<p>Can you get an 800 on Quantitative if you miss 1? How about 2? </p>
<p>I can't find the ETS composite score tables for recent GRE tests anywhere online, I can only find that in 1992, you can miss 2 and still get 800.</p>
<p>Anyone have idea?</p>
<p>I just wrote the GRE and I guessed the last two questions because I had no time. The first one was an educated guess, I knew it couldn’t be like two of the options, but still, a guess, the last one was a total guess - and it was an easy question too! I just had like 5 seconds left. I got 800. Now, maybe by some weird chance I got them both right, but that’s a preeeeeeeeeeeeeettty small chance. And I wasn’t sure of my answers for some questions mid-way through either!</p>
<p>Yes-- I missed 2 of the first 6 quantitative questions and scored an 800. It seems like answering questions consecutively is more important than getting the first X number right.</p>
<p>I actually to the paper exam. Do they have the same composite scoring?</p>
<p>Every test will be different in what it takes to obtain a given score. For the CAT, it is the first few test items that matter most. The last few questions hardly matter, so getting the last 2 wrong might give you a 790 but if you have everything up 'til that perfect, you’ll probably end up pretty darn close to an 800.
The paper test is different as it’s not a CAT. Look at the official ETS GRE practice manual (10th ed.) for more info on the paper scoring.</p>
<p>The timing and the type of question matter A LOT more than the amount of questions you get wrong.</p>
<p>If you get most of the first 7 or so questions correctly and from there on in you get every 4th question wrong, you can still get a very high score–possibly an 800.</p>
<p>I got an 800Q and I seriously doubt I made less than 4 mistakes. I flat out guessed about 4 or 5 questions and had 2 questions I wasn’t certain about. But they were all spread out.</p>
<p>Answering every 4th or 5th question wrong won’t hurt you as much as a string of wrong answers because the CAT will maintain the difficulty.</p>
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<p>Thanks for all the responses. I’ve looked at the ETS GRE Practice Manual (10th ed) and it shows score breakdown for exams before 1992. Can miss 1-3 and still receive 800.</p>
<p>However, that’s 1992 and before. Was wondering if anyone could look up the practice paper exam that you get when you sign up for GRE (not the Powerprep CD) … and let me know what the composite scores to get 800 for Quantitative. I don’t have that on me right now.</p>