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meanjonathan
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I've noticed that the approximate percentile rankings produced by practice CATs (e.g., MGMAT, GMATPrep) are becoming increasingly skewed high as more folks score higher on the real GMAT, especially in the Quant section.
For instance, when I took a real GMAT last year I scored 700 Q43(64%), V42(95%). That 64% ranking was unexpectedly low, considering GMATPrep and MGMAT CATs were putting Q43 in the low to mid-70s (percentile-wise).
From what I can tell, GMAT is now ranking Quant scores as follows:
Q45, 72%
Q46, 75%
Q47, 78%
Q48, 82%
Q49, 86%
Can anyone attest to this or provide more recent statistics?
Follow-up: I've read that it's very important to score within the top 20% in both sections. Is this still an accurate benchmark?
For instance, when I took a real GMAT last year I scored 700 Q43(64%), V42(95%). That 64% ranking was unexpectedly low, considering GMATPrep and MGMAT CATs were putting Q43 in the low to mid-70s (percentile-wise).
From what I can tell, GMAT is now ranking Quant scores as follows:
Q45, 72%
Q46, 75%
Q47, 78%
Q48, 82%
Q49, 86%
Can anyone attest to this or provide more recent statistics?
Follow-up: I've read that it's very important to score within the top 20% in both sections. Is this still an accurate benchmark?
