GMATPill wrote:
There are many students in the Q48+ range -- right now the difference between ~2 quant questions can drop you down below the 90th percentile. But the difference between Q48 and Q50 is not a compelling enough difference for an admissions officer to prefer the Q50 candidate over the Q48 candidate.
Hypothetical Example, if we take 2 candidates:
Candidate A: Q48 / IR 8
Candidate B: Q50 / IR 5
It becomes more compelling to admissions officers that Candidate A is the stronger candidate.
Will disagree a bit. A difference of 2 quant questions will NOT drop someone from Q50 to Q48.
Difference between Q48 and Q50 translates to a difference of 20 and in some cases 30 points on the 3 digit GMAT score.
So in reality we have two candidates
Candidate A: 690 (Q48 V35) / IR 8
Candidate B: 710 (Q50 V35) / IR 5
Which candidate would be more appealing to Adcoms ?