hear you... it is just math. It is inflated but schools understand that. You won't get failed out with Q44. We have had people admitted with those scores.
More here is here: gmat-scores-83890.html
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How in the world is a 44Q 58th percentile?! 05 Feb 2015, 12:52
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My test is a few weeks old now, but that still blows my mind. How can that be? I have studied so hard to get a 44 and that is not even 60th percentile?

You guys are killing me with your math skills....


I hear you... it is just math. It is inflated but schools understand that. You won't get failed out with Q44. We have had people admitted with those scores.
More here is here: gmat-scores-83890.html
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Thanks.

I am pretty happy with my 41 in verbal, 7 IR and 6 AWA, but I am just kicking myself over math and sub 700 score. Really murders my soul. I honestly don't think I can improve on a 44.
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Just to add a little more color to this (because I know what an alarming trend these Quant percentiles can look like): When we've talked to folks from GMAC, they're instructing schools to look at the scaled score for what it is, which is a fixed measure of ability. A 44 today reflects the same quant ability as 5 years ago, and schools know how that ability level performs in the MBA classroom. What's changed - largely because of the addition to the examinee pool of high-ability quant test-takers from emerging markets like the BRIC nations and slightly fewer examinees with lower quant abilities (who may not see as much value in a lower-tiered MBA or may try to "sneak around" the GMAT with the GRE) - is that a substantially higher percentage of GMAT candidates have that ability.

So don't let the 58th percentile scream "average!" at you - it's a little closer to the average of the current pool of examinees than it used to be, but schools know what a 44 means in terms of estimated ability.
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Just to add a little more color to this (because I know what an alarming trend these Quant percentiles can look like): When we've talked to folks from GMAC, they're instructing schools to look at the scaled score for what it is, which is a fixed measure of ability. A 44 today reflects the same quant ability as 5 years ago, and schools know how that ability level performs in the MBA classroom. What's changed - largely because of the addition to the examinee pool of high-ability quant test-takers from emerging markets like the BRIC nations and slightly fewer examinees with lower quant abilities (who may not see as much value in a lower-tiered MBA or may try to "sneak around" the GMAT with the GRE) - is that a substantially higher percentage of GMAT candidates have that ability.

So don't let the 58th percentile scream "average!" at you - it's a little closer to the average of the current pool of examinees than it used to be, but schools know what a 44 means in terms of estimated ability.
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That makes sense. I just feel like I can't crack a top 10 school with a nice 58 percentile sitting on my application.
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