Low Verbal Score Although Less Wrong Answers

Question

Hi,

I did a practice test on GMAT Prep Software which is free. My scores are V20 and Q50 leads to 590 in total. However, I did only 15 wrong answers on Verbal. I know this is an adaptive test but I think 15 wrong answers should not lead to V20 (am I wrong ?) My wrong answer numbers in verbal section are:
1-2-5-9-11-15-20-25-29-30-32-35-37-38-41

Because I did 8 wrong answers on Quant and I got 50 (wrong answers are 2-10-13-14-20-22-28-32)

So will it be a possibility about a wrong scoring in GMAT Prep. Also, what are your advices for me to pull V20 to V35, I think I am not far away from it

abhimahna · Answer

Hi  ys933  ,

I have a very simple answer for you.

Number of right or wrong questions does not determine the end score.

What matters is how many difficult questions are you getting right.

Hence, Q50 was because you were getting most of the HARD questions correct.

Does that make sense?

ys933 · Answer

Hi there, Today I did a new practice test on GMAT prep and I got 650 (Q50, V28)

Surprisingly, number of my wrong answers in verbal is again 15. However, I realized that I did less mistakes towards the end of the section, a majority of my wrong answers are between 16-30 th questions. So, I think the first 15 and last 10 questions are very very very important for calculating our verbal score....

HKD1710 · Answer

Hi ys933 , Yeah so you get that right. First nail all the questions thrown at you because they are of Medium level questions. With that you direct the algorithm to fetch you higher level questions. Which also means you raised the bar for yourself. Now is the time to stay with your set trategy that is avoid 3 consecutive wrongs, skip a question when you're sure the earlier one you got damn right and focus on the next question very well if you skipped a question earlier. Do not skip a question if that is from your strong area. so try to save time one the that very horrible question. So as you understood already, do this in between not in the start and not in the end. Now Nail the last set of questions to best of your capability. Also be ready to be bothered by consecutive RCs thrown at you to ruin your set game. The only way is to be flexible with your strategy when a situtation like this comes. So if there are 3 RCs presented to you in first 15 questions then it is certainly okie to spend more time initially, but there is no way to have bad accuracy in such a case as you need be able to raise the bar for yourself else you wont see higher difficulty level questions. Try all possibilities in Mocks. But always stick to play hard in the start and in the end and just maintain the game in between

KungFuGmat · Answer

Have a look at your wrong answer pattern. From the first 11, you have four wrong answers. The first 2 are wrong. Two wrong from start would lead to a low score. In fact, I remember reading about comparisions where it was proven that if two starting questions are wrong in a row you could score in low thirities/ early twenties. Another candidates getting these two questions right and getting even 15 or 16 wrong could score V35 (provided the wrong answers are spread throughout the exam).

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DebbieChats · Answer

I have to disagree with each and every comment provided above especially about hard medium and low grade questions. According to my analysis of fighting with the GMAT demon, it is almost impossible to predict the score.

From practice tests :

Kaplan total 37-40 Q correct - 680-700 score 
 total 33-35 Q correct - 630 -650 score 
Veritas Prep total 38Q correct - 580 score 
 total 29Q correct - 590 score 
GMAT actual test 1 - 35 - 38 Q correct - 550 score 
 actual test 2 - 36-38 Q correct - 470 score

Now from the above it is almost impossible to get any pattern of scores either from the practice tests or from the actual test. Trust me I have even done section wise scoring, type of question scoring - all kinds of analysis. If you actually look at the ESR too - they grade you according to number of correct answers, difficulty and speed. All questions faced were medium hard all through the test with all the scores shown above. The assumption here is not everyone is facing similar questions on a given day (low, medium hard) and the cumulative relative score eventually should be based on number of correct questions, especially because no algorithm that too an educational one with tight budget will invest in anything which is super complicated. Yes there might be some variables, but end of the day the calculations and outputs need to be based on scores and numbers and not some graphs of how hard etc the questions are. That would require another level of scoring  . Someone would have to curate the questions accordingly and grade them.

This comes from someone who comes from higher education + algorithm/coding software business and understands the exact monetary requirements of each of the above scoring steps explained above along with the manpower required to do each step.

So end of the day there are a few fixtures which take care of the ultimate score, now how those fixtures are decided is quite different from what is being discussed here. And if GMAT is at all as clever as everyone claims it to be, knowing that we know the steps should change the algorithm immediately and discussions here date back to as early as 2012.

Abhi077 · Answer

No of right answers/ Quantity don't determine your overall score, The quality/level of questions you answer correct/incorrect matters a lot. Go through this link this may help you analyse https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-prep-so ... 46146.html

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi ys933,

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. Rather than spending time worrying about the GMAC algorithm, you really should focus on the things you can control, and the number one thing you can control is getting better at the GMAT. If you get to a point at which you can dominate the GMAT, the specifics of the scoring algorithm won't matter because you will to have the skills that you need to get an amazing score, right?

With that said, when is your GMAT and what is your score goal? You may find it helpful to read this article about
 how to score a 700+ on the GMAT .

If you have any further questions, please reach out. Good luck!

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