gmat prep score

[melvyn_udall]

Hi,
Can somebody please tell me how the scoring in gmat prep software works ?
I took the first practice test and got a 710 with M49 and V39. Is there a possibility of a software error that has increased my score by 50 odd points ?
How can a 90 percentile in Maths and 89 in Verbal translate to 94 percentile overall? And this after I chose 0.2 as the lesser of 0.2 and 0.04 in one of the questions.

[ravindra_iit]

There are people who can score well in maths only but not in verbal and vice versa. So combined percentile can be greater than your individual score percentile.

[surya167]

Yes.. And 710 is a very good score to start with.. So gear up dude.. You have a long way to go..

[melvyn_udall]

thanks surya. I know that I have a long way to go but silly mistakes have
proved to be my Achilles heel. Out of the 13 mistakes in Math 11 were of the variety that I mentioned in my last post and 2 were conceptual. I would have preferred all of them to be in the latter category. At least, that way I would have a definite plan to improve.