I wrote an mgmat test. I found the scoring inaccurate. I got 16 questions wrong in quant and yet an inflated score of 48. Isnt something wrong here ?? Can someone look into this?

Hey,

Great question! Manhattan GMAT has worked very hard teaming up with our 99th percentile Instructors to create practice exams that very closely mimic the real GMAT. Our tests are highly regarded as some of the best available.

You may be surprised to find out that scores on the GMAT are not based on the percentage of questions answered correctly. On the GMAT, most people actually answer similar percentages of questions correctly, typically in the 50% to 70% range (even at high scoring levels).

On the GMAT, everybody answers different questions, some easier, some harder. You can think of the GMAT as a test that searches for each person’s “60% level,” or the difficulty range in which the person is able to answer approximately 60% of the questions correctly. (This is not exactly what happens, but it’s a good way to think of the difference between “regular” tests and computer-adaptive tests.)

Your score will be determined by the difficulty of the questions that you answer correctly versus the difficulty of those that you answer incorrectly.

Hope this helps clear up any confusion.

Best,
Matt Mapplebeck
Student Services Associate
Manhattan GMAT

Thanks.

I did know it was adaptive and score is based on the difficulty level but what i didnt expect was getting so many wrongs on difficult questions could still lead me to a decent score :)

Thanks Again.