GMAT Results and Score - How to Calculate GMAT Score

After you take the GMAT 2020 exam, you will receive five scores: Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, Verbal, and Total. Your total GMAT score is based on your Verbal and Quantitative scores. Your Analytical Writing Assessment and Integrated Reasoning scores do not affect the GMAT total score. You also get a percentile score, which tells you how you have scored comparatively to every 100 candidates taking the GMAT. For example, if your score in the Verbal section is 90 percentile, it means that for every 100 candidates attempting the GMAT 2020, you are ahead of 90 candidates.

Here is a comparative table of your scaled score to percentile:

Scaled Score Percentile Scaled Score Percentile

760-800

99

520

37

750

98

510

35

740

97

500

32

730

96

490

30

720

94

480

27

710

92

470

25

700

89

460

22

690

87

450

20

680

85

440

18

670

83

430

17

660

80

420

15

650

77

410

14

640

73

400

12

630

71

390

11

620

68

380

10

610

65

370

9

600

62

360

8

590

58

340-350

6

580

55

330

5

570

52

310-320

4

560

49

280-300

3

550

46

250-270

2

540.4

43

220-240

1

530

39

200-210

0

GMAT Results and Statistics

The best thing about GMAT 2020 result is that you can see your scores as soon as your exam is over. At the end of the exam, you will have an option of accepting or rejecting the non-official score. The official GMAT Exam result 2020 can be downloaded after 20 days from your account on the GMAT website.

GMAT Statistics

Twenty years back the average GMAT score for top B-school was around 600. In the present time, however, the demand for the MBA course has increased dramatically. As a result, many more applicants are applying to these schools, which means, the average GMAT acceptance scores are increasing every year. It is important to note that the top colleges don’t take into consideration only the GMAT test scores, but also the overall favorable traits like diversity, unusual accomplishment or success, etc. These factors allow many students to gain acceptance with a lower GMAT score. If you have none of these types of traits, then you probably need to break 730 (that's the 99th percentile) to have a good chance at a B-school ranked in the top-ten.

The average GMAT score for the top MBA programs at premier universities across the globe consistently falls in the 700-730 range. However, scoring perfect 800 on GMAT is not difficult. The data of 2012-2013, average GMAT scores by country and number of exams taken, throws up interesting results. It puts India at number 14 on the list of countries that have the highest score average, nation-wise. A total of 25,268 exams were taken in India and the average GMAT score for the country is 577.

To get an idea about the comparative score percentile, marks of each section and good GMAT Test Scores here is a table showing the marks required:

Section

Score range

25%

50%

75%

90%

Analytical Writing

0-6

4

4.5

5.5

6

Quantitative

0-60

31

40

48

50

Verbal

0-60

21

28

35

40

Integrated Reasoning

0-8

3

5

6.5

7.5

Total Scaled Score

200-800

470

570

650

710

Source: http://www.mba.com