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by missrochelle » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:03 am
Hi all -
Just wanted to hear any thoughts/ experiences on variation of verbal scores. I've been in the 39-41 range ,and most recently ended up with a 36 on gmatprep verbal, even though I only missed 8 questions.

the culprit? 5 out of the 8 were RCs. Sometimes I just miss the"little detail" that makes an answer incorrect.... Especially on science passages.

How is it that missing 8 questions, the fewest I've ever missed and I end up with the lowest score? How do I strategize to balance things out?
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by odannyboi » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:55 pm
I don't really know... but I do know that GMATprep is pissing me off.

Once, I got 10 wrong and got a score of 32... The algorithm is retarded!
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by papgust » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:54 pm
There is lot more in the algorithm than just no. of right and wrong answers. Consecutive no. of wrong answers may harm your percentile. OR answering easy-medium questions incorrectly can harm in another way. There are lots more in this algorithm.

What we as a test-taker can just focus is trying to make minimal mistakes in the test. Don't stress too much on analyzing how scoring works.
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