Understanding Your Scores
The following resources will help you gain a better understanding of what your scores mean and how we advise institutions to use them.
GRE® revised General Test Scores
(for tests taken on or after August 1, 2011)
- Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports — Includes Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the 130 – 170 scale in 1-point increments and the corresponding percentile ranks.
- Analytical Writing Interpretative Data Used on Score Reports — Includes Analytical Writing scores on the 0 – 6 scale in half-point increments and the corresponding percentile ranks.
- GRE Guide to the Use of Scores — Provides information about the appropriate use of GRE scores and interpretive data.
- 2011 – 2012 Interpreting Your GRE® Scores — Includes information to assist you in interpreting your GRE scores. This publication is also included in your mailed score report.
GRE® General Test Scores
(for tests taken before August 1, 2011)
Effective November 2011, score reports include Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the prior 200 – 800 scale, in 10-point increments, as well as estimated Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the new 130 – 170 score scale, in one-point increments. See a sample score report.
- Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Concordance Information — Contains two concordance tables: one for the Verbal Reasoning measure and one for the Quantitative Reasoning measure. The table for each measure provides scores on the prior 200 – 800 score scales, the corresponding estimated scores on the new 130 – 170 score scales and the corresponding percentile ranks.
- Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports — Includes Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the 130 – 170 scale in 1-point increments and the corresponding percentile ranks.
- Analytical Writing Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports — Includes Analytical Writing scores on the 0 – 6 scale in half-point increments and the corresponding percentile ranks.
- GRE Guide to the Use of Scores — Provides information about the appropriate use of GRE scores and interpretive data.
- Data Based on Seniors and Non-enrolled College Graduates: Verbal and Quantitative
- General Test Percentage Distribution of Scores Within Intended Broad Graduate Major Field (Based on Seniors and Non-enrolled College Graduates)
- General Test Percentage Distribution of Scores Within Intended Graduate Major Field — Extended Table (Based on Seniors and Non-enrolled College Graduates)
Score Reporting
GRE scores are cumulative and reportable for five years after the testing year in which you tested (July 1 to June 30). Currently, scores earned from July 1, 2006, to the present are available. All scores earned during this time will be reported to each score recipient you designate. See the GRE Information and Registration Bulletin for details.
Percentile Rank
Each GRE test score is reported with a corresponding percentile rank. A percentile rank for a score indicates the percentage of examinees who took that test and received a lower score. Regardless of when the reported scores were earned, the percentile ranks for General Test and Subject Test scores are based on the scores of all examinees who tested within a recent three-year period.
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