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Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2019, 22:51
Recently, I gave ETS PowerPrep 1 mock and scored 163 on quantitative section. However, upon reviewing the mock I realized the number of incorrect questions were only 5. Is there something I am missing out on? I thought score penalties only apply when someone gets easy section (that is, scores 7 or below in first quant section). Pretty sure not the case here.
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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2019, 01:01
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Weird. The penalty is only for those who score in the easy area. For the medium and hard zone, there is always a rewarding-point.

Do you have the full report ?'
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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2019, 06:32
Nope this is pretty much all that ETS provides after the test besides reviewing incorrect answers. No detailed diagnostic report provided for mock exams, unlike that with official GRE exams. I speculate the cause maybe due to one of my mistakes (silly one) being on an easy question but then again I am already losing 1 mark for incorrect answer. It could also mean ETS's scaling algorithm for PowerPrep exams is somewhat inconsistent. For instance, there is also no bonus points despite getting medium sections on verbal.

I hope the scaling is more forgiving on my actual GRE exam.
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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2019, 07:19
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But this is the powerprep free software of the powerprep plus ??

which exam is it ??
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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2019, 08:57
POWERPREP Online - Practice Test 1. The free practice test, not the ones which require to be purchased. Gave the mock test through ETS's portal. I am guessing this has something to do with the scaling.
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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2019, 09:13
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The free online is the same we do have here https://gre.myprepclub.com/forum/gre-power ... -3118.html and you can still download if you wanna.

They instead no longer provide the exe but the online platform.

That said it is really weird.

After the first section which is medium (both quant and verbal) you do have or easy, or medium , or hard.

BUT only if you pick the easy one you do have a penalty. The medium and hard second sections give you a reward even though could be tiny.

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Re: Penalty on GRE Raw Score [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2020, 19:50
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Hi RafiAnowar,

We have not heard from you in a while. Did you end up taking the GRE?
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