What year did you take it? there has been horrible grade inflation!
I took it about a month ago, and my 700 = 90th percentile
What year did you take it? there has been horrible grade inflation!
GREAT question!Would you say that some of the grade inflation has been caused by people having more time to study for the exam after getting let go from their jobs? I know that a lot of my friends who lost their jobs in the past 2 years and didn't have luck finding a new job ended up dedicating themselves full-time to studying for either professional certification exams (CPA/CFA/etc.) or grad school exams (GRE/GMAT/etc.) and going back to school...
Don't let smarty pants on forums make you feel bad about 'only' being in the top 10% of university graduates perusing a carer in business; remember you are up against not only university grads but also professionals who have probably been business persons for years and cheaters who have the money to pay for questions ahead of time.I took it about a month ago, and my 700 = 90th percentile
the three people that call me their best friend and I have known since high school had (V&Q only) a 1280, 1480 and 1340. The average for my graduating class was 1200, but the average for people in my local region is 740.your social circle, what would you call the average SATs result? Better?
the three people that call me their best friend and I have known since high school had (V&Q only) a 1280, 1480 and 1340. The average for my graduating class was 1200, but the average for people in my local region is 740.
I live in a land of stupid.
OK cool thanks I don't really know anything about american test scores. Our sats are all Level 4/5/6/7 and ABC if I remember correctly.
GREAT question!
There are a few factors: 1.) Asians have thrown the V vs. Q sores WAY off (they don't speak english and they ace the math) 2.) The ability of prep-books to teach you to beat the GMAT has gone way up 3.) People are preparing very hard for these tests, the "I just took it" portion of the population is very low when it comes to a professional degree like the GMAT 4.) Cheating is horrible in the math section, you can pay some people a few K and they will give you the 200ish questions you are likely to hit when you take the GMAT Q
And 5 is a BIG deal! GMAT is for people who want to advance their careers. I have always thought of the MBA as the professional degree for the person that couldn't be a doctor or lawyer. Not to say the standards at high end schools are low, but how low the standards go for in other schools is MUCH lower than how low they go for doctors and lawyers.
I made a 680 a few years ago and it was about the 90th percentile; by the time I re-took three and a half years later, that 680 had fallen to the 85th percentile!
Overall, I think both a higher class of person and a higher class of cheater has been taking the GMAT.
Don't let smarty pants on forums make you feel bad about 'only' being in the top 10% of university graduates perusing a carer in business; remember you are up against not only university grads but also professionals who have probably been business persons for years and cheaters who have the money to pay for questions ahead of time.
the three people that call me their best friend and I have known since high school had (V&Q only) a 1280, 1480 and 1340. The average for my graduating class was 1200, but the average for people in my local region is 740.
I live in a land of stupid.
I used to teach GMAT quantitative for the local university and I once had 10 out of 30 people in the room score in the 200s on their first try... with five people in the 200-220 range.
It got so bad in a number of countries (somallia, Iran) that there have been short and long term bans on testing in those countries. A few years ago the scam I described was uncovered, thousands 'unintentionally' were involved and 80 had their scores pulled and are now refused testing.I had no idea that cheating would be so rampant on an exam like that. In the end the cheaters are just cutting themselves short.
I doubt people will ever be caught for it, they would have to link anonymous forums posts to a particular individual...In 25 years it might be some tool who cheated on the exam to get his/her MBA. Wonder which is worse.
1340 or 1350 on GRE
I think the volatility on those is huge, I got full score on the quant part when i took it before. Alas it got me in the grad program I wanted (Michigan / Applied Economics)
1995 re-centering (raising median score back to 500)
The test scoring was initially scaled to make 500 the mean score on each section with a standard deviation of 100.[26] As the test grew more popular and more students from less rigorous schools began taking the test, the average dropped to about 428 Verbal and 478 Math. The SAT was "recentered" in 1995, and the average "new" score became again close to 500. Scores awarded after 1994 and before October 2001 are officially reported with an "R" (e.g. 1260R) to reflect this change. Old scores may be recentered to compare to 1995 to present scores by using official College Board tables, which in the middle ranges add about 70 points to Verbal and 20 or 30 points to Math. In other words, current students have a 100 (70 plus 30) point advantage over their parents.
Thinking of taking the new GRE in aug or sept. Heard it's different from the old one.
SAT (old): 1390
time of tests will matter because the score range changes so much. Also what your educational status was at the time of testing (though gmat and gre are self explanatory)
I love all of these idiots with stories of getting ripped right before the SAT/GRE/GMAT, or falling asleep during the exam, etc...
I think they replaced antonyms and analogies with short critical reading sections. Also the total score is different. I made sure I took the old test.. don't want to be the new test guinea pig.
The antonyms are incredibly hit or miss for me. Sometimes I'll know every word and ace a section, ending up with a ~90th percentile practice score, other times I'll have absolutely no clue and get ~70th percentile. Reading comprehension, I'm much more consistent, usually missing a few problems but never bombing an entire section. The verbal part has me the most worried.![]()
