How is the GMAT score calculated?

Question

I am wondering how the GMAT scores are calculated. For example - A 700 score means that you got 3 wrong on the math, and 4 wrong on the verbal and your written score was 5.
Some kind of breakdown would prove most helpful.

Answer 1

No, they don't want you to know that.

You'll get four GMAT scores, one for math on a scale of 0-60, one for verbal on a scale of 0-60, a combined score which takes those two into account on a scale of 200-800, and a writing score from 0-6.

The Writing does NOT impact the combined score. The math and verbal seem to count for roughly 50-50 but not necessarily exactly.

As to how many you need right/wrong, that's pretty hush-hush, but I think for 700 a total of 7 wrong might do it for you. Note that the test is adaptive, so if you get the first few wrong you will NOT get the really hard questions which means no matter how many you get right you won't get a great score. But if you get the first 34 right (in math), your last three will probably be super-hard so it won't mean much that you got them wrong, your score will still be really high.

Also keep in mind that 1/4 of the questions are experimental, meaning they're testing out new questions on you--no matter how hard they are or what you answer, these do NOT affect your score. But you won't know which they are!

Answer 2

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
How is the GMAT score calculated?
I am wondering how the GMAT scores are calculated. For example - A 700 score means that you got 3 wrong on the math, and 4 wrong on the verbal and your written score was 5.
Some kind of breakdown would prove most helpful.

Answer 3

How Is Gmat Score Calculated

Answer 4

The Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) yields four scores: Verbal, Quantitative, Total, and Analytical Writing Assessment. Each of these scores is reported on a fixed scale and will appear on the official GMAT® score reports that you and your designated score recipients (programs) receive.

Total, Verbal, and Quantitative Scores
Total GMAT® scores range from 200 to 800. Two-thirds of test takers score between 400 and 600.

The Verbal and Quantitative 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. The Verbal and Quantitative scores measure different constructs and cannot be compared to each other.

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.

Analytical Writing Assessment Score
The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) score is an average of the ratings given to the Analysis of an Issue and the Analysis of an Argument sections.

Each response is given two independent ratings. Once both essays have been scored, the scores are averaged to provide an overall score. Scores for the AWA range from 0 to 6 in half-point intervals.

Writing scores are computed separately from the multiple-choice scores and have no effect on the Verbal, Quantitative, or Total scores.

How AWA Is Scored
Each of your essays in the AWA section will be given two independent ratings, one of which may be performed by an automated essay-scoring engine. The automated essay-scoring engine is an electronic system that evaluates more than 50 structural and linguistic features, including organization of ideas, syntactic variety, and topical analysis.

If the two ratings differ by more than one point, another evaluation by an expert reader is required to resolve the discrepancy and determine the final score.

College and university faculty members trained as readers for the AWA will consider the following:

* the overall quality of your ideas about the issue and argument presented
* your overall ability to organize, develop, and express those ideas
* the relevant supporting reasons and examples you used
* your ability to control the elements of standard written English

In considering the elements of standard written English, readers are trained to be sensitive and fair in evaluating the responses of examinees whose first language is not English.

Answer 5

Sorry, your main composite score (on a scale of 200-800) isn't going to change when you receive your official score report. They'll add the AWA (writing) and Integrated Reasoning scores, but those scores are separate, and they don't have any impact on your composite score. So you're stuck with that 240, unfortunately.