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After you take your official GMAT, you can order an Enhanced Score Report (ESR) that provides more detailed data about your test performance. If you\u2019re planning to retake the GMAT, the ESR can provide you with a good sense of what you need to improve in order to earn a higher score next time. And you can order the ESR <\/span>even if you cancel your score<\/span><\/i>\u2014a really helpful feature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First, have you already bought an ESR? If so, go grab it right now. If it has been a while since you downloaded it, go and download a new version from the <\/span>official website<\/span><\/a>. GMAC periodically releases new features and they\u2019re retroactive\u2014when you download the report again, you\u2019ll get the new features, even if they weren\u2019t available when you first bought the report.<\/span><\/p>\n If you aren\u2019t sure yet whether you want to buy your Enhanced Score Report, GMAC offers a <\/span>sample of a full report<\/span><\/a> so that you can see what\u2019s included. (Note:<\/strong> If you are planning to take the exam again and are at all unsure about what you need to improve, I would consider investing in the ESR. It won\u2019t tell you everything you need to improve, but it will provide important information. As of this writing, it costs $30.<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n This series will show you how to analyze every data point contained in the report. Let\u2019s start with a quick summary. There are 5 sections in the report; I\u2019ve split the data in each section into two groups: really useful and less useful. (Note: If certain data is repeated\u2014for example, a score\u2014I only mention it the first time the data point appears in the report.)<\/span><\/p>\n Grab your ESR or GMAC\u2019s sample ESR and scan the report as you look through the below.<\/span><\/p>\n Really Useful:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Less Useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n Really Useful:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Less Useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n Really Useful:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Less Useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n Really Useful:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Less Useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n Really Useful:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Less Useful:<\/strong><\/p>\n Part 1 of the series (aka the part you\u2019re reading right now) will cover the Overall section as well as Integrated Reasoning and Essay. Part 2 will cover Verbal<\/a> and part 3 will cover Quant<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The very first data point is your Total score\u2014the score everyone means when they say \u201cWhat did you get on the GMAT?\u201d The Total score is a 3-digit score on the scale 200 to 800. You\u2019ll also see a percentile number\u2014that\u2019s the number that has a <\/span>th<\/span><\/i> right after it. For instance, if you see 90th, then you scored in the 90th percentile. A percentile is a ranking; if you scored in the 90th percentile, then you scored better than 90% of the people who have taken the exam over the past 3 years.<\/span><\/p>\n After your Total score, you\u2019ll see your section scores and percentile rankings for each of the four sections (IR, Verbal, Quant, and Essay). Your Quant and Verbal scores combine to give you your Total score; the IR and Essay scores are completely independent of everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s the scoring info from an exam I took in 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n Aside: Yes, I \u201conly\u201d scored a 710 even though my top score is 780! We are often testing out various hypotheses when taking the official exam. On this one, I took IR normally. On Verbal, I wanted to see whether I could gauge the kinds of questions that someone capable of scoring a 40 would likely get right or wrong\u2014and, yay, I succeeded in scoring a 40 (I didn\u2019t the first time I tried this). On Quant, I wanted to see what would happen if I bailed immediately every single time I saw a topic I hated (no limits in terms of the number of times I did this). I guessed (B) immediately on 8 questions (this was back when there were 37 questions in the Quant section).<\/span><\/p>\n Back to our analysis. Most schools care most about your Total score, then Quant and Verbal, then IR, and finally Essay. Here\u2019s how to interpret your scores:<\/span><\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> Q45 and V35 will get you to a Total score of about 650. If you want a 700+, you\u2019ll have to do significantly better than good enough on at least one of Q and V.<\/span><\/p>\n This first page of the report also contains a graphic showing average time spent per problem for each of the three multiple-choice sections (IR, V, Q). I find this data too broad to be very useful, but the timing data later in the report is very valuable.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the data given in this section, I find the timing data the most useful. The percentage correct isn\u2019t all that useful because your score already tells you whether you did well enough or whether you want to do better\u2014and the IR section isn\u2019t adaptive, so doing better on IR really does mean answering more questions correctly next time.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing to add on scoring: If you want to go into management consulting or banking for \u201cname\u201d firms, aim for a higher IR score. These companies all ask for your test scores when recruiting for internships or post-school jobs. A Bain spokesperson went on record a few years back, saying that they were checking IR scores as well, since that section of the GMAT best mimics the kinds of skills they want their consultants to have. They didn\u2019t say what kind of score they want to see, but I would consider 6 the minimum and I\u2019d be trying to get a 7 or 8.<\/span><\/p>\n Take a look at this:<\/span><\/p>\n Notice anything in that timing data?<\/span><\/p>\n Wow, did I spend way longer getting stuff wrong than right. Of course, I\u2019m more likely to spend more time on hard problems and I\u2019m also more likely to get hard problems wrong. But I apparently didn\u2019t do a very good job of deciding when to bail on this section. I should have had at least a couple of bail-fast \/ not-worth-my-time problems helping to bring down my average incorrect time.<\/span><\/p>\n So that\u2019s a lesson learned for next time. (Yes, I still scored an 8 on this section and the percentage correct data indicates that I probably got just one question wrong. But I see this pattern a lot for people who are scoring 4 or 5 and want to pick up a point or two. One of the easiest ways is to stop spending precious time and brain energy on stuff you\u2019re getting wrong anyway. Let it go!)<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, that\u2019s all we get for IR\u2014there are too few problems given in the section for the report to show any statistically significant data in terms of problem type or content area.<\/span><\/p>\n AWA stands for Analytical Writing Assessment\u2014the Essay. As I mentioned earlier, approximately 80% of all test-takers earn a good-enough score on the essay; you only need to worry about this section if you score lower than a 4.<\/span><\/p>\n If that does occur, then take a look at the sub-section rankings (Analyze, Relevancy, Organization, and Communication). If one or two categories are a lot lower than the others, then you know you need to work on that area. Below the graph, the report gives you a short description of your performance in each category.<\/span><\/p>\n If you have the main Official Guide book, grab that to gain more insight. Flip to the AWA chapter and find the Scoring Guide. It describes the qualities associated with essays scored 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0. Find the score you received and read the description. (If you received a half-point score, such as 3.5, then read the descriptions for the scores on either side\u20143 and 4, in this example.)<\/span><\/p>\n As you read the OG description, pay special attention to anything that sounds like the areas that were ranked lower in your ESR. For example, let\u2019s say that I scored a 3 on the essay and my Relevancy category was the lowest in the ESR. In the report, Relevancy is discussed in terms of how well you supported the main points of your critique. In the OG, one of the bullets for a score of 3 has this to say: \u201coffers support of little relevance and value for points of the critique.\u201d So either I didn\u2019t provide enough support at all or the support I did provide was not relevant or appropriate for whatever point I was trying to make.<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s part 1 of our series! Join us again, as we\u2019ll dive into the Verbal<\/a>\u00a0and Quantitative<\/a> parts of the report.<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget that you can attend the first session of any of our online or in-person GMAT courses absolutely free. We\u2019re not kidding! <\/span><\/i>Check out our upcoming courses here<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Stacey Koprince<\/a>\u00a0is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, California.<\/strong>\u00a0Stacey has been teaching the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT \u00a0for more than 15 years and is one of the most well-known instructors in the industry. 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GMAT Enhanced Score Report: Overall GMAT Exam Performance<\/b><\/h3>\n
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GMAT Enhanced Score Report: Integrated Reasoning Performance<\/b><\/h3>\n
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