Your exam results inform your next steps towards business school and serve as an important factor during the admissions process.
Your GMAT Total Score is based on your performance on all 3 sections of the exam, with each section weighted equally. Your score is also valid for five years, giving you the flexibility to send your score to schools when you are ready!
IMPORTANT: Comparing your current GMAT score directly to your score on the GMAT Exam (10th Edition) is not an accurate comparison. Learn more at Understanding Your Score.
Scoring Breakdown
The GMAT Total Score scale ranges from 205 to 805, and all Total Score values end in a 5. Section scores range from 60 to 90.
Total Score
Quantitative Reasoning Score
Verbal Reasoning Score
Data Insights Score
Your Unofficial Score
Immediately after completing the exam, your unofficial scores for the Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights, as well as your Total Score are displayed on-screen. You are not allowed to record, save, screenshot, or print your unofficial score. You will receive an email notification when your Official Score Report is available in your mba.com account.
Visit Official Score Reports for more information.
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 penalized reflecting the number of questions unanswered. Your GMAT exam score will be the best reflection of your performance when all questions are managed to be answered within the time limit.
Privacy Information Specific to Your Score and Score Reports
GMAT exam scores and personally identifiable information will be released only at your specific request, except as otherwise set forth in our 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
