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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