I just completed the free simulation test from the Economist GMAT tutor. I was curious as to how the scoring goes in the GMAT. As per the simulation test results, my Verbal score is in the 72% percentile where i got 18 out of 41 incorrect..but my Quant score is in the 45% percentile range where i got only 10 out of 37 incorrect. I'm a bit confused with the scoring.
Hi victor_vdpc,
Percentiles are often mis-understood pieces of information (and can also be deceptive). A percentile lets you know how you performed relative to OTHER Test Takers, NOT how well you performed relative to the Test. In addition, each Test has a different "pool" of Test Takers, so the percentiles can vary (sometimes significantly) from one practice CAT to another and to the Official GMAT. Your percentiles state that you scored at, or above, 45% of people in the Quant section and at, or above, 72% of people on the Verbal section ("people" meaning people who took that Test).
The scores that matter are the SCALED SCORES, which tell you how you performed relative to the Test. These are the numbers that go into calculating your GMAT score.
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Rich
