GMAT® Score:
The GMAT® score is for a total of 800. The score is based on a combination of the Quantitative and Verbal sections and will be in a range of 200-800. The Verbal and Quantitative scaled scores range from 0 to 60. Scores below 9 and above 44 for the Verbal section or below 7 and above 50 for the Quantitative section are rare. Both scores are on a fixed scale and can be compared across all GMAT® test administrations. Please note that, if you do not finish in the allotted time, you will still receive scores as long as you have worked on every section. However, your scores will be calculated based upon the number of questions answered, and your score will decrease significantly with each unanswered question. (Source: gmac.org)
Better the score, better the schools. This is the tagline that is promoted by many training institutes. But what is a good GMAT score ? Actually, it depends on type of the B schools you are applying for.
Top 25 Business Schools & their Average GMAT Score
Harvard University 708
Stanford University 713
U-PENN (Wharton) 713
MIT (Sloan) 710
Northwestern (Kellogg) 703
Columbia University (NY) 709
University of Chicago 690
Berkeley (Haas) 700
Dartmouth College (Tuck) 696
University of Michigan 692
Duke University (Fuqua) 703
Michigan 672
University of California—Los Angeles (Anderson) 701
University of Virginia (Darden) 678
Cornell University (Johnson) 678
New York University (Stern) 700
Yale University 703
Carnegie Mellon University 680
University of Southern California (Marshall) 688
Emory University (Goizueta) 676
By: Sunita Baruah.
