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what is the winning strategy to get at least 700?

by David088 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:57 am
Hi everyone,
I've seen on some files that in order to get at least 700 on the GMAT your raw scores (which are the sum of the Q+V) have to be no less than 82. To make a more practical example you might need a score of 48 on the quantitative section and a score of 35 on the verbal to get 700.
What i was interested in is on how those score are obtained. To get 48 on the quantitative section you are allowed to make between 11 to 14 mistakes which is equivalent to a 70 to 62 percent of correct answers, and to get 35 on the verbal you can make approximately 13 mistakes which is equivalent to a 68 percent of correct answers.
But how are these score calculated? I read that is very important to do the first 10 questions correct to get high level questions.
If you have good strategies and know how these mistakes are allowed to be done and at what point in time on the test share your experience with us.
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by itheenigma » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:52 am
David088 wrote:Hi everyone,
I've seen on some files that in order to get at least 700 on the GMAT your raw scores (which are the sum of the Q+V) have to be no less than 82.
I was not aware of the 82 score theory. I feel this needs a little more consideration and balance. Based on my experience, perhaps 84 is a better number. The GMAT leans slightly in terms of weight per single point increase towards Verbal. Can some expert confirm this please?
David088 wrote: But how are these score calculated? I read that is very important to do the first 10 questions correct to get high level questions.
There have been several discussions regarding this. Sure, the first 10 questions are important, but not at the cost of reduced time for the remaining 25+ questions. If you want to get dirty with the mechanics of the test, I recommend you go through this thoroughly researched and insightful article by Ian (BTG expert) -->
https://www.beatthegmat.com/r-d-on-gmat- ... tml#365698

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by David088 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:44 pm
/Users/davidesecoli/Documents/GMAT/GMAT Scoring Demystified.webarchive Here is the file where you can see how the respective scores of the quantitative and verbal are calculated
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by David@VeritasPrep » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:41 am
I would not analyze the mix too much. Do the best you can in each section and the GMAT - like some sort of a slot machine - will give you your score seconds after the test is over. 84 total might be a 700 depending on the mix - but these things are not in your control. Let's work on what is...

Basically there is one good strategy to getting over a 700. Get the questions right that you can get right!!

To get over the 90th percentile overall you could - for example, score in the 80th percentile for both Quant and Verbal.

What this means is getting the questions right that are at the 80th percentile and below. Everyone is always running around demanding more 700 + questions. The key to get over a 700 are ALL of those questions BELOW the 700 level.

You cannot score over the 80th percentile based only on questions that are above that level. First of all you have to get the "easier" questions in order to even face the tougher ones, but also please remember that the score is not an average of what you have done or something like this. You must demonstrate that you are fully capable of getting questions at a certain level before your score moves up to that level.

On verbal, if you have missed questions that are considered "easier" than you are capable of, these are very costly to your score. Concentrate on the things that you can do right and take the time and care to do those right and you will increase that verbal score.

FIRST 10 questions, has been discussed alot. I would not treat these differently. The strategy throughout the section should be this -- If you feel that you can "confidently address the question in the appropriate amount of time" then do what you need to do to get it right. So, if one the quant section question number 5 just is not going to work for you then you leave it - guess and move on. The worst thing you can do is to spend 5 minutes on such a question. You are likely to still miss it anyway.

Getting the questions right that you can get right is the best strategy. On the GMATPrep Official Practice test I had a couple of students recently that each had good success early in the Quant section and so they were engaged on every problem. This is good! Each of them missed only a couple of problems in the first 27 - I think it was 2 problems and 3 problems that they missed. But on the last 12 they each basically had to guess!! Sounds like disaster right? Not really. One missed 9 of the last 13 but earned a 46 on the quant. The other missed 10 of the last 12 and still got a 47.

Obviously on verbal you cannot guess at the last 12 and have such a score but...Basically what I am saying is get the questions right that you can and don't worry too much about the totals.
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by David088 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:44 am
Yes sounds quite bad but at the end the result was good though. Thanks for your advise, i'm sure its gonna be helpful on my future practice tests.
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