Can you convert a GRE score to a GMAT score?
Not exactly. The GRE and GMAT are different exams with different scales, so there is no one-to-one score conversion. GRE Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning are each reported on a 130–170 scale (accessed 2026-08-07), while the current GMAT Exam reports a Total Score on a 205–805 scale (accessed 2026-08-07). The official tools provide estimates and concordance, not an interchangeable score.
Which scale is each score on?
Most GRE-to-GMAT confusion is really scale confusion. The GRE ranges come from ETS score guidance and the GMAT ranges from GMAC's score-scale page (both accessed 2026-08-07).
| Score | Range | Increment |
|---|---|---|
| GRE Verbal Reasoning | 130–170 | 1 point |
| GRE Quantitative Reasoning | 130–170 | 1 point |
| GRE Analytical Writing | 0–6 | Half point |
| GMAT Exam Total Score | 205–805 | 10 points |
| GMAT Exam section scores | 60–90 per section | 1 point |
| Classic GMAT total (historical) | 200–800 | 10 points |
A GRE total does not exist: ETS reports Verbal and Quantitative separately, so any single-number GRE figure you have been given was invented by adding them together. Feed the two section scores into the official tool instead.
What does the ETS GRE Comparison Tool do?
ETS publishes a GRE Comparison Tool for Business Schools (accessed 2026-08-07). It uses a GRE Verbal Reasoning score and a GRE Quantitative Reasoning score to predict a GMAT score. That prediction is useful for broad comparison, but it is not a GMAT result and does not replace the GRE scores a program actually receives.
ETS prediction vs GMAC concordance: two different tools
The tools answer different questions. ETS estimates a GMAT score from GRE section scores. GMAC's concordance table maps classic GMAT totals to GMAT Focus Edition totals (accessed 2026-08-07). The current GMAT Exam uses the 205–805 scale, while the classic GMAT used 200–800 (accessed 2026-08-07). Check which scale a number belongs to before you compare it with a current score or target.
Is there an official GMAT score conversion table?
There is one, but not the one most people are looking for. GMAC's concordance table converts totals between the two GMAT scales (accessed 2026-08-07) — it does not convert GRE scores. For GRE to GMAT there is no official conversion table at all, only the ETS tool's prediction. Any GRE-to-GMAT chart you find elsewhere is someone's reconstruction, so check what it claims to be before you plan a target around it.
How to use a GRE-to-GMAT estimate without misreading it
- Enter the separate GRE Verbal and Quantitative scores in the ETS tool rather than adding them into one homemade total.
- Read the tool's scale label before comparing its output with a current 205–805 GMAT Exam score.
- Use the GMAC concordance only for the classic-GMAT-to-current-GMAT comparison it was designed to make.
- Treat the result as a planning estimate, then base an application on the actual score report and each program's policy.
Is a predicted GMAT score an exact equivalent?
No. The ETS tool labels its output as a prediction, not an earned score on the other exam. It cannot tell you how you would perform with different content, pacing, and question formats. Use it to orient a test choice or interpret a target, not to claim that two scores are identical.
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Sources
Every source below was accessed on the listed date. Pages — especially department admissions pages — change without notice; the links go to the live versions.
- GRE General Test Comparison Tool for Business Schools — ETS. Accessed 2026-08-07.
- Evolving the Score Scale with the GMAT Focus Edition — GMAC. Accessed 2026-08-07.
- GMAT Total Score Concordance Table (January 2024, 2017–2022 data) — GMAC. Accessed 2026-08-07.
- Getting Your GRE General Test Scores — ETS. Accessed 2026-09-10.
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