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Three factors determine your score:

The percentage of questions you answer correctly
The level of difficulty of the questions you answer.
The total number of questions you answer.
The Quant and Verbal sections determine your GMAT Score out of 800.
The median test score (i.e. 50th percentile) is around 550. The 90th percentile is a 700.
The Quant Section Score ranges from 0-60. The Verbal Section Score ranges from 0-60 as well.
The AWA is scored differently and does not contribute toward your score out of 800. More on AWA
How to use the GMAT Score Chart: The Quant Score and Verbal Score yield your Total Score. The
Left 2 Columns represent the GMAT Verbal Percentile & Verbal Section Score. The top 2 Rows
represent the GMAT Quant Percentile & Quant Section Score

GMAT Score Grid

Q% 98 93 86 82 77 75 72 68 65 61 58 56 52 49 48 43 39 38 36 32 28 27 27 22
V% #

51+ 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28

99 51+ 800 790 780 780 780 770 770 770 760 760 750 750 740 740 730 720 710 700 690 680 670 660 650 640
99 50 790 790 780 780 770 760 760 760 750 750 740 740 730 730 720 710 700 690 680 670 660 650 640 630
99 49 790 780 770 770 760 760 750 750 740 740 730 730 720 720 720 710 700 690 680 670 660 650 640 630
99 48 790 780 770 770 760 760 750 740 730 720 720 710 710 700 700 690 680 680 670 660 650 640 630 620
99 47 790 770 770 760 750 750 740 730 730 720 720 710 710 700 700 690 680 670 660 650 640 630 620 610
99 46 780 770 770 760 750 740 730 730 730 720 720 710 700 700 690 680 670 660 650 640 630 620 610 600
98 45 780 770 760 750 740 740 730 720 720 710 700 700 690 680 680 670 660 650 640 630 620 610 600 600
97 44 770 760 760 750 740 730 720 710 710 700 690 690 680 670 660 650 640 640 630 630 620 610 600 590
96 43 770 760 750 740 730 720 710 700 700 690 680 670 670 660 650 640 640 630 620 610 600 590 580 580
95 42 770 760 750 740 730 720 710 700 690 690 680 670 660 650 650 630 630 630 620 610 600 590 580 570
92 41 760 750 740 720 710 710 700 690 690 690 680 670 660 650 640 630 630 620 610 600 590 580 570 560
89 40 750 740 720 710 700 700 690 690 680 680 670 660 650 650 640 630 620 610 600 590 580 570 560 560
87 39 740 730 720 710 700 690 690 680 670 660 660 650 650 640 630 620 610 600 600 590 580 570 560 550
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83 38 740 730 720 700 690 680 680 670 670 650 650 640 640 630 620 610 610 600 590 580 570 560 550 550
80 37 730 720 700 700 690 680 670 660 650 650 640 640 630 630 620 610 600 590 590 580 570 560 550 540
78 36 720 720 700 690 680 670 660 660 650 640 630 620 610 610 600 600 590 580 580 570 560 550 550 540
73 35 720 710 700 680 670 660 650 650 640 630 630 620 610 600 600 590 580 570 560 550 540 540 530 520
68 34 710 700 690 680 670 650 640 640 630 620 620 610 600 590 590 580 570 570 560 550 540 530 520 520
66 33 700 700 680 660 650 650 640 630 620 610 600 600 590 580 580 570 570 560 540 540 530 530 520 510
63 32 690 690 670 660 650 640 630 620 620 610 600 600 590 570 570 560 560 550 550 540 530 520 510 500
58 31 690 680 670 650 640 630 620 610 600 600 590 590 580 570 560 550 550 540 540 530 530 520 510 500
54 30 680 670 660 640 630 630 620 610 600 590 590 580 570 560 550 540 540 540 530 520 510 510 500 490
52 29 670 660 650 640 630 620 610 600 590 590 580 570 570 560 550 540 530 530 520 510 500 500 490 480
47 28 670 650 640 630 620 610 600 590 590 580 570 560 560 550 540 540 530 530 520 500 500 490 480 470
43 27 650 640 630 620 610 600 600 590 580 570 560 560 550 540 530 530 520 510 510 500 490 480 470 460
40 26 640 630 620 600 600 590 590 580 570 560 550 550 540 530 520 520 510 510 500 500 490 480 470 460
35 25 630 620 610 600 590 580 580 570 560 550 540 540 530 520 510 510 500 500 500 490 480 470 460 450
33 24 620 610 600 590 580 570 570 560 550 540 530 530 520 510 510 500 500 490 490 480 470 460 450 440
28 23 620 610 600 580 570 560 560 550 550 540 530 530 520 510 500 500 490 490 480 480 470 460 440 430
26 22 610 600 590 580 570 560 550 550 540 530 530 530 510 510 500 500 490 480 470 470 460 450 430 420
23 21 610 600 590 580 570 560 550 550 540 530 520 520 510 510 500 490 480 470 460 450 450 440 430 420
19 20 600 590 580 570 560 550 550 540 530 520 520 510 500 500 490 480 470 460 460 450 440 430 420 410
How to use the above chart*: For example, if you got a Quant Score of 48 (82%) and a Verbal Score of
37 (80%), then from the above chart you would have a score close to a 700. From the chart below, a
700 would be in the 90th percentile.

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GMAT Score to Percentile chart

GMAT Score

Percentile

800

99%

790

99%

780

99%

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770

99%

760

99%

750

98%

740

97%

730

96%

720

94%

710

92%

700

90%

690

88%

680

85%

670

84%

660

82%

650

79%

640

75%

630

73%

620

70%

610

67%

600

64%

590

61%

580

58%

570

55%

560

52%

550

49%

540

46%

530

41%

520

40%

510

37%

500

34%

490

32%

480

29%

470

27%

460

24%

450

21%

440

20%

430

18%

420

16%

410

14%
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400

13%

390

11%

380

10%

370

9%

360

8%

350

6%

340

6%

330

5%

320

4%

310

3%

300

3%

290

3%

280

2%

270

2%

260

2%

250

1%

240

1%

230

1%

220

0%

210

0%

200

0%

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Main Takeaways
The Verbal Score has a long tail. The highest quant score, 51, is only the 98th percentile. On the
other hand, the 99th percentile for verbal starts at a 46. This means verbal raw scores of 46, 47, 48,
49, 50, and 51 are all 99th percentile. This brings me to my next point:
The Importance of the Verbal Score: While both the Quant and Verbal Scores are important, the
verbal score is especially important. Somebody amazing in Verbal and okay in Quant will have an
overall higher score than someone amazing in Quant and okay in verbal. Someone with Q44
(68%), V48(99%) will score a 740 (97th percentile overall) versus someone with a Q51 (98%),
V34(68%) will score a 710 (92nd percentile). The long tail in verbal means someone really strong in
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verbal could make up for a weak quant score.

The AWA (i.e. the essay section) has a separate score and is irrelevant to your overall score which is
out of 800. As long as you score above a 4 (out of 6) on the AWA, you should be fine. More on
AWA
*This table should be used as an estimate only. Percentiles for the Verbal and Quant Sections are from
mba.com. The scores are derived based on forum postings and extrapolation. Actual score may vary +/10 points or more. Note that the lowest score displayed on the chart is a 400 (13%). I did this to keep
that chart from becoming too large to display on the page.
**Percentile data from
http://www.mba.com/mba/thegmat/gmatscoresandscorereports/whatyourpercentilerankingmeans.htm Be
aware that percentiles can change from time to time.
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8 Responses to GMAT Scoring

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shivgan joshi says:

January 9, 2011 at 12:55

Good information, I was looking for it

What I observe is that a good math score and offset a poor verbal score.
Means scoring full in maths can make sure that overall one doesnt fall below 90 percentile.
As compared to the entrance exams in my country math is good and can be done.
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shivgan joshi says:

February 4, 2011 at 23:25

Quantitative is easier and a good score is easy in that

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SS1905 says:
March 15, 2011 at 21:11

This chart is pretty accurate. It matches completely with my final scaled scores vs total score vs
percentiles
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Gmatfailure says:
May 16, 2011 at 16:50

I took the gmat and got a score of 210 my gpa is 3.5 The schools Gmat average is 610. Should I
process my application or retake it.
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Tommy says:
March 2, 2012 at 00:17

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Hi, I got the same score!

Any luck with you? Are you in bschool now? Can you contact me plz.
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sharad says:
December 9, 2011 at 01:18

I have a score of 680 and percentile is 85. will i be able to make into insead, MIT or Berkley? I
have an work exp of a little over 5 years.
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Nayla V says:
April 18, 2012 at 14:52

I got 210 at the end of the exam is that the final? I thought I went well my gpa is 3.8 I studied for
almost 8 weeks dont know what went wrong I feel stupid
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