Have you just taken the GRE and do you wonder what you would get on the GMAT? Did you apply to a b-school with a GRE score and do you want to see how you stack up against the GMAT competition? In both cases, you will definitely want to know the GRE to GMAT score conversion. Check the chart below when weighing GRE scores vs. GMAT scores.
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GRE to GMAT Conversion Chart
GRE | Verbal | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 |
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Quant | GMAT | |||||||||||
130 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 210 | 220 | 230 | 250 | 260 | |
132 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 220 | 230 | 240 | 250 | 270 | 280 | |
134 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 210 | 220 | 240 | 250 | 260 | 270 | 290 | 300 | |
136 | 200 | 210 | 220 | 230 | 240 | 260 | 270 | 280 | 300 | 310 | 320 | |
138 | 220 | 230 | 240 | 250 | 270 | 280 | 290 | 300 | 320 | 330 | 340 | |
140 | 240 | 250 | 260 | 270 | 290 | 300 | 310 | 330 | 340 | 350 | 360 | |
142 | 260 | 270 | 280 | 300 | 310 | 320 | 330 | 350 | 360 | 370 | 390 | |
144 | 280 | 290 | 300 | 320 | 330 | 340 | 360 | 370 | 380 | 390 | 410 | |
146 | 300 | 310 | 330 | 340 | 350 | 360 | 380 | 390 | 400 | 420 | 430 | |
148 | 320 | 330 | 350 | 360 | 370 | 390 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 440 | 450 | |
150 | 340 | 360 | 370 | 380 | 390 | 410 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 460 | 470 | |
152 | 360 | 380 | 390 | 400 | 410 | 430 | 440 | 450 | 470 | 480 | 490 | |
154 | 390 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 440 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 490 | 500 | 510 | |
156 | 410 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 460 | 470 | 480 | 500 | 510 | 520 | 530 | |
158 | 430 | 440 | 450 | 470 | 480 | 490 | 500 | 520 | 530 | 540 | 560 | |
160 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 490 | 500 | 510 | 530 | 540 | 550 | 560 | 580 | |
162 | 470 | 480 | 500 | 510 | 520 | 530 | 550 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 600 | |
164 | 490 | 500 | 520 | 530 | 540 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 610 | 620 | |
166 | 510 | 530 | 540 | 550 | 560 | 580 | 590 | 600 | 610 | 630 | 640 | |
168 | 530 | 550 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 600 | 610 | 620 | 640 | 650 | 660 | |
170 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 610 | 620 | 630 | 640 | 660 | 670 | 680 |
GRE | Verbal | 152 | 154 | 156 | 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | 166 | 168 | 170 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quant | |||||||||||
130 | 270 | 280 | 300 | 310 | 320 | 330 | 350 | 360 | 370 | 390 | |
132 | 290 | 300 | 320 | 330 | 340 | 360 | 370 | 380 | 390 | 410 | |
134 | 310 | 330 | 340 | 350 | 360 | 380 | 390 | 400 | 420 | 430 | |
136 | 330 | 350 | 360 | 370 | 390 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 440 | 450 | |
138 | 360 | 370 | 380 | 390 | 410 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 460 | 470 | |
140 | 380 | 390 | 400 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 450 | 470 | 480 | 490 | |
142 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 440 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 490 | 500 | 510 | |
144 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 460 | 470 | 480 | 500 | 510 | 520 | 530 | |
146 | 440 | 450 | 470 | 480 | 490 | 500 | 520 | 530 | 540 | 560 | |
148 | 460 | 470 | 490 | 500 | 510 | 530 | 540 | 550 | 560 | 580 | |
150 | 480 | 500 | 510 | 520 | 530 | 550 | 560 | 570 | 590 | 600 | |
152 | 500 | 520 | 530 | 540 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 610 | 620 | |
154 | 530 | 540 | 550 | 560 | 580 | 590 | 600 | 610 | 630 | 640 | |
156 | 550 | 560 | 570 | 590 | 600 | 610 | 620 | 640 | 650 | 660 | |
158 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 610 | 620 | 630 | 640 | 660 | 670 | 680 | |
160 | 590 | 600 | 610 | 630 | 640 | 650 | 670 | 680 | 690 | 700 | |
162 | 610 | 620 | 640 | 650 | 660 | 670 | 690 | 700 | 710 | 730 | |
164 | 630 | 640 | 660 | 670 | 680 | 700 | 710 | 720 | 730 | 750 | |
166 | 650 | 670 | 680 | 690 | 700 | 720 | 730 | 740 | 760 | 770 | |
168 | 670 | 690 | 700 | 710 | 730 | 740 | 750 | 760 | 780 | 790 | |
170 | 700 | 710 | 720 | 730 | 750 | 760 | 770 | 780 | 800 | 800 |
This information is drawn from here. Your GRE verbal scores run across the top, and the GRE quantitative scores are down the left-hand side.
Some might quip that comparing GRE and GMAT scores is like comparing apples and oranges. Is a perfect GMAT score equivalent to a perfect GRE score? Isn’t the math section on the GMAT more difficult than the one on the GRE? Though such questions do show that the comparison is not perfect—perhaps an oranges to tangerines one—this is still a “close-enough” approximation. Another way to compare is to check your GRE score percentiles against GMAT score percentiles.
GRE to GMAT Score Conversion Limitations
For those who just took the GRE and are considering taking the GMAT, or vice versa, figuring out exactly how you’ll do on one test can be very difficult. To confound our attempts at conversion even more is the fact that not all of us have the same skill set.
For instance, you may be strong at vocabulary, but not so strong at grammar. This imbalance will work against you on the GMAT. Likewise, you might have scored 90% on the GRE quant, but since the quant competition for the GMAT is much stiffer you will in likelihood not score 90% on the GMAT quant section.
Business schools know very well about the asymmetries cited above. Perhaps, some schools even have a GRE quant to GMAT quant convertor—though I think only the quant heavy programs would really do such a thing. It could very well be that most b-schools don’t convert the scores between the two tests. In fact, I’m almost certain that neither verbal section is granted more weight. The difficulty between the GMAT and GRE verbal section is more of a subjective thing.
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GRE to GMAT Conversion Chart: Verbal and Quant
With that in mind, you may want to take a look at your scores in each section separately. Admissions committees will look at scores heavily weighted towards either Verbal or Quant differently, so it can be important to compare your GRE scores to your projected GMAT scores individually.
Verbal Score Conversion
GRE Verbal Score | GMAT Verbal Score (Predicted) |
---|---|
130 | 9 |
131 | 10 |
132 | 11 |
133 | 12 |
134 | 13 |
135 | 14 |
136 | 15 |
137 | 15 |
138 | 16 |
139 | 17 |
140 | 18 |
141 | 19 |
142 | 20 |
143 | 21 |
144 | 22 |
145 | 23 |
146 | 24 |
147 | 25 |
148 | 25 |
149 | 26 |
150 | 27 |
151 | 28 |
152 | 29 |
153 | 30 |
154 | 31 |
155 | 32 |
156 | 33 |
157 | 34 |
158 | 35 |
159 | 35 |
160 | 36 |
161 | 37 |
162 | 38 |
163 | 39 |
164 | 40 |
165 | 41 |
166 | 42 |
167 | 43 |
168 | 44 |
169 | 45 |
170 | 46 |
Quant Score Conversion
GRE Quant Score | GMAT Quant Score (Predicted) |
---|---|
130 | 3 |
131 | 4 |
132 | 6 |
133 | 7 |
134 | 8 |
135 | 9 |
136 | 11 |
137 | 12 |
138 | 13 |
139 | 14 |
140 | 16 |
141 | 17 |
142 | 18 |
143 | 19 |
144 | 21 |
145 | 22 |
146 | 23 |
147 | 24 |
148 | 26 |
149 | 27 |
150 | 28 |
151 | 29 |
152 | 31 |
153 | 32 |
154 | 33 |
155 | 34 |
156 | 36 |
157 | 37 |
158 | 38 |
159 | 39 |
160 | 41 |
161 | 42 |
162 | 43 |
163 | 44 |
164 | 45 |
165 | 47 |
166 | 48 |
167 | 49 |
168 | 50 |
169 | 52 |
170 | 53 |
Takeaway
While there are many confounding factors when converting GMAT scores to GRE scores, or vice versa, using the percentile ranking will give you a rough idea of how you would do on both exams. Remember that these tests aren’t necessarily some kind of IQ correlation. There is no hard and fast conversion of your average GMAT score. 🙂 For more information on the GMAT vs. the GRE as well as a broader GMAT test overview, check out our Hassle-Free Guide!
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