Forum Home > GMAT > Quantitative > Problem Solving (PS)
Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Dec 1310:00 AM EST
-12:00 PM EST
Have you ever wondered how to score a PERFECT 805 on the GMAT? Meet Julia, a banking professional who used the Target Test Prep course to achieve this incredible feat. Julia's story is nothing short of an inspiration.
Dec 1410:00 AM EST
-12:00 PM EST
Think a 100% GMAT Verbal score is out of your reach? Target Test Prep will make you think again! Our course uses techniques such as topical study and spaced repetition to maximize knowledge retention and make studying simple and fun.
Dec 1411:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this session to learn how to Deconstruct arguments, Pre-Think Author’s Assumptions, and apply Negation Test.- Dec 15
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Dec 1608:00 AM PST
-11:59 PM PST
GMAT Club 12 Days of Christmas is a 4th Annual GMAT Club Winter Competition based on solving questions. This is the Winter GMAT competition on GMAT Club with an amazing opportunity to win over $40,000 worth of prizes!- Dec 17
09:00 AM PST
-10:00 AM PST
Join Manhattan Prep instructor Whitney Garner for a fun—and thorough—review of logic-based (non-math) problems, with a particular emphasis on Data Sufficiency and Two-Parts. - Dec 18
10:00 AM PST
-11:00 AM PST
Here is the essential guide to securing scholarships as an MBA student! In this video, we explore the various types of scholarships available, including need-based and merit-based options.
14 Sep 2019, 11:36
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello everyone
Long time lurker but now that I'm officially starting my preparation for the GMAT I decided to register here hoping for some help.
Since most of the plans on here say to start by establishing a baseline score I decided to use the official GMAT practice test on MBA official website but it looks like I've made some kind of mistake as it didn't display my score after completing but rather just gave me a review of all my answers - which is still very helpful for finding my weaknesses but it doesn't really give me any indication of where I stand relative to others. I probably chose the Quick Start option instead of taking the first practice test.
So now I'm wondering what my next step is, do I have enough information from the test I took or do I need to take another one right away. My preference would be to get an idea of where I'm at and what I need to do and then take the practice test again next weekend - that time the right one with a score report.
At the bottom of this post is an overview of how many answers I got correctly within each category as well as the different difficulty levels. Can someone who is experienced with the GMAT tell me what kind of scores I'm looking at as a baseline?
I have no idea whether I'm starting out in the 400s or the 500s or the 600s so if someone can get a glimpse of that through this I'd appreciate it just so I get a better idea of the kind of scores I should be aiming for.
Thank's a lot to anyone who reads this and has any kind of input, I appreciate it.
Easy-Medium-Hard-Total
IR
6 1 0 7
7 5 3 15
Q/DS
3 2 4 9
5 3 7 15
Q/PS
5 5 3 13
5 6 4 15
V/CR
7 2 2 11
8 3 4 15
V/RC
2 5 4 11
2 7 6 15
V/SC
4 8 1 13
4 10 1 15
Total
27 23 14 64
31 34 25 90
Long time lurker but now that I'm officially starting my preparation for the GMAT I decided to register here hoping for some help.
Since most of the plans on here say to start by establishing a baseline score I decided to use the official GMAT practice test on MBA official website but it looks like I've made some kind of mistake as it didn't display my score after completing but rather just gave me a review of all my answers - which is still very helpful for finding my weaknesses but it doesn't really give me any indication of where I stand relative to others. I probably chose the Quick Start option instead of taking the first practice test.
So now I'm wondering what my next step is, do I have enough information from the test I took or do I need to take another one right away. My preference would be to get an idea of where I'm at and what I need to do and then take the practice test again next weekend - that time the right one with a score report.
At the bottom of this post is an overview of how many answers I got correctly within each category as well as the different difficulty levels. Can someone who is experienced with the GMAT tell me what kind of scores I'm looking at as a baseline?
I have no idea whether I'm starting out in the 400s or the 500s or the 600s so if someone can get a glimpse of that through this I'd appreciate it just so I get a better idea of the kind of scores I should be aiming for.
Thank's a lot to anyone who reads this and has any kind of input, I appreciate it.
Easy-Medium-Hard-Total
IR
6 1 0 7
7 5 3 15
Q/DS
3 2 4 9
5 3 7 15
Q/PS
5 5 3 13
5 6 4 15
V/CR
7 2 2 11
8 3 4 15
V/RC
2 5 4 11
2 7 6 15
V/SC
4 8 1 13
4 10 1 15
Total
27 23 14 64
31 34 25 90
14 Sep 2019, 11:52
Kudos
Bookmarks
iceland - Welcome to GMAT Club!
Not to sound hard, I would say it's almost impossible to find the score of an official test based on the number of correct/incorrect or difficulty level, primarily because GMAC does not reveal the scoring algorithm. Therefore, you have no choice but to take another practice test to establish your baseline score. If you do not wish to let go of another official test so early on in your preparation, you can take practice tests offered by Experts' Global (recommended), Veritas Prep, or Manhattan. Also, you could take the diagnostic test offered in the official guide.
Not to sound hard, I would say it's almost impossible to find the score of an official test based on the number of correct/incorrect or difficulty level, primarily because GMAC does not reveal the scoring algorithm. Therefore, you have no choice but to take another practice test to establish your baseline score. If you do not wish to let go of another official test so early on in your preparation, you can take practice tests offered by Experts' Global (recommended), Veritas Prep, or Manhattan. Also, you could take the diagnostic test offered in the official guide.
14 Sep 2019, 15:35
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi iceland,
Based on these results, you didn't take one of the two free CATs - you worked through a bunch of 15-questions sets (notice how you answered 45 Verbal questions - the Verbal section of the GMAT is only 36 questions). Unfortunately, there's no way to assign an equivalent GMAT Score from this type of data. There's no harm in waiting 1 week to take that first CAT - and in the lead-up to that Test, you can work on your Quant and Verbal skills.
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?
2) What is your overall goal score?
3) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Based on these results, you didn't take one of the two free CATs - you worked through a bunch of 15-questions sets (notice how you answered 45 Verbal questions - the Verbal section of the GMAT is only 36 questions). Unfortunately, there's no way to assign an equivalent GMAT Score from this type of data. There's no harm in waiting 1 week to take that first CAT - and in the lead-up to that Test, you can work on your Quant and Verbal skills.
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?
2) What is your overall goal score?
3) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
