v27 with 20 wrong answers and also with 14 wrong answers

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Strange but true!
How can i score the same percentile on verbal when I have two different scenarios.

GMAT Official Practice Test 3 : V27 (20 wrong answers)
Wrong Answers Questions : 1,2,7,9,11,13,15,16,21,22,23,24,27,30,31,32,33,34,35,36

GMAT Official Practice Test 4 : V27 (14 wrong answers)
Wrong Answers Questions : 1,3,6,8,11,19,22,23,24,26,28,31,32,35

I don't understand how my percentile is same even though my accuracy has improved! With 6 more correct answers, I think my percentile should have been more.

Help Please!

Ohbebby · Answer

This is actually pretty interesting. Can you tell what questions did you get wrong more? Like for eg you got 4 rc's wrong and 7 sc's wrong etc
There seems to be more weight-age given to RC questions , maybe that might explain it.

u1983 · Answer

Hello  ujjwalupadhyay90  ...... it may happen as this is an adaptive test and not a standard test.
 
And the questions sequence & difficulties you face, depends on your performance on the previous questions till the one in discussion. So, listing Q-Nos might not be very helpful. I also agree with the point mentioned by  Ohbebby  .

I would not worry much about the percentile of the practice tests. Rather , I would learn from the mistakes and prepare better for the real one.

All the best.

ujjwalupadhyay90 · Answer

Sure!
Here is the summary

Test 3 
RC Wrong Answers : 10
SC Wrong Answers : 2
CR Wrong Answers : 8

Test 4
RC Wrong Answers : 5
SC Wrong Answers : 6
CR Wrong Answers : 3

Ohbebby · Answer

I have no idea what to say. You got less questions wrong in a row. Your mistakes were more spread out. Until and unless you did not complete the section, i have no explanation. I must state that a v27 may mean V27.9 or a V27.0 .

https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-format-gmat-prep-software-analysis-and-what-if-scenarios-269682.html#p2095776

Also check this out.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi ujjwalupadhyay90,

I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help. First off, your verbal score is based on not only the number of questions you answer correct/incorrect, but also the difficulty of those questions, among other things. So, it’s quite possible that in your second exam, you got a number of “easy” questions wrong that brought down your verbal score.

That being said, I agree with @u1983; rather than spending timing worrying about the GMAC algorithm, you really should focus on the things you can control, and the number one thing you can control is getting better at the GMAT. If you get to a point at which you can dominate the GMAT, the specifics of the scoring algorithm won't matter because you will have the skills you need to get an amazing score, right?

Feel free to reach out with further questions.

Good luck!

parijit · Answer

It less about number of questions you make right more about number of hard questions you got right.

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biyania · Answer

I just took gmat prep test 5 and got v 27 with just 10 wrongs. I have got v 35 with 11 wrongs. any suggestions ?

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi biyania,

Are you wondering how you can improve your GMAT score?

gentvenus · Answer

As mentioned, your verbal score is based on not only the number of questions you answer correct, but also the difficulty of those questions!

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