pparun wrote:Hi mygmat.2009,
It sounds good. But in that case, you mean the V35 indicates the mark based on the number of questions correctly right? So, should it not have a direct correlation with the 800 marks of GMAT? Else, for example, if I get 1 wrong out of every 5 questions in Verbal consistently, thus not going to the 700-800 level of questions, my total correct answers at the end will be 33/41, but none of them in the above 700 level of difficulty. So, as per you, my Verbal marks will be around 35-37, but still my overall marks will be around 660 (assuming same 49 in quants). Now, this is contradictory right?
Hope I was clear in my doubt. Anybody, pls answer this, as it is very important to know the scoring algorithm as such.
Meh. At the end of the day, you won't figure out the algorithm used. There are several test prep companies that are much farther along than you in "reverse-engineering" the algorithm, and yet they have not perfectly figured out how it works.
I would focus instead on how you can IMPROVE both your math and verbal. I'm assuming these hypothetical scores are yours (or close to yours). If you can improve your verbal to 44, then you'll get a 760 and you won't have to worry about it
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For the record, on my last practice test I got 12 math questions incorrect, and 4 verbal questions incorrect. I got a Q47 and V44...so yea, number of questions incorrect or correct doesn't seem to matter. It's more about, I think, the difficulty of questions you attract, determined through the unique properties of each question you get wrong or right.
