Hi again,
To further my comments about your score being based the level of difficulty of the questions you answer correctly, I should tell you about an experiment I conducted.
When I was writing the article Taking the GMATPrep Practice Tests Multiple Times (https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/03/ ... iple-times), I took GMATPrep Practice Test #1 four times, and each time I answered every second question correctly (I did this for the quant section only)
Given that I correctly answered exactly half of the questions each time, you'd expect my quant scores to be roughly the same for all 4 tests.
My 4 scaled scores were: 19, 23, 26 and 42
This represents a percentile range from approximately 8th percentile to the 63rd percentile.
I'm fairly confident that you'd get the same results on the verbal side. So, it's not about how many questions you answer incorrectly; it's about the level of difficulty of the questions you answer incorrectly.
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
Brent
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Thanks Brent,Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:Those numbers don't really help.vishal.pathak wrote: Hi Brent,
Does every question carry equal marks. I am starting to doubt this now. I guess I have to do some research in GMAT marking patter and stop bothering you with my kindergarten questions
I scored 28 out of 37 in quant and 27 out of 41 in verbal
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Vishal
Your score isn't based on the number of questions that you answered correctly. It's based on the difficulty level of the questions that you answered correctly.
I suggest that you take another practice test.
Cheers,
Brent
Thanks for giving quick replies. This place is great and I couldn't have asked for more.
I am making notes of all responses from the experts. This place is a amazing platform to learn techniques.
After understanding that questions can have different weight-age, I am confident that the 680 thing was correct.
Thanks once again for your time. Your replies helped a lot. I will try to move on in this path and will take another test in a week's time to quantify my progress.
I intend to take the test in a month's time but I wont mind extending the duration if I feel that I am making improvements and can do better.
I hope to get your expert advise in future as well.
Regards,
Vishal
