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ETS published Official GRE score reports today. Now, you will be able to get Revised GRE score from GRE Score Range you received after the test.

While writing this post, I received the following email from a reader.

I was just checking my ETS/GRE account last night and discovered that the new GRE scores are reported.Just wanted to share my scores if that helps anyone.The score ranges that I got on the day of exam were:

• Verbal GRE Score Range- 500-600
• Quants GRE Score Range – 750-800

and the final score according to new scale is:

• New Verbal – 154/170
• New Quant – 168/170

 

Official Revised GRE score reporting was scheduled to be published on Nov 8, 2011. But, ETS started reporting Revised GRE scores from today.

Let’s dive deep into the Old GRE to New GRE Concordance Table (Converter).

Check the following  concordance table. Login into you GRE Account, you should be able to see the Revised GRE score for your GRE Score Range.

Old to New GRE - Verbal

Old top New GRE Scores - Quantitative

You can download the above tables using the following links.

• Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Interpretive Data Used on Score Reports (PDF) — Includes Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the 130 – 170 score scales, in one-point increments, and the corresponding percentile ranks.
• Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning Concordance Information (PDF) — Contains two concordance tables: one for the Verbal Reasoning measure and one for the Quantitative Reasoning measure. The table for each measure provides scores on the prior 200 – 800 score scale, the corresponding estimated scores on the new 130 – 170 score scale and corresponding percentile ranks. Assists score users in comparing applicants who took the GRE® General Test prior to August 1, 2011, to applicants who took the GRE® revised General Test on or after August 1, 2011.

GRE Score Range to GRE Score

So, what is your Official GRE Score and what was your GRE Score range?

I’m still crunching the numbers to figure out how the GRE Score range, mapping of old to new took place.

Looking at few Quantitative Score Converter

• 800 – 166 – 94%
• 790 – 164 – 91%
• 780 – 163 – 88%
• 750 – 159 – 82%

As you can see 800 in Old Format converts only to 166 in New GRE Format.

What does that mean?

New GRE quantitative section is tougher than Old GRE.

See what Mantahhn GRE Blog said about GRE Score mapping.

750-800 Math estimates can end up all over the place – 750-800 was the best quant estimate that you could get on the revised GRE, but today that range can mean a score as low as the 85 percentile (based on scores we have heard so far). The fact that a range of 6 score values on the old test (750, 760, 770, 780, 790, 800) translates to at least 10 different score values on the new test (162, 163, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170) shows just how out of whack the old quant scale was. Unfortunately, it also means that receiving a 750-800 estimate on your quant doesn’t tell you much about what your official score will actually be.

But, in reality if you look at the actual scores reported to students, single score in old format corresponds to different scores in New Revised GRE.

Look at  the GRE Scores submitted by GRE Test Takers – Unofficial Correspondence Table.

I know what you are thinking.

Is it fair to have such score mapping?

Lets hold on to that argument for now. We need to crunch more numbers, understand how this Equating Process works.

I want you to understand 2 things from this post

• ETS have published Revised GRE Scores
• GRE Test Takers should be received Score reports in mail

If you have additional questions, comments or concerns about score mapping, leave your comments below. ETS is going to have a webinar about this score mapping process. I will be attending the session, and I can get you more updates about the GRE scores, percentiles, Equating process used for score mapping.

Your GRE Score Range?

Can you share your revised GRE score below?

Revised Score Results

Revised new GRE score conversion chart will be used to convert Old GRE Score to New GRE Score.

As per ETS schedule Revised GRE Score reports will be mailed to test takers starting November November 8, 2011

You can see unofficial Old GRE to New GRE Score converter.

Few minutes back, I saw a comment from Navya

My old GRE score has been converted to New GRE score.

Now i got 276/340. I don’t know whether its a good score or bad score.

I have to figure out if ETS already started mailing out New GRE Score reports or she found from her online GRE account.

New GRE Score Conversion Chart – Verbal

New GRE Score Conversion – Verbal

New GRE Score  Conversion – Quantitative

Old GRE to New GRE Math Raw Score conversion and percentile rank.

New GRE Score Conversion

According to ETS

• Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the GRE revised General Test are reported on new 130 – 170 score scales, in 1-point increments.
• For GRE test takers who took the GRE General Test prior to August 2011, reports will include Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning scores on the prior 200 – 800 score scales and estimated scores on the new 130 – 170 score scales. This information is included on the score report to help you compare candidates. New GRE Score Conversion table will be available on the GRE website in November.
• Additional test taker information is provided on the report, including email address, telephone number and intended graduate major.

Where can I find Old GRE to New GRE score converter?

New GRE Score report will include both New GRE Scores and Old GRE Scores. Following new fields will be present to New Revised GRE Score report

• Estimated Score Scale  (New GRE Score)
• Scaled Score  (Old GRE Score)

Official New GRE Score is Now Available.

But, why do we need an New GRE Score converter, when we can do the math (atleast simple ones) to convert Old to New GRE Scores.

Old to New GRE Scores Converter

Here is simple old to new GRE Score converter.

• New GRE Scores spread  = 41 (170 – 130)
• Old GRE spread = 61 (200 to 800)

As you can see 71 points Old GRE Score spread must correspond to 41 New GRE Score spread points.

• 71 score points in Old GRE Scores should correspond to (and within) 41 New GRE Score points.

I believe, there will be 2 to 5 old GRE Score points correspond to New GRE Scores.

Example Old to New GRE Score Converter

• New GRE 130 = Old GRE 210, 220, 230 and 240
• New GRE 150 = Old GRE 510, 520 and 530

We have to wait for official Old GRE to New GRE score converter from ETS. Once Old to New GRE Score conversion is available, I will update this  post.

Next – How to get Perfect Score in GRe Exam.