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GMAT Quantitative Scores - Convert Raw Score to Scaled Score
There are actually two different types of GMAT Quantitative scores: a scaled score (on a 0-60 scale) and a percentile rank (from 0% to 99%) - although only scaled scores are reported to the schools. One way to compare your performance on practice tests to that of other test takers is to calculate a simple raw score, which is the total number of questions you answer correctly, and then use a table to convert that number to a scaled score and percentile rank.
Keep track of your raw score for all four practice sets. Then use the following table to convert raw score to scaled score. You can also estimate your percentile rank using the same table. [How to Interpret the Table]
NOTE: An actual GMAT Quantitative section consists of 37 questions.
..raw score | scaled score | percentile rank
33-34 ------- 53-54 --------- 99
32 ---------- 51-52 --------- 97-98
31 ----------- 50 ----------- 95-96
30 ---------- 48-49 --------- 92-94
29 ---------- 46-47 --------- 89-91
28 ----------- 45 ----------- 86-88
27 ---------- 43-44 --------- 82-85
26 ---------- 41-42 --------- 78-81
25 ----------- 40 ----------- 74-77
24 ---------- 38-39 --------- 69-73
23 ---------- 36-37 --------- 64-68
22 ----------- 35 ----------- 58-63
21 ---------- 33-34 --------- 52-57
20 ---------- 31-32 --------- 44-51
19 ----------- 30 ----------- 38-43
18 ---------- 28-29 --------- 33-37
17 ---------- 26-27 --------- 29-32
16 ----------- 25 ----------- 26-28
15 ---------- 23-24 --------- 22-25
14 ---------- 21-22 --------- 19-21
13 ----------- 20 ----------- 16-18
12 ---------- 18-19 --------- 14-15
11 ---------- 16-17 --------- 12-13
10 ----------- 15 ----------- 10-11
9 ----------- 13-14 --------- 8-9
8 ----------- 11-12 --------- 6-7
7 ------------ 10 ----------- 4-5
5-6 ---------- 8-9 ---------- 2-3
0-4 ---------- 6-7 ---------- 0
How to Interpret the Table
* Quantitative scaled scores are based on a 0-60 scale. (There's nothing magic about this number range; it's just GMAT testing tradition.)
* Percentile ranking (0% to 99%) shows how you performed relative to all others taking the GMAT over a recent multi-year period. A percentile ranking of 60, for example, indicates that you scored higher than 60% of all other test takers (and lower than 40% of all other test takers). Remember: Percentile rankings are not reported to the business schools.
* One additional correct response makes the biggest percentile difference near the middle of the performance "curve" (because it's a typical bell curve).
* If you missed 5 or fewer questions out of 34, expect to rank in the top decile (10%) in GMAT Quantitative Ability.
* If you responded correctly to 20-21 questions out of 34, expect to rank near the 50th percentile in GMAT Quantitative Ability.
Hope this helps : )
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komal on Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
