GMAT® – Graduate Management Admission Test®

Official Score Report – Test Taker Copy

SAMPLE GMAT TESTER Issue Date: 17 July 2009

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Test Taker Information

Telephone Number: 123 456 7890

E-mail Address: [email protected]
Date of Birth: 31 October 1971
Gender: Female
Country of Citizenship: United States
GMAT ID: 123456789
Appointment Number: 0000000012345678

Optional Test Taker Information (Self-Reported)

Graduation Date: May 2003

Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 (Based on 4.0 scale)
Highest Education Level: Have taken graduate courses beyond my first degree
Undergraduate Institution: GMAC® University
Undergraduate Major: Business
Intended Graduate Study: Part-time student

Test Information (Score / % Below)

The percentages shown below represent the percent of the test-taking population in the previous three
years that scored lower than your numerical score.

To view the full percentile value table, please visit mba.com.

Test Date Verbal Quantitative Total Analytical Writing

01 July 2009 35 / 73% 37 / 49% 600 / 65% 5.5 / 76%
22 February 2007 * * * *
09 January 2006 34 / 68% 30 / 28% 540 / 46% 5.0 / 56%

* Indicates no reportable score.

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At your request, an Official Score Report – School Copy has been sent to the graduate management program(s)
listed below. All of your GMAT exam scores from the past five years were reported to each program. Please allow
three weeks for the programs you have designated to receive your score reports.

GMAC University — David A. Wilson School of Business — Full-Time MBA

McLean, Virginia, United States

GMAC University — Nicole Chestang School of Public Policy — EMBA

McLean, Virginia, United States

To send your scores to additional programs, please visit mba.com, call GMAT Customer Service or complete the
order form included in the GMAT Information Bulletin.

Contacting Customer Service

Americas
Email: [email protected]
Telephone (toll free): +1 (800) 717-GMAT (4628) (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time)
Telephone (toll number): 1-952-681-3680 (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time)

Asia Pacific
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +60-38318-9961 (5 a.m. to 6 p.m. AEST)
In India: +91 (0) 120 439 7830 (9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Indian Standard Time)

China
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +86-10-62798877 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Beijing Time)

Europe/Middle East/Africa
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 855 7219 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. GMT)

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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
What does the GMAT exam measure? statement indicating that they must be interpreted with care; many
The GMAT exam measures basic verbal, mathematical, and institutions will not accept scores over five years old. On behalf of
analytical writing skills that you have developed over a long period GMAC, Pearson VUE destroys all score records more than 10 years old.
of time in your education and work. The Verbal section measures
your ability to understand and evaluate what you read, as well as How should my scores be used?
your ability to recognize basic conventions of standard written Admissions committees typically use GMAT scores in conjunction with
English. The Quantitative section tests basic math skills, elementary your academic record(s) and other information obtained from
concepts, and quantitative reasoning ability. The Analytical Writing application materials. Unlike academic grades—which vary in meaning
Assessment section measures your ability to think critically and according to the grading standards of each school—GMAT scores are
communicate complex ideas in writing. Your GMAT scores should based on the same standard for all test takers and can be compared
not be compared with other test scores. Although the GMAT score across all GMAT test administrations.
scales may resemble those used for other tests, the scores are not
directly related. It is appropriate for GMAT scores to be used as an admissions tool for
graduate study in management or as a basis for selecting applicants
What doesn’t the GMAT exam measure? for financial aid based on academic potential. GMAT scores should not
It does not measure your knowledge of business, your job skills, or be used as a requirement for awarding a job; as a requirement for
subjective qualities such as motivation, creativity, and interpersonal employment, job licensing or certification, or job-related rewards such
skills. If a test taker’s first language is not English, he or she may as raises or promotions; or as an achievement test.
still perform well on the exam; however, the GMAT exam may not
accurately reflect the abilities of someone who is not proficient in How do I send my scores to schools?
English. Approximately 20 days after your test date, your Official Score Report,
including the digital photograph you provided at the test center and
How are the Analytical Writing Assessment scores used? copies of your essays, are made available to any graduate management
The Analytical Writing Assessment is used to provide an program you designated when you took the GMAT exam. Not all
independent ranking of your ability to think critically and to graduate management programs elect to receive photographs and
communicate clearly when writing in English. Writing scores are essays. Once scores are made available, a school you designate can
computed separately from the scores for the multiple-choice access your scores at any time. If you have not yet designated schools
sections of the test and have no effect on the Verbal, Quantitative, to receive your scores, or if you want to designate additional schools,
or Total scores. visit www.mba.com or call GMAT Customer Service. We will report
results from all tests you took in the last five years.
What do GMAT scores predict?
GMAT scores are a valid predictor of academic performance in the Who has access to my scores?
first year of a graduate management program. Since creating the Score reports, which include copies of essays and a digital photograph
GMAT exam 50 years ago, we have conducted hundreds of validity if a designated graduate management program has elected to receive
studies that demonstrate this fact. In the past ten years, we’ve them, are released only at your specific request—either when you take
conducted almost 300 studies for graduate management programs the test, or when you request an Additional Score Report (ASR)—
all over the world. The median correlation between GMAT scores unless required by law, to cooperate in judicial or governmental
and first-year grades was 0.51 (perfect correlation is 1.0). The proceedings, as necessary to detect or prevent unlawful activity, or as
median correlation between undergraduate grade point average otherwise provided in the Privacy Policy on www.mba.com/privacy and
and first-year grades was 0.28. Thus, GMAT scores are generally a in the GMAT Information Bulletin.
better predictor of performance in the first year of business school
than undergraduate grades, though we advise admissions Should I decide where to apply based on my scores?
committees to use both when evaluating candidates. You may be doing yourself a disservice if you rely solely on your GMAT
scores to decide where to apply, or even whether to apply at all. Schools
How reliable are GMAT scores? treat GMAT scores as only one of several predictors of performance.
Test scores actually earned on any given occasion are only an Most schools publish average and mid-80% range scores for the
approximation of your true ability. However, our research indicates students they admit. Averages can be skewed by unusually high scores.
that you will most likely earn a Total score within about 30 points of For that reason, you can generally get a better understanding of the
a score reflecting your true ability. Your Verbal and Quantitative types of GMAT scores a school typically admits by looking at the mid-
scores are probably within 2.9 points of your true scores. If you take 80% range, which indicates the scores earned by 80% of students who
the GMAT exam more than once, you probably will not receive were admitted.
exactly the same scores. “Reliability” indicates the degree to which
you would keep the same score if you were to take the test more How will retaking the GMAT exam affect my chances of
than once (perfect reliability is 1.00). The average reliability of the admission?
GMAT Total score is 0.93. Average reliability is 0.87 for the Verbal Admissions committees treat multiple scores in a variety of ways. They
score and 0.90 for the Quantitative score. Therefore, the reliability may use only your highest scores, your most recent scores, or an
of GMAT scores is very high. average of your scores. You should contact schools directly to learn
how they use multiple GMAT scores.
How long are my GMAT scores valid?
Scores are usually reported up to five years from the date you took Can I now cancel my scores?
the exam. With a special request and for an additional fee, you may You can cancel your scores only at the test center immediately after
report scores up to 10 years from the date you took the exam. you take the test. Once your scores have been reported, they become
However, scores more than five years old will be accompanied by a part of your permanent score record and cannot be canceled.

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