GRE To GMAT Score Conversion: What You Need to Know

By Niamh Ollerton Updated Mar 08, 2021

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Introduction
GRE to GMAT Conversion Chart by Section
Percentile Conversions

Have you taken the GRE but wonder what your score would be on the GMAT? It’s normal to be curious about how you’d do on the alternative business school entrance exam.

With that being said, TopMBA has compiled all the necessary information to help you on your GRE to GMAT score conversions. Take your verbal GRE score from the row across the top and your quant GRE score from the first column and find the point where those two meet to get your GMAT score.

GRE to GMAT Conversion Chart
GRE	Verbal	130	132	134	136	138	140	142	144	146	148	150
Quant
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 to GMAT Conversion Chart by Section

Verbal

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

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

Percentile Conversions

While it’s important to figure out your projected score, it’s also important to know what your projected percentile would be post-conversion.

Percentiles will help you factor in your competition when you look at percentile scores from other schools for the study body.

Of course, these are general conversions, so there may be one or two points margin of error – but remember, the conversions only aim to give you a perspective on where you stand against your competition during the admissions process.

Verbal Reasoning Percentile Comparison
Percentile	GMAT (0-60)	GRE (130-170)
99	51-60	169-170
0	0-6	130

Quantitative Reasoning Percentile Comparison
Percentile	GMAT (0-60)	GRE (130-170)
97	51	170
0	6	132

If you took the GRE and are wondering how you’d do on the GMAT (or perhaps you’re considering taking the GMAT), figuring out how you’d do on the other test can be difficult – mainly because test takers for each exam often have a different skillset.

For example, your vocabulary skills may be strong, but your grammar skills may be a little weaker – something that will work against you on the GMAT.

Similarly, you could score 90 percent on the GRE quant, but seeing as the quant section in the GMAT is harder, you might not score 90 percent on the GMAT quant section.

Of course, there are many factors you could consider when converting GRE scores to GMAT scores and vice versa, however, using the percentile ranking will give you a rough idea of how you would do on both exams. But don’t forget, when converting scores for two exams that are quite different, there can be limitations, as the pool of GRE test takers isn’t the same as the GMAT pool.

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Niamh Ollerton

Niamh was Deputy Head of Content at QS (TopMBA.com; topuniversities.com), creating and editing content for an international student audience. Having gained her journalism qualification at the Press Association, London and since written for different international publications, she's now enjoying telling the stories of students, alumni, faculty, entrepreneurs and organizations from across the globe.