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GRE composite score

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How do I translate my GRE composite score into a percentile score?

The GRE score reports don't publish what your overall percentile rank is.  However, we can use a statistic given on the ETS website to calculate your composite percentile!

The ETS website tells us the average GRE score is 1050 with a 190 standard deviation.

In other words, if you score 1050, it's around 50%
Using a simple normal distribution, you can calculate:
 

GRE total score --> composite percentile

1100 = 61%
1150 = 70%
1200 = 79%
1250 = 85%
1300 = 91%
1350 = 95%
1400 = 97%
1450 = 98%
1500+ = 99%

If you haven't taken the test yet and you want to know what score you have to get to be in a certain percentile here are two more charts.  Here the mean for the math section was a 586 with a standard deviation of 152, and the mean for the verbal section was 457 with a standard deviation of 121.

Math section

Score     percentile

 662          69
 700          76
 738          84
 753.2       86
 768.4       89
 783.6       90
 798.8       92

Verbal Section

Score     Percentile

  518         69
  548         76
  578         84
  639         93
  699         97
  711         98
  723         98
  735         99

You may also want to know what your average competitors are getting so you know where you stand.  To find out more information about that click here

 

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