Chris Lele

GRE to GMAT Score Conversion

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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
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.

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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

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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

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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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  • Chris Lele

    Chris Lele is the Principal Curriculum Manager (and vocabulary wizard) at Magoosh. Chris graduated from UCLA with a BA in Psychology and has 20 years of experience in the test prep industry. He’s been quoted as a subject expert in many publications, including US News, GMAC, and Business Because. In his time at Magoosh, Chris has taught countless students how to tackle the GRE, GMAT, SAT, ACT, MCAT (CARS), and LSAT exams with confidence. Some of his students have even gone on to get near-perfect scores. You can find Chris on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook!

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