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How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 04:14
Hey guys.

I just completed one of the free practice exams from the official GMAT website as a first step to identify the weaknesses I should focus on and I obtained an overall score of 690 with 20/31 on the quantitative part, 27/36 in verbal reasoning, and 8/12 in IR.

I will obviously be focusing on the quantitative part but I would like to know if it's normal to obtain scores as high as 690 in practice exams despite still missing a fair share of the questions?

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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 07:46
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Hi and welcome to GMAT Club.

The number of questions you answer correctly and your score is not very correlated on the GMAT due to the adaptive nature of the test.
You can see a part of the yesterday's YouTube video actually addressing it: https://youtu.be/INmDqeVjB04?t=1027 - how many questions can you miss and still get a pretty high score. We have also run a number of experiments with GMAT Prep (that is supposed to be using the same algorithm as the real test) and found quite a bit of deviation.

690 is an amazing score for the first practice test!
Just a note, nobody ever points how many questions they got right/wrong - instead you want to share your raw scores (between 6 and 51) so you likely had a Q47 and V39 or smth like that.
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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 07:57
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And to answer your question, explicitly, GMAT prep free tests are the best and most accurate predictor of your score. There’s still going to be a deviation for obvious reasons I’m not going to name but usually your scores will be within about 20 points with a number of people being within 40 points. However in some extreme cases people have reported greater deviations primarily due to fatigue and stress on the test. Some have taken a week of a break and took the test again to get a very consistent score. So for all purposes, your score is accurate.

The only reason for inaccuracy could be if you knew the questions or if you Google dancers or something silly like that

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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 11:55
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henrique1206 wrote:
Hey guys.

I just completed one of the free practice exams from the official GMAT website as a first step to identify the weaknesses I should focus on and I obtained an overall score of 690 with 20/31 on the quantitative part, 27/36 in verbal reasoning, and 8/12 in IR.

I will obviously be focusing on the quantitative part but I would like to know if it's normal to obtain scores as high as 690 in practice exams despite still missing a fair share of the questions?

Cheers.

Yes, henrique1206, I agree with bb: a 690 is an amazing "raw" score, better than where I started. To progress, you will want to take the time to understand where you made your mistakes (e.g., because of carelessness, lack of familiarity with a concept or question type, or rushing to finish). The Quant section has a more generous scoring curve, so you might not be as bad off as you think. I have seen 8 missed questions translate into a 50 in the section, but that is because the person missed only harder questions. And therein lies the key to success on the exam: look to limit any damage from Easy or Medium questions so that you keep seeing harder ones.

You may want to check out the GMAT Study Plan that bb has outlined in another post, if you have not already.

Good luck with your studies.

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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 13:24
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How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website

Probably fair to say they are the gold standard.

What are the GMAT scores of top MBA Schools?
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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   26 May 2022, 16:00
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Hi henrique1206,

A 690 is an outstanding initial CAT score (the Average Score on the Official GMAT hovers around 550 most years). Assuming that you took this CAT/mock in a realistic fashion (for example, you didn't see any questions that you already knew the answers to and you didn't do anything that you are not allowed to do on the Official GMAT, such as pause the Test), then you are likely a really strong overall critical-thinker. The scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize - and it takes into account more than just the number of correct and incorrect answers.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on your timeline and your goals:

1) What study materials do you currently have access to?
2) What is your overall goal score?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Re: How representative are the free practice GMAT's from their website [#permalink] New post   28 May 2022, 07:39
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Hi henrique1206,

You have already got answers to your queries from experts. I also agree with them that no other CATs are as good as official ones. To have an idea of scoring algorithms, you can look at a score calculator too.

https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/gmat ... alculator/

Good Luck!
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