The GRE Test results comprise four different scores: a total score, and separate scores for Verbal, Quantitative,and Analytical Writing Assessment sections. The total score is reported out of 1600 and the sectional scores are out of 800. The Writing Assessment section is scored separately on 6.
In addition to these scores, the score report also contains percents (%) below. These “% below” indicate the percentage of examinees that scored below you, based on the scores of the entire GRE testing population for the most recent three-year period. These percentages are important in considering how an applicant for admission to a particular management school compares with everyone in the specified period, with all other applicants to the same school, and with students already enrolled at the school.
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Scoring Pattern in GRE CAT
Average GRE Quantitative score for Admission to Engineering Programs
Here is the avergae GRE Quantitaive Score for Admission to Engineering colleges in Various Universities
Rank
Average GRE Quant Score
University
1 800 CALTECH 2 783 Princeton 3 781 U of Wisconsin Madison 4 780 Stanford 5 779 Northwestern 6 777 MIT 7 775 Cornell 7 775 Columbia 7 775 Harvard 10 774 U of IL-Urbana Champaign 11 773 UC-Santa Barbara 12 772 UC-Berkeley 12 772 Yale 14 770 U of Michigan-Ann Arbor 15 769 University of Rochester 16 768 UC-Los Angeles 16 768 Johns Hopkins University 16 768 Rice University 16 768 Washington U in St. Louis 20 767 GATECH 20 767 Duke University 20 767 Lehigh University 23 766 U of Minnesota-Twin Cities 23 766 Dartmouth College 25 765 Carnegie Mellon 25 765 UC -San Diego 27 763 Boston University 27 763 Arizona State University 27 763 University of Notre Dame 30 762 Ohio State University 31 760 U of Ma - Amherst 31 760 University at Buffalo 33 759 University of Texas-Austin 33 759 University of Pennsylvania 33 759 Iowa State University 33 759 SUNY-Stony Brook 37 758 U of MD - College Park 37 758 University of Florida 37 758 UC -Irvine 37 758 Drexel University 41 757 U of Colorado-Boulder 42 756 Texas A&M - College Station 42 756 North Carolina State U 44 754 Vanderbilt 45 753 U of Southern California 46 752 PA State University 46 752 Rensselaer 48 751 Purdue -West Lafayette 49 749 VTECH 49 749 UC - Davis 49 749 University of Virginia 52 748 University of Delaware 53 743 University of Utah 54 742 Michigan State University 55 736 University of Washington 56 732 Case Western Reserve U 57 731 University of Pittsburgh 58 719 University of Arizona
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Average and Median GMAT scores for Top B Schools
Here is the average and median GMAT scores for some of the top business schools which will help you to prepare accordingly.School
GMATAverage
GMAT Median
Wharton 714 716 Stanford 711 710 Duke 707 710 Harvard 707 710 INSEAD 707 Columbia 706 710 UCLA 705 710 Dartmouth 704 UC - Berkeley 701 700 Kellogg 700 700 Stern 700 700 Sloan 697 700 Yale 696 700 Chicago 695 710 Michigan 692 690 Carnegie Mellon 691 690 Southern California 685 690 Emory 680 680 Darden 680 690 IMD 680 670 London Business School 680 680 Washington 677 680 Queen’s 675 680 Cornell 673 680 Texas 670 680 Purdue 667 670 Georgetown 662 660 Notre Dame 657 660 UNC Chapel Hill 652 660 Maryland 651 650 Washington University 649 650 Indiana 644 640 Babson 630 630 Vanderbilt 622 620
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All about GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment(AWA)
The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is the neglected part of the GMAT. No one (test-takers or business schools) considers it as important as the rest of the test, and it’s scored separately from the Quantitative and Verbal parts of the exam.
It’s true: there’s no reason to spend nearly as much time preparing for the AWA as you do for the rest of the test. It’s a mistake to forget about it entirely, though:
A small amount of effort can translate into a big difference in score.
The schools you apply too can see your actual essays.
What is the AWA?
The AWA consists of two 30-minute essay questions, the Analysis of Issue and the Analysis of Argument. The first gives you a general topic, and you are asked to write an essay arguing for one side or the other. The second gives you a prompt not unlike the passage in a Critical Reasoning question and asks you to–big surprise!–analyze the argument.
How is the AWA scored?
Your essays are scored on a scale from 0 to 6 in half-point increments. Each essay is initially graded by a human and a computer. If they disagree by more than a point, another human comes along, separates the brawling human and computer graders, and settles the dispute. The GMAC reports that the human and the computer differ in a relatively small number of cases, so it’s not something to lie awake worrying about.
Why Do B-Schools Get to See My Essay?
Part of the reason the AWA is included on the GMAT is because some applicants might try to cheat. Plagiarized or ghost-written essays are a problem at every level of admissions, so if the person evaluating your application essays can also see how you wrote during the GMAT, they might notice if there’s a big difference.
They don’t expect your GMAT essays to be perfect–they know you only have half an hour for each one.
How Can I Prepare?
Write a practice essay or two, for starters. In the back of The GMAT Official Guide, there is a list of all possible essay prompts. (Yes, the actual prompts used on the test.) It would be a waste of time to write, or even outline, essays for each of them, but it is worth your time to scan through them, making sure you understand each one.
Focus on quality over quantity: a perfect 250-word essay is better (both for the AWA grader and for admissions officers) than a rough 400-word version. Allow yourself plenty of time (at least five minutes) at the end of the half-hour in order to carefully proofread your essay for grammar and punctuation. The little things aren’t going to affect your score much, but if you know how to use a comma, you might as well let the AWA grader know that.
Most all, don’t try to accomplish too much. The object of the AWA is to determine whether you can write a coherent sentence and an organized paragraph or two. Organize your thoughts before you start to write, and keep things simple. Don’t stress yourself out: you’ve got two and a half hours of testing left after you finish your second essay!
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What kinds of questions are asked in the GMAT?
GMAT has the following types of questions:
I. Verbal
- Sentence Correction questions test grammar and expression
- Critical Thinking questions typically test logical thinking
- Reading Comprehension questions test your ability to read critically
II. Quantitative
- Problem Solving questions test your quantitative reasoning ability
- Data Sufficiency questions test your quantitative reasoning ability using an unusual set of directions
III. Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is the essay component. It consists of two 30 minute writing exercises:
- One "prompt" or topic asks you to analyze an issue.
- A second "prompt" or topic asks you to analyze an argument
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GMAT: Strategies for CAT
Strategies for GMAT CAT
CAT stands for Computer Adaptive Test. It differs from a traditional test in how it works and how it determines score. Therefor Plan the test-taking strategy with this thing in mind.
In CAT
-- The computer shows you only one question at a time and does not allow you to see the
next question until you've responded to the one at hand. You can't go back to change an answer once you've responded and gone onto the next question. So, Double-check your answers before moving on. If a question is taking a long time to complete, cut your losses. Eliminate answer choices you know are wrong, guess one of the remaining choices and move on. Don't get bogged down.
-- There is a penalty for unanswered questions: any questions at the end of a section that you do not reach will hurt your score. So, Make sure you answer every question on the test. If you have any questions left as time runs out, guess the answer to these questions rather than leave them unanswered. Getting them wrong will hurt your score less than not answering them at all.
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