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24 Jan 2017, 12:06
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I read some old posts that discussed this a little, but I took a couple of CATs over the last two days, and I wanted to ask about these specifically because the scoring seems off. I know there's a complicated algorithm and GMAT doesn't release it, but I wanted to see if others felt that GMAT would probably score a situation like this differently.
Both tests reported question ranges of 700-800 for all questions except for 3-4.
CAT 1: I missed numbers 5, 6, 10, 15, 18, 24, 28, 31, 35, and 38. I got V45/99%
CAT 2: I missed numbers 15, 24, 30, 40. I got V44/98%
I'd be totally happy with either score, but I was hoping for higher on CAT 2 because I felt good as I was taking it. The only thing I can think of is that missing the next to last question dropped me quite a bit. Kind of confused about missing 4 and getting a lower score than when I missed 10. Questions were supposedly pretty similar in difficulty.
Both tests reported question ranges of 700-800 for all questions except for 3-4.
CAT 1: I missed numbers 5, 6, 10, 15, 18, 24, 28, 31, 35, and 38. I got V45/99%
CAT 2: I missed numbers 15, 24, 30, 40. I got V44/98%
I'd be totally happy with either score, but I was hoping for higher on CAT 2 because I felt good as I was taking it. The only thing I can think of is that missing the next to last question dropped me quite a bit. Kind of confused about missing 4 and getting a lower score than when I missed 10. Questions were supposedly pretty similar in difficulty.
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29 Jan 2017, 09:49
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Similar thing just happened to me.
I'm using those CATs from GMAT PREP, and the following situation happened:
CAT 1 : V42 - 8 Errors. (Mistakes on 6, 9, 10, 25, 27, 30, 31, 36)
CAT 2 : V41 - 5 Errors. (Mistakes on 8, 13, 16, 25, 41)
As you said, it is indeed a complex algorithm, but a difference of 3 questions being answered correct and a lower score is confusing.
My hypothesis, is that i was given easier questions to answer, but I wouldn't know for sure why.
Additionally, I just checked the difficulty of question 41 (CAT 2) and it was a Sub-600 Question that i got wrong (=/), while Question 41 (CAT1) was a 700-Level Question that I got right. So that could explain the difference in scoring.
However, I don't know why Question 41 in CAT2 was (a lot) easier than Q41 in CAT1.
Go figure...
I'm using those CATs from GMAT PREP, and the following situation happened:
CAT 1 : V42 - 8 Errors. (Mistakes on 6, 9, 10, 25, 27, 30, 31, 36)
CAT 2 : V41 - 5 Errors. (Mistakes on 8, 13, 16, 25, 41)
As you said, it is indeed a complex algorithm, but a difference of 3 questions being answered correct and a lower score is confusing.
My hypothesis, is that i was given easier questions to answer, but I wouldn't know for sure why.
Additionally, I just checked the difficulty of question 41 (CAT 2) and it was a Sub-600 Question that i got wrong (=/), while Question 41 (CAT1) was a 700-Level Question that I got right. So that could explain the difference in scoring.
However, I don't know why Question 41 in CAT2 was (a lot) easier than Q41 in CAT1.
Go figure...
29 Jan 2017, 10:22
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Thanks for the reply. Your CAT2 score seems strange to me. I would have expected a few points higher given that you only missed 5 questions. I know that difficulty plays into it, but it seems like your questions should have been pretty difficult since you were getting almost all of them correct.
For comparison, here's my GMAT Prep Verbal:
Test 1 - 6 errors - 17, 18, 20, 24, 26, 38 .... most errors were clustered in the middle. 44/97%
Test 2 - 3 errors - 3, 19, 39... only 3 errors and spread out. 46/99%
I've got the test in a week, and it'll be my first time taking it. I feel like I could make anywhere from V40 to V48. Assuming I make a 48 or so on quant, that verbal range could be a 70 point swing. I got 760 and 770 on GMAT Prep, but I feel like I could just as easily drop to 710.
