13 Incorrect but still Q49/75 percentile

Question

On one of the OG practice tests, I got 13 out of 31 wrong but the scaled score came out to be 49 (75 percentile). Is that normal? Has anyone seen this type of score before?

Abhi077 · Answer

Yes. This is quite possible. It isn't the quantity of questions you answer incorrect it's the quality. If you answer a hard question incorrect you won't be penalized as much as you'd have been if it were a easy one. Refer to more such what if scenarios here : https://gmatclub.com/forum/new-format-g ... 69682.html. Hope it helps

siddharthkapoor · Answer

westcoastkindaguy , yeah it's quite possible. GMAT score is a function of both accuracy and ability, but more than the accuracy, it's the ability to solve questions of higher order difficulty that determines the score. Between two test takers with the same accuracy, a test taker with a higher ability in a particular section has a higher chance to score well in that section and therefore will get a better percentile.

TheUltimateWinner · Answer

If it is from official mock, then you must trust on it! It's not all about correcting so many questions; it's all about how many hard questions you corrected and reach a certain level and that level is your actual score.

ARIEN3228 · Answer

I got 10 wrong and still got a Q50 ! lol

westcoastkindaguy · Answer

Nice. In real test?

ARIEN3228 · Answer

No. In one of the mocks.

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IanStewart · Answer

Yes, that's completely normal - I remember on the old official tests (back when Quant was 37 questions long) seeing Q50 scores from people who had as many as 15 wrong answers.

On an adaptive test, if you get all the Q49-and-easier questions right, and you only get Q51 level questions wrong, you'll typically get about a Q50. It doesn't matter much how many wrong answers you have. Test takers with Q35 and Q49 scores normally have the same (or almost the same) number of wrong answers. The difference is, the Q35 test taker is getting easy questions right, and medium-hard ones wrong. The Q49 test taker is getting medium-hard questions mostly right, and very hard questions wrong.

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