What is usual Penalty

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thunderdan: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 72; Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:49 pm; Thanked: 4 times; GMAT Score:690

by thunderdan » Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:38 am

I had taken GMAT couple of years ago and got 570. I remember running out of time in verbal and leaving 3 questions unanswered. Anybody has approximate idea of what the penalty is for leaving 3 questions in a section unanswered??

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thunderdan: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 72; Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:49 pm; Thanked: 4 times; GMAT Score:690

Re: What is usual Penalty

by thunderdan » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:20 pm

Can someone reply to this please.

thunderdan wrote:I had taken GMAT couple of years ago and got 570. I remember running out of time in verbal and leaving 3 questions unanswered. Anybody has approximate idea of what the penalty is for leaving 3 questions in a section unanswered??

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DanaJ: Site Admin; Posts: 2567; Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:05 amFollowed by: 550 members; Thanked: 712 times; GMAT Score:770

by DanaJ » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:23 pm

The reason you're not getting any replies is because no one can know for sure. Leaving blanks ensures you get a string of wrong answers, which will surely affect your score. How much, that's really hard to say.

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myohmy: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 252; Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:34 amFollowed by: 55 members; Thanked: 305 times; GMAT Score:760

by myohmy » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:23 pm

No one can answer because no one knows the GMAT algorithm. There is a significant penalty attached to leaving things blank (which is why it's better to fly through the last 5 in 3 minutes than spend all your time on #33 and not even get to #34-37, but no one knows exactly how much it hurts you to leave things blank.

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myohmy: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 252; Joined: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:34 amFollowed by: 55 members; Thanked: 305 times; GMAT Score:760

by myohmy » Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:24 pm

Whoops -- crossposted with DanaJ!

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JeffB: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 153; Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:48 pm; Location: Ohio; Thanked: 16 times

hmm

by JeffB » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:37 pm

I thought I heard it was 2-3% for every question left blank?

Either way, It's a significant penalty. Try to practice your timing so you aren't face with this issue.

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by cramya » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:51 pm

I left the last Q unanswered in Verbal and I was thinking may be I lost 10 points or so. Like other users have pointed out it's hard to say since no one has or can decipher the gmat scoring algorithm.

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CR

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