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04 Aug 2014, 01:06
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Last Saturday I took my second full length test. I was positively surprised to realize that I had scored in 92 percentile , with a total score of 710. Even though as I can see from the questions it looks like the software was generous with me. I had a 49 in quantitative with 16 mistakes out of 37 (83 percentile) and a verbal score of 39 with 13 mistakes out of 41 questions. To be honest I would expect something around 630 with this score. An important fact that I have to mention is that more than half of mistakes are in the last 10 questions in each section. I didn't manage time well in the exam and I had to guess in the last 10 so I wouldn't get penalized.
Do you think this score can be somehow representing the reality (+- 30) or you think like me that something must be wrong in calculations ?
PS Sorry for the grammar, I am posting this from my office
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Do you think this score can be somehow representing the reality (+- 30) or you think like me that something must be wrong in calculations ?
PS Sorry for the grammar, I am posting this from my office
Have a look at the image attached
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05 Aug 2014, 13:43
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Hi,
A score can dip and increase from one exam to another even with the same amount of knowledge or the same percentage of correct/incorrect. The GMAT scoring algorithm takes many factors into account including where you make errors, how many mistakes you commit in a row, whether you finish both sections or leave questions out, whether the last few questions of either section seemed like they were guessed at, how you felt on test day, etc. These factors can all affect your score.
From one test to the next you can easily jump +/- 30 points (and even up to 80 or so) depending on where the mistakes are. *Where* you make mistakes can often be more important than how many. Overall, when a student wants to know where he/she stands, the best way to do so is to take the average after a few practice exams. This should get you to a fairly close estimation of where you are at.
Therefore, yes, it is completely possible for you to have done as well as you did. You earned it!
Sincerely,
Evan
A score can dip and increase from one exam to another even with the same amount of knowledge or the same percentage of correct/incorrect. The GMAT scoring algorithm takes many factors into account including where you make errors, how many mistakes you commit in a row, whether you finish both sections or leave questions out, whether the last few questions of either section seemed like they were guessed at, how you felt on test day, etc. These factors can all affect your score.
From one test to the next you can easily jump +/- 30 points (and even up to 80 or so) depending on where the mistakes are. *Where* you make mistakes can often be more important than how many. Overall, when a student wants to know where he/she stands, the best way to do so is to take the average after a few practice exams. This should get you to a fairly close estimation of where you are at.
Therefore, yes, it is completely possible for you to have done as well as you did. You earned it!
Sincerely,
Evan
06 Aug 2014, 00:52
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Thank you for your reply. In fact when I did the first test I wasn't paying to much attention to it, since I was just going out through the structure because I wasn't sure if I should do GRE or GMAT. I got a 590 in the first try. Two weeks after (I studied mostly verbal during this period and just 2 days of quantitative) I did the second test like and give maximum attention o every question on it. Is there any other practice test that you think will be closest to the reality ?
Thank you !!!
