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Exam Scores

GMAT exam scores inform your next steps towards business school and serve as a crucial factor during the admissions process.
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Your Official Score Report includes several ways to interpret your exam results. Each of your five GMAT exam scores (Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Integrated Reasoning, Analytical Writing Assessment, and Total) is reported on a fixed scale and includes a percentile ranking. This information (along with your background information such as your GMAT ID, exam date, appointment number, etc.) appears on the Official GMAT Score Report that you and your designated score recipients (graduate business programs) receive.

Your score is valid for five years, giving you the flexibility to send your score to schools when you are ready.

 

Score Reports

The Details of Your Score Report

Section Scoring How the Section is Scored
Quantitative Reasoning 6-51 Scores are reported in intervals of 1 and the standard error of measurement is 3 points.
Verbal Reasoning 6-51 Scores are reported in intervals of 1 and the standard error of measurement is 3 points.
Integrated Reasoning 1-8 Scores are reported in intervals of 1.
Analytical Writing Assessment 0.0-6.0 Scores are reported in intervals of 0.5.
Total Score 200-800 Scores are reported in intervals of 10. The standard error of measurement is 30-40 points.
 

Score Penalty for Unanswered Questions

There is a penalty for not completing each section of the exam. If you do not finish in the allotted time, your score will be calculated based upon the number of questions answered. Your score will decrease significantly with each unanswered question. It is better to make your best guess and complete all questions rather than omit questions!

Privacy Information Specific to Your GMAT Score and Score Reports

GMAT scores and personally identifiable information will be released only at your specific request, except as otherwise set forth in the GMAT™ Handbook and GMAT™ Online Exam Policies and Procedures as required by law, and as necessary to detect or prevent unlawful activity or to cooperate in a judicial or governmental proceeding. Read these documents on the Exam Policies page.