GMAT Score Gap Planner: Compare Your Score with Programme Figures
Updated 27 October 2026
The GMAT scoring algorithm isn't published, so we don't pretend to convert section scores into a total. Instead, this planner compares your own score with figures schools publish and shows the gap you need to close.
GMAT score gap planner
Enter your own practice or test-day score and the figures a school publishes in its class profile or admissions page. Use the same GMAT edition throughout (Focus Edition scores run 205–805; the older 10th-edition scale ran 200–800 and is not directly comparable).
Where to find programme figures
Look for the class profile or admissions page. For example, one London business school publishes a minimum GMAT Focus Edition score of 565 for its full-time MBA (source, accessed 27 Oct 2026). Many schools publish an average or median instead of a minimum.
Interpreting the gap
- Scores near or above a programme's average strengthen an application but don't guarantee admission.
- Some schools use test scores for scholarships.
- Many executive and online MBAs don't require the GMAT — see MBA without GMAT.