GMAT Club Verbal Test 10 WRONG: V29. Is this correct?

Question

Hi everyone. I recently took a CAT Verbal test of GMAT Club and my score was 29. I just want to know whether this score is accurate since in other tests I've taken (MBA dot com) I've got even more wrong answers (some of them in a single strike) and a higher score.

Please comment what you think.

Incorrect: 10
Correct: 26

# 
  Answer 
  Difficulty  
   1 
  - 
  600  
   2 
  - 
  600  
   3 
  + 
  500  
   4 
  + 
  600  
   5 
  - 
  600  
   6 
  + 
  500  
   7 
  + 
  600  
   8 
  + 
  500  
   9 
  + 
  500  
   10 
  + 
  500  
   11 
  + 
  700  
   12 
  - 
  700  
   13 
  + 
  500  
   14 
  - 
  600  
   15 
  + 
  700  
   16 
  - 
  600  
   17 
  - 
  600  
   18 
  + 
  500  
   19 
  - 
  500  
   20 
  + 
  700  
   21 
  + 
  500  
   22 
  + 
  500  
   23 
  + 
  500  
   24 
  - 
  700  
   25 
  + 
  600  
   26 
  + 
  500  
   27 
  + 
  500  
   28 
  - 
  500  
   29 
  + 
  500  
   30 
  + 
  500  
   31 
  + 
  500  
   32 
  + 
  700  
   33 
  + 
  500  
   34 
  + 
  700  
   35 
  + 
  600  
   36 
  + 
  500

Thanks for your help!

MahmoudFawzy · Answer

In GMAT, the score depends on the difficulty of the wrong questions.
8 of the 10 questions are easy to medium, so the penalty is higher than when the majority of the wrong answers are hard.

I think your result is interesting. You show potential in solving hard question. maybe silly mistakes make you lose easy points.

akela · Answer

Hi  martinoco ,

Welome to gmatclub!

You can get different score with the same number of incorrect questions. Check different scenarios here:

NEW FORMAT GMAT Prep Software Analysis and What If Scenarios

Hope this helps!

AjiteshArun · Answer

Try not to compare scores across test providers, but generally speaking, official practice test scores are more reliable than those generated by non-official tests.

bb · Answer

Wow - you have put together a table!!!! for that list. WOW! You have my respect - that's hard to do! As to your question. You feel that's too low or too high?

I am going to disappoint and say that the score does not depend on how many you got wrong. See this topic about getting wild swings with the same number of correct answers: https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-format-g ... 69682.html The accuracy of the test depends on the quantity of questions in the database and algorithm (even the best algorithm can't do a good job if there are not enough questions). As ArjeshArun mentioned, the GMAT Prep USUALLY provides the BEST estimate of your score, esp in the Verbal section since you are being evaluated using the official questions. However, people have seen substantial swings even with GMAT Prep. They say the standard error is about 30-40 on the actual GMAT (meaning that if you retake the test twice in a row, your score may be 30-40 points off). Good Luck! BB.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi martinoco,

As many have said already, your GMAT score is based not only on the number of questions correct/incorrect but also on the difficulty of the those questions.

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.

Good luck!

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