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I GAVE MY GMAT YESTERDAY AND I GOT ONLY 6 WRONG IN DI SECTION IN WHICH 2 WERE IN FIRST 10 QUESTIONS BUT EVEN AFTER THAT I GOT 80 POINTS AND THIS IS THE SAME WITH QUANTS 6 WRONG AND 80 POINTS, IF ANUONE CAN EXPLAIN PLEASE DO
Your GMAT score depend upon the following * The characteristics (e.g. difficulty) of the questions you answer correctly.
* The characteristics (e.g. difficulty) of the questions you answer incorrectly.
* The number of questions you leave unanswered.
*GMAT doesn’t care how many you get right. It cares about WHICH ones you get right/wrong.*
Here’s how it actually works:
The GMAT adapts to your level question-by-question. Answer correctly → harder question. Answer wrong → easier question. Your final score is based on the difficulty level of questions you’re getting right/wrong at the end, not your raw count.
*Why 11 right gave you LESS than 10 right:*
If you got stuck on a hard question mid-test, spent 4-5 minutes on it, then had to rush through the last few questions - those rushed questions were probably easier questions (the algorithm had already adapted). Getting easy questions wrong at the end absolutely tanks your score because the algorithm thinks: "Wait, they can’t even handle medium questions? Let me revise their ability estimate DOWN."
Meanwhile, in your earlier test, you probably maintained better pacing, answered easy/medium questions correctly throughout, and made your mistakes on genuinely hard questions. Missing hard questions barely hurts you.
*Two algorithm-specific strategies:*
1. *Never get stuck on one question.* Spending 4+ minutes on one question doesn’t just cost you time - it forces you to rush later. Consecutive wrong answers at the end (even on easy questions) signals to the algorithm that your "true level" is lower than it estimated. Mark it, guess, move on.
2. *Easy/medium questions matter MORE than hard ones.* The algorithm expects you to get easy questions right. Missing an easy question drops your score more than missing a hard one. This is why rushing through "simple" questions to save time for hard ones backfires catastrophically.
Your score isn’t a "where you ended up" average - it’s the algorithm’s final estimate of your ability level. If you start strong but collapse at the end due to time pressure, the algorithm sees that collapse and adjusts your score DOWN to match that ending