zamzim wrote:
Hi, I am still not clear upon how the GMAT is scored...
I understand that it is measured from 0 ~ 60
And I usually see 788!!! (v,q) = (51,50) ...etc
But what exactly does a score of 51,50 mean?
Does it mean he had 51/60 ~= 31/37 questions right?? (85%)
If not, what does it mean!!!!????
Simple put, in order to get 700 for the GMAT "around" what pecent of the quetiosn should I have correct?
Thanks for your help!!
Zz
Actually, we have comfirmed with GMAC that the current highest score is 51 for each section, so essentially the highest possible score is 51/51. I believe this would result in a perfect score of 800.
Regarding your question of "what does it take", that is a little more difficult to answer. The GMAT is a computer adaptive test (CAT) so the computer will assign you questions based on your performance. If you get a question right, you'll get a harder one, if you miss it you will get an easier one. If you several difficult ones your score will not be hurt much. If you miss several easy ones you may never be offered the difficult questions you need to get a great score.
We can make some guesses regarding how many you can miss. We have seen (in GMATprep) people miss 10-12 questions and still get 48Q. I believe that it is possible to miss 2-3 and still achieve 51Q. I can tell you that you can get 49V if you miss about 4 on GMATprep. I'm assuming that to get 51V you can miss no more than 2-3 questions as well.
The score required to get 700? I don't know how to guess at that.