Should I decide where to apply based on my scores?

You may be doing yourself a disservice if you rely solely on your GMAT scores to decide where to apply, or even whether to apply at all. Schools treat GMAT scores as only one of several predictors of performance.

Most schools publish average and mid-80% range scores for the students they admit. Averages can be skewed by unusually high scores. For that reason, you can generally get a better understanding of the types of GMAT scores a school typically admits by looking at the mid- 80% range, which indicates the scores earned by 80% of students who were admitted.