All About the GMAT Exam

Five to seven days after taking the exam, you will receive a score anywhere from 200-800. At first glance, you may have certain feelings about your score. However, it is important to examine your score report in search of potential areas of improvement or just to see how well you scored in each section. For the analytical writing section, essays are scored using professional essay graders and a machine algorithm that produces a score ranging from 0.0-6.0. The integrated reasoning portion’s score is based on how many exam questions you answered correctly. These questions may have had multiple parts and to receive credit for that question, each part needed to be answered correctly. This score ranged from 1-8. For the quantitative and verbal reasoning section, your score was based on the number of questions answered, whether your answers to those questions were correct, and the difficulty of the questions you answered. This score ranges from 6-51. Total scores are dependent on your performance before scores are given for the quantitative and verbal reasoning sections. Later, the raw calculation is rescaled to resemble a number in the 200-800 range. An important part of the GMAT is knowing how the score breakdown works to maximize your earned points in each section.