Myth of the first 10 questions

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by GMATGUY2007 » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:14 pm

According to GMAC all questions are equally important and it is a myth that the first 5-10 questions bear more weight on your final score. I also read a post on this board corroborating this statement. I was just wondering if anybody has tried to verify this using GMAT prep. In other words, say that you answer the first 5 questions wrong on purpose and everything else perfect, do you end up with the same score as if the 5 wrong answers are at the end of the test?
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Re: Myth of the first 10 questions

by beatthegmat » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:04 pm

GMATGUY2007 wrote:According to GMAC all questions are equally important and it is a myth that the first 5-10 questions bear more weight on your final score. I also read a post on this board corroborating this statement. I was just wondering if anybody has tried to verify this using GMAT prep. In other words, say that you answer the first 5 questions wrong on purpose and everything else perfect, do you end up with the same score as if the 5 wrong answers are at the end of the test?
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What GMAC is saying is absolutely true. The myth of the first few questions (which I had believed for a long time) is false. Check out this discussion on this subject from a few weeks back: https://www.beatthegmat.com/my-blog-erro ... html#23962

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by mayonnai5e » Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:59 pm

If GMAC, the people behind the exam say it's a myth, it's in your best interest to believe them. You don't need to verify it because the people who wrote the algorithm and know the intimate details have already said it's not true. Why anyone would believe PR or Kaplan or any other 3rd party companies over the makers of the exam is beyond me.

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by bates88 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:39 pm

Stacey from Manhattan GMAT wrote a great post about this: https://www.beatthegmat.com/is-this-true ... html#14243

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