GMAT Score

In 2016, GMAC collaborated with six prominent global business schools to create the Executive Assessment, a tailored assessment specifically developed to suit the admissions objectives of executive MBA programs globally. From a tool for evaluating Executive MBA candidate, the assessment has now been started accepting as an alternative to GMAT test for full-time MBA candidates as well.

Don’t blindly follow the 720+ rule. A better strategy would be to aim for the 99th percentile. To convert GMAT Score to percentiles, visit GMAT Percentile page. Although GMAT Score is not the only factor that would decide you chance to get into top Business School, here are the average GMAT Scores of top Business Schools.

The GMAT is a computer-adaptive test where your score is calculated by an algorithm that provides you with harder questions (and higher score returns) when you answer previous questions correctly, and with easier questions (and lower returns) when you’ve answered previous questions incorrectly.

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GMAT score is a common, objective benchmark that leaves no room for ambiguity when comparing two candidates from different schools, regions, or majors. The same cannot be said for GPA.

Some schools might follow a bell-curve whereas other schools might have a grading system that is top-heavy. Some schools might use a 4.0 scale whereas others might have a 100-point scale


Find out how GMAT and GPA are evaluated by Business Schools

Most Business Schools will have three data points when it comes to GMAT Score – Average GMAT Score, Median GMAT Score and Middle 80% GMAT Score.

Learn how to compare your GMAT Score against median, mean and middle 80%.

If you have wondered whether Age influences your ability to score high on GMAT, the 2012 Profile of GMAT Candidates report by GMAC gives some clear clues. We looked at the Mean Total GMAT Score for the past 5 years and here is what we found: The worst performing group as expected were the 50+ age group that had a mean GMAT score of 462.6. And the best performing age group is..

GMAC has released the total mean GMAT score for the past five years (2008-12). Except for the year 2008-09, mean GMAT scores have shown consistent improvement. On an average, the total mean GMAT score has increased by 1.5 to 2 points every year, reaching 548.21 during the year 2011-12. Test takers from Physics, Mathematics and Engineering, topped the 5 Year Mean GMAT score with 607.4, 603.4 and 592.8 respectively. Learn more about Top Mean GMAT Score - By Undergraduate Degree.

GMAT provides two ways to measure your score: Scaled Total and Section wise Scores. However, for Business Schools, these scores have very little value unless they can look through a comparative scale. That is where GMAT Score Percentiles help.

You might be aware that there are three GMAT Sections: Analytical Writing/Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative and Verbal. The result of the Analytical Writing/Integrated Reasoning section will have no impact on your total scaled score. The Quantitative and Verbal sections contribute to the overall score. The total score is measured in a scale from 200 to 800.  Each section is measured in a scale from 0 to 60.

Total Score: 200 – 800

Quantitative: 0 - 60

Verbal: 0 - 60

How is GMAT Percentile tracked?
GMAC looks into GMAT test data for the last three years to evaluate your percentile. You should clearly understand the difference between the validity of GMAT test, which is 5 years and the percentile change that can happen if a more competitive group of students take the GMAT in one year.