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by vikram4689 » Mon May 14, 2012 8:10 am
Both time on the GMAT i got Q50, i am wondering what is the reason that, despite getting Q51 on Prep CATs, i ended up with Q50... What is the difference b/w Q50 or Q51, is it careless mistake or something else
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue May 22, 2012 7:46 am
vikram4689 wrote:Both time on the GMAT i got Q50, i am wondering what is the reason that, despite getting Q51 on Prep CATs, i ended up with Q50... What is the difference b/w Q50 or Q51, is it careless mistake or something else
A 1-point score fluctuation is not unusual. In fact, I'd be quite surprised if a person wrote 3 GMATs in a row and got the same Quant scores all 3 times.

I wouldn't try to attribute the 50/51 change to anything.

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by dhonu121 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:45 pm
Brent,
How much difference does a point in quant(50->51) makes in the scaled GMAT score out of 800 ?
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:02 pm
dhonu121 wrote:Brent,
How much difference does a point in quant(50->51) makes in the scaled GMAT score out of 800 ?
It's hard to say. If you examine the many debriefs in this forum you'll find instances in which there was no difference.
For example, one post indicates that Q50/V44 = 770 total score, while another post indicates that Q51/V44 = 770.
If there is a difference in scores, it's not very big (perhaps 10-20 points).

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by dhonu121 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:11 pm
Thanks Brent.
I consider 10-20 points difference, quite a difference. :)
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:34 am
dhonu121 wrote:Thanks Brent.
I consider 10-20 points difference, quite a difference. :)
Fair enough :-)

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by dimochka » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:19 am
From the practice tests I've taken, the a math score of 50 vs. 51 has shifted my total either 0 or 10 points (never 20). I'm not disputing that it's possible to move 20, but I haven't seen that happen.
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by kevincanspain » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:00 pm
I have taken the exam 6 times, and I bounce between 50 and 51 on the quant and between 48, 50 and 51 on the verbal. At a very high level, one silly mistake could knock you down a point, but the difference between my worst score and best score is 10 points (a tribute to the GMAT scoring algorithm?) . In my opinion, 10-20 points would make a difference only if you were shooting for the 700 barrier.
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