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gmat prep test confusion

by sogmat » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:07 am
I just took the gmat prep test and scored 680 but i got like 16 wrong in quant and 13 wrong in verbal - my quant score was 47 and verbal 35

in my last test i got fewer incorrect and ended up with only 610, can some one please resolve this paradox :roll: :roll:

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please somebody reply. this is killing me

by sogmat » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:19 am
after a month of slogging i have reached 680 from 610 but my in terms of number of correct answers i have detoriated. so plzzzzzzzz guys just tell me- y this discrepency

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by michael.dinerstein » Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:36 pm
Hi sogmat,

The bottom line is that the number of questions right versus the number of wrong questions will roughly equal 50% every time you take the test. This is due to the computer-adaptive nature of the exam. It's best not to worry about the number of right vs. wrong questions and instead look at your improvement.

In this case, it appears you have indeed improved. However, be wary about your full practice test score! Instead, look at assessment reports and see which areas you are making improvement in and which need more work.

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