Interpretation of the Test Scores

[kareem_shah]

Hi,

I recently took two actual GMAT tests. My scores are as stated below:

Test 1

Quant: 32/37, Verbal: 36/41

Test 2

Quant: 30/37, Verbal: 36/41

Can someone please give me an idea what these would translate into actual GMAT scores. I made quite a few silly mistakes on my quantitive sections, which I realised once reviewing the answers. Are there any good tips to keep in mind not to make these silly mistakes again?

[btgmat_2010]

Hi,

I recently took two actual GMAT tests. My scores are as stated below:

Test 1

Quant: 32/37, Verbal: 36/41

Test 2

Quant: 30/37, Verbal: 36/41

Can someone please give me an idea what these would translate into actual GMAT scores. I made quite a few silly mistakes on my quantitive sections, which I realised once reviewing the answers. Are there any good tips to keep in mind not to make these silly mistakes again?

You mean you took the GMATPrep tests. It is observed that the scores on these tests reflect the range on your actual GMAT within a close tolerance. Since your scores are similar on both prep tests, you can expect similar scores on actual GMAT. And I don' t believe you are making silly mistakes, since those stats are already giving you atleast 750.

[student22]

No they are not. Those scores will give you between 550 and 650

Score calculator:
https://www.800score.com/score2.php

[kareem_shah]

No they are not. Those scores will give you between 550 and 650

Score calculator:
https://www.800score.com/score2.php

I think there is something wrong with this calculator because even if you put maximum possible score of 37 on 37 for quant and 41 on 41 for verbal, it still gives you 650 ... that is not posisble ...

[student22]

Look at it this, way, here are some people's scores from the "I beat the GMAT" section of the forum:

I just beat the GMAT (740 - Q49 V41)
Beat the GMAT 700 - Q39 V47
650 Q 38 (51%), V41 (92%).
Making Love not War on the GMAT to get a 750 (V48, Q45)


As you can see one of the scores is a 650 with a Q 38 and V41.

I think there's some confusion. The maximum quant score is a 51 and the maximum verbal score is also a 51. You are not getting anywhere near 750 without a Q and V in the mid-high 40s.

So while not perfect, that calculator seems more or less accurate.

[kareem_shah]

Look at it this, way, here are some people's scores from the "I beat the GMAT" section of the forum:

I just beat the GMAT (740 - Q49 V41)
Beat the GMAT 700 - Q39 V47
650 Q 38 (51%), V41 (92%).
Making Love not War on the GMAT to get a 750 (V48, Q45)


As you can see one of the scores is a 650 with a Q 38 and V41.

I think there's some confusion. The maximum quant score is a 51 and the maximum verbal score is also a 51. You are not getting anywhere near 750 without a Q and V in the mid-high 40s.

So while not perfect, that calculator seems more or less accurate.

yeah but these are scaled scores I think ... how can I score 51 if the number of questions on the exam are 37 in quant and 41 in verbal ... my scores are 32 correct out of 37 on quant and 36 correct out of 41 on verbal ... I think we are completely on different tangents here ... in actual gmat exams you have the exact number of questions as I have on my exam and then your scores are sclaed out of 60 and those converted to scale of 800 ...

[student22]

Hehe, looks like we are talking about different things. Looking at your post again, you are giving me raw scores. I automatically assumed that you were giving scaled scores, since that's what most people do. My mistake.


Then to properly answer your question, there is no way to convert raw scores to scaled scores, since each question has a certain difficulty level. In a very simplified way, you got 32 right out of 37 in the quant section. But of the 5 that you got wrong, were they hard questions? or were they easy questions? Did you get any wrong in a row? That makes a difference in what kind of score you get. Basically there's no way to translate raw scores into a GMAT score.

[kareem_shah]

Hehe, looks like we are talking about different things. Looking at your post again, you are giving me raw scores. I automatically assumed that you were giving scaled scores, since that's what most people do. My mistake.


Then to properly answer your question, there is no way to convert raw scores to scaled scores, since each question has a certain difficulty level. In a very simplified way, you got 32 right out of 37 in the quant section. But of the 5 that you got wrong, were they hard questions? or were they easy questions? Did you get any wrong in a row? That makes a difference in what kind of score you get. Basically there's no way to translate raw scores into a GMAT score.

The ones I got wrong were the easier ones .... I make silly mistakes and I make the some ones again and again ... such as not reading the question properly ... none of the wrong answers were in a row ... i did not get any wrong in the last 5 ... i know its not possible to calculate the scaled score but I just wanted to ask if anyone who has already given the GMAT and what sort of scores they were getting in their practice GMAT tests to sort of gain an understanding of where I stand ...

Also does anyone know if McGraw Hill pracetice tests are any good ... my friend just gave me that book and it has 6 practice tests but I haven't touched them as I have never seen anyone mention McGraw Hill as a useful tool for preparing for the GMAT ...

[btgmat_2010]

what i don't understand is that since you got the number of correct answers, how come you didn't get the total score of the percentiles? You took the test on GMATPrep right, so what's the issue here?

[kareem_shah]

what i don't understand is that since you got the number of correct answers, how come you didn't get the total score of the percentiles? You took the test on GMATPrep right, so what's the issue here?

no it was one of the paper based past exams ...

[btgmat_2010]

okay. suggest you to write the CAT. It's very difficult to correlate paper based test scores to the actual test scores.