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Unable to understand GMATprep scoring - and do all guess in Verbal? 24 Oct 2014, 15:32
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Hi,

I have my GMAT exam in 2 weeks time and I gave my first GMATprep exam today. However I am very confused about the scoring.

- I got 760 score BUT
- My quant had 50 points but only 90 percentile
- My verbal had 42 points but 96 percentile
- Is there not a discrepancy - I got only 4 questions wrong but got only 90 percentile in quant. Conversely I got 9 wrong in Verbal.

Also I feel that there was a guesswork in a lot of questions in Verbal, especially between couple of choices not eliminated. Is it common and does everyone guess quite often in verbal? And if so, then the GMATprep is not much of an indicator to final score - isn't it?

Thanks in advance

P.S.: I am applying for research so I want a really good Quant score. Any idea what I could have done wrong to get only 90 percentile. I thought only 4 wrong was a good score.
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Hi,

I have my GMAT exam in 2 weeks time and I gave my first GMATprep exam today. However I am very confused about the scoring.

- I got 760 score BUT
- My quant had 50 points but only 90 percentile
- My verbal had 42 points but 96 percentile
- Is there not a discrepancy - I got only 4 questions wrong but got only 90 percentile in quant. Conversely I got 9 wrong in Verbal.

Also I feel that there was a guesswork in a lot of questions in Verbal, especially between couple of choices not eliminated. Is it common and does everyone guess quite often in verbal? And if so, then the GMATprep is not much of an indicator to final score - isn't it?

Thanks in advance

P.S.: I am applying for research so I want a really good Quant score. Any idea what I could have done wrong to get only 90 percentile. I thought only 4 wrong was a good score.
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The scoring is based on all the students that take the test. The verbal and quant are on different scales -- so you cannot compare the 50 from quant with the 42 from verbal. It turns out lots of people worldwide ace the quant section. And because of this -- if you get a Q50 instead of a Q51 -- the drop in percentiles is significant.

This is not true for verbal. Worldwide -- because there are so many non-English native speakers, the number of students who ace the verbal section is significantly lower. And so if you are one of the few you ace that section -- you will be in the 99%ile -- scoring better than 99% of other students.

You can learn more about scoring here: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-scoring-ra ... ile-score/