Precision and Scores that Schools Trust
Computer Adaptive Testing
Your Official Score Report will include several ways to interpret your exam results. Each of your five GMAT™ exam scores is reported on a fixed scale and appears on the Official GMAT Score Report that you and your designated score recipients (graduate business programs) receive.
Your Score Report – The Details
You may be tempted to pay attention only to your Total score, but the other scores are also meaningful. Those scores offer you and the programs receiving your scores insight into your strengths and areas for development.
Section |
Scoring |
How the Section is Scored |
---|---|---|
0.0-6.0 |
Essays are scored using professional essay raters and a machine algorithm. The score is reported in intervals of 0.5 |
|
1-8 |
The Integrated Reasoning score is based on the number of questions you answered correctly. Some questions may have multiple parts; you must answer all parts to a question correctly to receive credit for that question. Scores are reported in intervals of 1. |
|
Quantitative and Verbal |
6-51 |
The Quantitative and Verbal Reasoning sections are item-level adaptive, and your score is based on three factors: 1. Number of questions you answer 2. Whether your answers are correct 3. Difficulty and other parameters of the questions you answered You will earn a higher score if you answer a higher number of questions, answer more of them correctly, and qualify for questions of a higher difficulty level. Scores are reported in intervals of 1 and the standard error of measurement is 3 points. |
TOTAL |
200-800 |
Total Scores are based on your calculated performance before scores are given for the Quantitative and Verbal Reasoning sections. The raw calculation is then converted to a number in the Total Score range. Scores are reported in intervals of 10. The standard error of measurement is 30-40 points. |
Note that there is a penalty for not completing each section of the exam. If you do not finish in the allotted time, your scores will be calculated based upon the number of questions answered. Your score will decrease significantly with each unanswered question.
Interpreting Your Results
Your Total, Verbal, and Quantitative Scores
Total GMAT scores range from 200 to 800; two-thirds of test takers score between 400 and 600. Verbal and Quantitative scores range from 6 to 51; scores below 6 and above 51 are rare.
Verbal and Quantitative scores are on a fixed scale and can be compared across all GMAT test administrations, but because they measure different constructs, they cannot be compared to each other.
Your Analytical Writing Assessment Score
The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) score is based on one Analysis of an Argument essay. Scores for the AWA range from 0 to 6 in half-point intervals.
AWA essays are scored by a combination of trained and approved human raters and a machine algorithm. If there is a disparity between the algorithm score and the human score, the score will be reviewed by an additional human rater, and may be adjusted
Your Integrated Reasoning Score
Integrated Reasoning (IR) scores range from 1 to 8 in single-digit intervals.
Most Integrated Reasoning questions require more than one response. Because the questions are designed to measure how well you integrate data to solve complex problems, you must answer all responses to a question correctly to receive credit, no partial credit is given.
Why Schools Value Your GMAT Scores
Listen to Julie Barefoot, Goizueta Business School, Emory University in Georgia share why schools value your GMAT scores.