GRE Score Calculator 2025–26

Free GRE Score Calculator for the Updated GRE General Test

The GRE was overhauled on September 22, 2023. ETS cut the test from nearly 4 hours down to 1 hour 58 minutes, removed the Argument essay and the unscored experimental section, and reduced the total to 54 scored questions across 5 sections. Scores now arrive in 8–10 days instead of 10–15.

The scoring scale (130–170 per section), question types, and section-level adaptive design are all unchanged — but with fewer questions, every answer carries more weight. Use this calculator to estimate your Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing scores, view percentile rankings, and compare against 300+ programs at top U.S. graduate schools.

Verbal Reasoning

170

99th percentile

Section 1 — 12 questions12/12

Section 2 adapts to:Hard

V: ≥9 → Hard, 5–8 → Medium, ≤4 → Easy

Section 2 — 15 questions15/15

Raw total27/27

Table lookup (hard path)170.0

Final scaled score170

Quantitative Reasoning

170

91th percentile

Section 1 — 12 questions12/12

Section 2 adapts to:Hard

Q: ≥8 → Hard, 4–7 → Medium, ≤3 → Easy

Section 2 — 15 questions15/15

Raw total27/27

Table lookup (hard path)170.0

Final scaled score170

Combined Score

340

out of 340

Verbal

170

99th percentile

Quant

170

91th percentile

Exceptional

Average GRE Scores at Top Programs

Typical scores for admitted students at leading U.S. graduate programs across 277 programs in 10 fields.

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277 programs

School ↕	Program ↕	V ↕	Q ↕	Total ↓
Georgetown	Law CenterLaw	165+5	169+1	334
Stanford	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	167+3	334
Stanford	Computer Science (PhD)Computer Science	165+5	168+2	333
Harvard	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
Yale	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
U of Chicago	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
Princeton	EconomicsSocial Sciences	163+7	168+2	331
Stanford	EconomicsSocial Sciences	163+7	168+2	331
NYU	Law SchoolLaw	166+4	165+5	331
Columbia	Law SchoolLaw	166+4	165+5	331
Yale	MBA (SOM)Business	164+6	166+4	330
Princeton	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	161+9	169+1	330
Harvard	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	161+9	169+1	330
Cornell	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	165+5	330
Harvard	Engineering (SEAS)Engineering	162+8	167+3	329
U of Chicago	EconomicsSocial Sciences	162+8	167+3	329
U of Chicago	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	160+10	169+1	329
UPenn	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	164+6	329
Northwestern	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	164+6	329
MIT	EngineeringEngineering	161+9	167+3	328
Stanford	EngineeringEngineering	161+9	167+3	328
MIT	Computer ScienceComputer Science	161+9	167+3	328
Stanford	MBA (GSB)Business	164+6	164+6	328
Caltech	Physical SciencesPhysical Sciences	158+12	170=	328
MIT	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	159+11	169+1	328
Stanford	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	159+11	169+1	328
Yale	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	160+10	168+2	328
U of Michigan	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	163+7	328
UC Berkeley	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	164+6	328
Princeton	EngineeringEngineering	160+10	167+3	327
Caltech	EngineeringEngineering	158+12	169+1	327
UC Berkeley	Computer ScienceComputer Science	160+10	167+3	327
Princeton	Computer ScienceComputer Science	160+10	167+3	327
UC Berkeley	MBA (Haas)Business	163+7	164+6	327
Brown	EconomicsSocial Sciences	161+9	166+4	327
U of Virginia	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	163+7	327
Duke	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	163+7	327
Carnegie Mellon	Computer ScienceComputer Science	159+11	167+3	326
Harvard	MBA (HBS)Business	163+7	163+7	326
Columbia	MBA (CBS)Business	163+7	163+7	326
Northwestern	MBA (Kellogg)Business	163+7	163+7	326
UC Berkeley	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	168+2	326
UT Austin	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	163+7	326
Yale	Computer ScienceComputer Science	159+11	166+4	325
Dartmouth	MBA (Tuck)Business	162+8	163+7	325
Columbia	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	167+3	325
Cornell	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	167+3	325
UCLA	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Vanderbilt	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Washington U StL	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Cornell	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	166+4	324
UPenn	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	166+4	324
MIT	MBA (Sloan)Business	162+8	162+8	324
UPenn	MBA (Wharton)Business	162+8	162+8	324
U of Michigan	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	157+13	167+3	324
USC	Law School (Gould)Law	162+8	162+8	324
Harvard	BiologyBiological Sciences	161+9	163+7	324
Duke	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	166+4	323
Columbia	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	165+5	323
U of Washington	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	166+4	323
UCLA	MBA (Anderson)Business	161+9	162+8	323
NYU	MBA (Stern)Business	161+9	162+8	323
U of Virginia	MBA (Darden)Business	161+9	162+8	323
Princeton	Public PolicySocial Sciences	162+8	161+9	323
Harvard	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	163+7	160+10	323
UIUC	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
U of Colorado	Physics (JILA)Physical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
Duke	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
Emory	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
Boston U	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
George Washington	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
UNC	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
Caltech	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	166+4	323
Princeton	BiologyBiological Sciences	160+10	163+7	323
Columbia	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	165+5	322
UPenn	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	165+5	322
Carnegie Mellon	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	166+4	322
Dartmouth	Engineering (Thayer)Engineering	157+13	165+5	322
Georgia Tech	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	166+4	322
UIUC	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	166+4	322
Brown	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	165+5	322
Cornell	MBA (Johnson)Business	160+10	162+8	322
Stanford	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	162+8	160+10	322
UCLA	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	166+4	322
Harvard	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	165+5	157+13	322
Princeton	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	165+5	157+13	322
MIT	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	163+7	322
Stanford	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	163+7	322
Yale	BiologyBiological Sciences	160+10	162+8	322
UC Berkeley	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	165+5	321
Cornell	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	165+5	321
U of Michigan	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	165+5	321
Northwestern	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	164+6	321
Carnegie Mellon	MBA (Tepper)Business	159+11	162+8	321
Duke	MBA (Fuqua)Business	160+10	161+9	321
U of Michigan	MBA (Ross)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Georgetown	MBA (McDonough)Business	160+10	161+9	321
UNC	MBA (Kenan-Flagler)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Washington U StL	MBA (Olin)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Yale	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	162+8	159+11	321
U of Washington	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
UT Austin	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Wisconsin	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Maryland	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Chicago	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	164+6	157+13	321
U of Minnesota	Law SchoolLaw	161+9	160+10	321
U of Chicago	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	162+8	321
Northwestern	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	164+6	320
UT Austin	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	165+5	320
Duke	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	164+6	320
NYU	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	163+7	320
Johns Hopkins	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	164+6	320
UC Berkeley	Public PolicySocial Sciences	161+9	159+11	320
U of Chicago	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	161+9	159+11	320
Stanford	EducationEducation	160+10	160+10	320
Yale	Graduate Arts & SciencesArts & Humanities	163+7	157+13	320
Stanford	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	164+6	156+14	320
Georgia Tech	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	165+5	319
U of Michigan	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UCLA	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
Johns Hopkins	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UIUC	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	165+5	319
Rice	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UCLA	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
U of Maryland	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
Rice	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
UT Austin	MBA (McCombs)Business	159+11	160+10	319
Emory	MBA (Goizueta)Business	159+11	160+10	319
Harvard	SociologySocial Sciences	162+8	157+13	319
Columbia	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	161+9	158+12	319
Ohio State	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
Penn State	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
U of Minnesota	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
Columbia	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	163+7	156+14	319
Columbia	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
Johns Hopkins	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
UPenn	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
U of Maryland	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	164+6	318
U of Wisconsin	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	164+6	318
Rice	MBA (Jones)Business	158+12	160+10	318
USC	MBA (Marshall)Business	158+12	160+10	318
Duke	Public PolicySocial Sciences	160+10	158+12	318
U of Chicago	SociologySocial Sciences	161+9	157+13	318
Georgetown	Public PolicySocial Sciences	160+10	158+12	318
Harvard	Public HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	160+10	318
Stony Brook	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	153+17	165+5	318
UC Berkeley	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	161+9	318
U of Washington	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
UT Austin	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	164+6	317
USC	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
U of Virginia	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
Vanderbilt	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
Purdue	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	164+6	317
USC	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	163+7	317
UMass Amherst	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	163+7	317
Georgia Tech	MBA (Scheller)Business	157+13	160+10	317
Vanderbilt	MBA (Owen)Business	158+12	159+11	317
Northwestern	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	160+10	157+13	317
UC Berkeley	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
Brown	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
UPenn	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
U of Chicago	DivinityArts & Humanities	163+7	154+16	317
UCSF	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
Duke	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
Cornell	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
U of Wisconsin	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
Purdue	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Minnesota	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Colorado	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Minnesota	MBA (Carlson)Business	157+13	159+11	316
UC Berkeley	SociologySocial Sciences	160+10	156+14	316
UPenn	SociologySocial Sciences	160+10	156+14	316
Vanderbilt	Education (Peabody)Education	158+12	158+12	316
Stanford	Epidemiology & HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	158+12	316
NYU	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	154+16	316
NYU (Tandon)	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	162+8	315
Virginia Tech	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	163+7	315
Texas A&M	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	163+7	315
Northeastern	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	162+8	315
Northeastern	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	162+8	315
Stony Brook	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	162+8	315
Boston U	MBA (Questrom)Business	157+13	158+12	315
NYU	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
Cornell	SociologySocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
U of Virginia	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
Harvard	Education (PhD)Education	158+12	157+13	315
Yale	Public HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	157+13	315
Cornell	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	155+15	315
U of Michigan	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
UCLA	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
Northwestern	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
Ohio State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
Penn State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
NC State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
U of Utah	Computer ScienceComputer Science	152+18	162+8	314
Ohio State	MBA (Fisher)Business	156+14	158+12	314
Indiana	MBA (Kelley)Business	156+14	158+12	314
U of Michigan	PsychologySocial Sciences	160+10	154+16	314
UCLA	PsychologySocial Sciences	160+10	154+16	314
Duke	PsychologySocial Sciences	159+11	155+15	314
Duke	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
Northwestern	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
Georgetown	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
U of Florida	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Boston U	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Arizona State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
U of Pittsburgh	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Rutgers	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Rutgers	Computer ScienceComputer Science	152+18	161+9	313
U of Wisconsin	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	158+12	155+15	313
Columbia	Public HealthHealth Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
Johns Hopkins	Public Health (Bloomberg)Health Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
UC Berkeley	Public HealthHealth Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
U of Michigan	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	153+17	313
UCLA	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	153+17	313
Johns Hopkins	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	154+16	313
U of Washington	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
UT Austin	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
U of Wisconsin	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
U of Florida	MBA (Warrington)Business	155+15	157+13	312
Texas A&M	MBA (Mays)Business	155+15	157+13	312
Arizona State	MBA (Carey)Business	155+15	157+13	312
U of Minnesota	PsychologySocial Sciences	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	SociologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
Emory	PsychologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
Vanderbilt	PsychologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
UC Berkeley	EducationEducation	157+13	155+15	312
U of Virginia	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Emory	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Vanderbilt	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Ohio State	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	157+13	154+16	311
UPenn	EducationEducation	157+13	154+16	311
Johns Hopkins	EducationEducation	157+13	154+16	311
Columbia	Education (Teachers College)Education	156+14	155+15	311
U of Michigan	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
UCLA	Public Health (Fielding)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
U of Washington	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
UNC	Public Health (Gillings)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Brown	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Northwestern	Public Health (Feinberg)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Duke	Global HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Emory	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	153+17	311
Vanderbilt	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	153+17	311
U of Wisconsin	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	152+18	310
U of Washington	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	152+18	310
UCLA	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
U of Michigan	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
Northwestern	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
Emory	Public Health (Rollins)Health Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
U of Minnesota	Public HealthHealth Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
Boston U	Public HealthHealth Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
Dartmouth	Public Health (Geisel)Health Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
U of Wisconsin	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
U of Washington	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
UNC	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
U of Virginia	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
Tulane	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
George Washington	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
U of Pittsburgh	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
NYU	EducationEducation	155+15	151+19	306
Boston College	EducationEducation	155+15	151+19	306
Ohio State	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
U of Minnesota	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
U of Maryland	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
UT Austin	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
Emory	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
Drexel	Public HealthHealth Sciences	153+17	152+18	305
U of Iowa	Public HealthHealth Sciences	153+17	152+18	305
Indiana U	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Georgia	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
Arizona State	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Florida	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
Michigan State	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Pittsburgh	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of South Florida	Public HealthHealth Sciences	152+18	151+19	303

How Is The GRE Structured?

Current format effective September 22, 2023

The GRE has 5 sections: Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning (2 sections), and Quantitative Reasoning (2 sections). Total: 1 essay + 54 questions in 1 hour 58 minutes.

Section	Questions	Time	Order
Analytical Writing	1 essay	30 min	Always first
Verbal — Section 1	12	18 min	Variable
Verbal — Section 2	15	23 min	Variable
Quant — Section 1	12	21 min	Variable
Quant — Section 2	15	26 min	Variable
Total	1 essay + 54 questions	118 min

130–170

Verbal

130–170

Quantitative

0–6

Analytical Writing

Adaptive Testing

The most important feature of GRE scoring

The GRE uses section-level adaptive testing, where the exam dynamically adjusts difficulty based on your performance in real-time. The first section of each measure (Verbal and Quantitative) is always medium difficulty. Your performance on this first section determines the difficulty of the second section.

S1: High

Hard Section 2

Full score range

S1: Mid

Medium Section 2

Capped upper range

S1: Low

Easy Section 2

Significantly capped

Key insight: Two test-takers who both get 23/27 correct can receive different scaled scores. The one who aced Section 1 (and therefore received a harder Section 2) will score higher, because the equating process rewards answering harder questions correctly.

Because Section 1 performance determines your Section 2 difficulty (and thus your scoring ceiling), prioritize accuracy on Section 1 questions. Don't rush through them to save time for Section 2. The best preparation is to practice under timed, test-like conditions using the official ETS PowerPrep practice tests.

What Is A Good Score?

Benchmarks based on percentile data

300

150V + 150Q

Average

A combined score around 300 represents the middle of the pack. Meets minimum requirements for many programs but may not be competitive at selective schools.

310

155V + 155Q

Above Average

A solid score that makes you competitive for most graduate programs. Verbal 155 is the 65th percentile, Quantitative 155 is the 40th percentile.

320

160V + 160Q

Competitive

Competitive for top-50 programs. Verbal 160 is the 84th percentile. Combined with strong research experience and recommendations, this positions applicants favorably.

330+

165V + 165Q

Elite

For admission to top-20 programs, scores of 165+ per section are common among admitted students. A near-perfect score significantly strengthens an application.

Average GRE Scores at Top Programs

Typical scores for admitted students at leading U.S. graduate programs across 277 programs in 10 fields.

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277 programs

School ↕	Program ↕	V ↕	Q ↕	Total ↓
Georgetown	Law CenterLaw	165+5	169+1	334
Stanford	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	167+3	334
Stanford	Computer Science (PhD)Computer Science	165+5	168+2	333
Harvard	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
Yale	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
U of Chicago	Law SchoolLaw	167+3	166+4	333
Princeton	EconomicsSocial Sciences	163+7	168+2	331
Stanford	EconomicsSocial Sciences	163+7	168+2	331
NYU	Law SchoolLaw	166+4	165+5	331
Columbia	Law SchoolLaw	166+4	165+5	331
Yale	MBA (SOM)Business	164+6	166+4	330
Princeton	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	161+9	169+1	330
Harvard	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	161+9	169+1	330
Cornell	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	165+5	330
Harvard	Engineering (SEAS)Engineering	162+8	167+3	329
U of Chicago	EconomicsSocial Sciences	162+8	167+3	329
U of Chicago	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	160+10	169+1	329
UPenn	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	164+6	329
Northwestern	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	164+6	329
MIT	EngineeringEngineering	161+9	167+3	328
Stanford	EngineeringEngineering	161+9	167+3	328
MIT	Computer ScienceComputer Science	161+9	167+3	328
Stanford	MBA (GSB)Business	164+6	164+6	328
Caltech	Physical SciencesPhysical Sciences	158+12	170=	328
MIT	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	159+11	169+1	328
Stanford	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	159+11	169+1	328
Yale	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	160+10	168+2	328
U of Michigan	Law SchoolLaw	165+5	163+7	328
UC Berkeley	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	164+6	328
Princeton	EngineeringEngineering	160+10	167+3	327
Caltech	EngineeringEngineering	158+12	169+1	327
UC Berkeley	Computer ScienceComputer Science	160+10	167+3	327
Princeton	Computer ScienceComputer Science	160+10	167+3	327
UC Berkeley	MBA (Haas)Business	163+7	164+6	327
Brown	EconomicsSocial Sciences	161+9	166+4	327
U of Virginia	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	163+7	327
Duke	Law SchoolLaw	164+6	163+7	327
Carnegie Mellon	Computer ScienceComputer Science	159+11	167+3	326
Harvard	MBA (HBS)Business	163+7	163+7	326
Columbia	MBA (CBS)Business	163+7	163+7	326
Northwestern	MBA (Kellogg)Business	163+7	163+7	326
UC Berkeley	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	168+2	326
UT Austin	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	163+7	326
Yale	Computer ScienceComputer Science	159+11	166+4	325
Dartmouth	MBA (Tuck)Business	162+8	163+7	325
Columbia	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	167+3	325
Cornell	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	158+12	167+3	325
UCLA	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Vanderbilt	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Washington U StL	Law SchoolLaw	163+7	162+8	325
Cornell	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	166+4	324
UPenn	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	166+4	324
MIT	MBA (Sloan)Business	162+8	162+8	324
UPenn	MBA (Wharton)Business	162+8	162+8	324
U of Michigan	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	157+13	167+3	324
USC	Law School (Gould)Law	162+8	162+8	324
Harvard	BiologyBiological Sciences	161+9	163+7	324
Duke	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	166+4	323
Columbia	Computer ScienceComputer Science	158+12	165+5	323
U of Washington	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	166+4	323
UCLA	MBA (Anderson)Business	161+9	162+8	323
NYU	MBA (Stern)Business	161+9	162+8	323
U of Virginia	MBA (Darden)Business	161+9	162+8	323
Princeton	Public PolicySocial Sciences	162+8	161+9	323
Harvard	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	163+7	160+10	323
UIUC	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
U of Colorado	Physics (JILA)Physical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
Duke	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	167+3	323
Emory	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
Boston U	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
George Washington	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
UNC	Law SchoolLaw	162+8	161+9	323
Caltech	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	166+4	323
Princeton	BiologyBiological Sciences	160+10	163+7	323
Columbia	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	165+5	322
UPenn	EngineeringEngineering	157+13	165+5	322
Carnegie Mellon	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	166+4	322
Dartmouth	Engineering (Thayer)Engineering	157+13	165+5	322
Georgia Tech	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	166+4	322
UIUC	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	166+4	322
Brown	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	165+5	322
Cornell	MBA (Johnson)Business	160+10	162+8	322
Stanford	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	162+8	160+10	322
UCLA	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	156+14	166+4	322
Harvard	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	165+5	157+13	322
Princeton	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	165+5	157+13	322
MIT	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	163+7	322
Stanford	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	163+7	322
Yale	BiologyBiological Sciences	160+10	162+8	322
UC Berkeley	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	165+5	321
Cornell	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	165+5	321
U of Michigan	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	165+5	321
Northwestern	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	164+6	321
Carnegie Mellon	MBA (Tepper)Business	159+11	162+8	321
Duke	MBA (Fuqua)Business	160+10	161+9	321
U of Michigan	MBA (Ross)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Georgetown	MBA (McDonough)Business	160+10	161+9	321
UNC	MBA (Kenan-Flagler)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Washington U StL	MBA (Olin)Business	160+10	161+9	321
Yale	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	162+8	159+11	321
U of Washington	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
UT Austin	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Wisconsin	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Maryland	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	155+15	166+4	321
U of Chicago	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	164+6	157+13	321
U of Minnesota	Law SchoolLaw	161+9	160+10	321
U of Chicago	BiologyBiological Sciences	159+11	162+8	321
Northwestern	EngineeringEngineering	156+14	164+6	320
UT Austin	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	165+5	320
Duke	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	164+6	320
NYU	Computer ScienceComputer Science	157+13	163+7	320
Johns Hopkins	Computer ScienceComputer Science	156+14	164+6	320
UC Berkeley	Public PolicySocial Sciences	161+9	159+11	320
U of Chicago	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	161+9	159+11	320
Stanford	EducationEducation	160+10	160+10	320
Yale	Graduate Arts & SciencesArts & Humanities	163+7	157+13	320
Stanford	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	164+6	156+14	320
Georgia Tech	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	165+5	319
U of Michigan	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UCLA	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
Johns Hopkins	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UIUC	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	165+5	319
Rice	EngineeringEngineering	155+15	164+6	319
UCLA	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
U of Maryland	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
Rice	Computer ScienceComputer Science	155+15	164+6	319
UT Austin	MBA (McCombs)Business	159+11	160+10	319
Emory	MBA (Goizueta)Business	159+11	160+10	319
Harvard	SociologySocial Sciences	162+8	157+13	319
Columbia	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	161+9	158+12	319
Ohio State	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
Penn State	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
U of Minnesota	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	154+16	165+5	319
Columbia	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	163+7	156+14	319
Columbia	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
Johns Hopkins	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
UPenn	BiologyBiological Sciences	158+12	161+9	319
U of Maryland	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	164+6	318
U of Wisconsin	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	164+6	318
Rice	MBA (Jones)Business	158+12	160+10	318
USC	MBA (Marshall)Business	158+12	160+10	318
Duke	Public PolicySocial Sciences	160+10	158+12	318
U of Chicago	SociologySocial Sciences	161+9	157+13	318
Georgetown	Public PolicySocial Sciences	160+10	158+12	318
Harvard	Public HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	160+10	318
Stony Brook	PhysicsPhysical Sciences	153+17	165+5	318
UC Berkeley	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	161+9	318
U of Washington	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
UT Austin	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	164+6	317
USC	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
U of Virginia	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
Vanderbilt	EngineeringEngineering	154+16	163+7	317
Purdue	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	164+6	317
USC	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	163+7	317
UMass Amherst	Computer ScienceComputer Science	154+16	163+7	317
Georgia Tech	MBA (Scheller)Business	157+13	160+10	317
Vanderbilt	MBA (Owen)Business	158+12	159+11	317
Northwestern	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	160+10	157+13	317
UC Berkeley	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
Brown	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
UPenn	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	155+15	317
U of Chicago	DivinityArts & Humanities	163+7	154+16	317
UCSF	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
Duke	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
Cornell	BiologyBiological Sciences	157+13	160+10	317
U of Wisconsin	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
Purdue	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Minnesota	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Colorado	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	163+7	316
U of Minnesota	MBA (Carlson)Business	157+13	159+11	316
UC Berkeley	SociologySocial Sciences	160+10	156+14	316
UPenn	SociologySocial Sciences	160+10	156+14	316
Vanderbilt	Education (Peabody)Education	158+12	158+12	316
Stanford	Epidemiology & HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	158+12	316
NYU	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	162+8	154+16	316
NYU (Tandon)	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	162+8	315
Virginia Tech	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	163+7	315
Texas A&M	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	163+7	315
Northeastern	EngineeringEngineering	153+17	162+8	315
Northeastern	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	162+8	315
Stony Brook	Computer ScienceComputer Science	153+17	162+8	315
Boston U	MBA (Questrom)Business	157+13	158+12	315
NYU	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
Cornell	SociologySocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
U of Virginia	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	159+11	156+14	315
Harvard	Education (PhD)Education	158+12	157+13	315
Yale	Public HealthHealth Sciences	158+12	157+13	315
Cornell	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	155+15	315
U of Michigan	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
UCLA	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
Northwestern	BiologyBiological Sciences	156+14	159+11	315
Ohio State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
Penn State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
NC State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	162+8	314
U of Utah	Computer ScienceComputer Science	152+18	162+8	314
Ohio State	MBA (Fisher)Business	156+14	158+12	314
Indiana	MBA (Kelley)Business	156+14	158+12	314
U of Michigan	PsychologySocial Sciences	160+10	154+16	314
UCLA	PsychologySocial Sciences	160+10	154+16	314
Duke	PsychologySocial Sciences	159+11	155+15	314
Duke	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
Northwestern	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
Georgetown	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	154+16	314
U of Florida	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Boston U	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Arizona State	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
U of Pittsburgh	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Rutgers	EngineeringEngineering	152+18	161+9	313
Rutgers	Computer ScienceComputer Science	152+18	161+9	313
U of Wisconsin	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	158+12	155+15	313
Columbia	Public HealthHealth Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
Johns Hopkins	Public Health (Bloomberg)Health Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
UC Berkeley	Public HealthHealth Sciences	157+13	156+14	313
U of Michigan	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	153+17	313
UCLA	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	160+10	153+17	313
Johns Hopkins	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	154+16	313
U of Washington	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
UT Austin	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
U of Wisconsin	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	158+12	313
U of Florida	MBA (Warrington)Business	155+15	157+13	312
Texas A&M	MBA (Mays)Business	155+15	157+13	312
Arizona State	MBA (Carey)Business	155+15	157+13	312
U of Minnesota	PsychologySocial Sciences	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	SociologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
Emory	PsychologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
Vanderbilt	PsychologySocial Sciences	158+12	154+16	312
UC Berkeley	EducationEducation	157+13	155+15	312
U of Virginia	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	159+11	153+17	312
UNC	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Emory	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Vanderbilt	BiologyBiological Sciences	155+15	157+13	312
Ohio State	Political ScienceSocial Sciences	157+13	154+16	311
UPenn	EducationEducation	157+13	154+16	311
Johns Hopkins	EducationEducation	157+13	154+16	311
Columbia	Education (Teachers College)Education	156+14	155+15	311
U of Michigan	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
UCLA	Public Health (Fielding)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
U of Washington	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
UNC	Public Health (Gillings)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Brown	Public HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Northwestern	Public Health (Feinberg)Health Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Duke	Global HealthHealth Sciences	156+14	155+15	311
Emory	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	153+17	311
Vanderbilt	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	153+17	311
U of Wisconsin	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	152+18	310
U of Washington	HumanitiesArts & Humanities	158+12	152+18	310
UCLA	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
U of Michigan	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
Northwestern	EducationEducation	156+14	153+17	309
Emory	Public Health (Rollins)Health Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
U of Minnesota	Public HealthHealth Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
Boston U	Public HealthHealth Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
Dartmouth	Public Health (Geisel)Health Sciences	155+15	154+16	309
U of Wisconsin	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
U of Washington	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
UNC	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
U of Virginia	EducationEducation	155+15	152+18	307
Tulane	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
George Washington	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
U of Pittsburgh	Public HealthHealth Sciences	154+16	153+17	307
NYU	EducationEducation	155+15	151+19	306
Boston College	EducationEducation	155+15	151+19	306
Ohio State	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
U of Minnesota	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
U of Maryland	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
UT Austin	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
Emory	EducationEducation	154+16	151+19	305
Drexel	Public HealthHealth Sciences	153+17	152+18	305
U of Iowa	Public HealthHealth Sciences	153+17	152+18	305
Indiana U	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Georgia	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
Arizona State	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Florida	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
Michigan State	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of Pittsburgh	EducationEducation	153+17	150+20	303
U of South Florida	Public HealthHealth Sciences	152+18	151+19	303

Question Types at a Glance

What you'll encounter on test day

Verbal Reasoning (27 questions)

Reading Comprehension — passages with multiple-choice, select-all, and select-in-passage questions.
Text Completion — fill 1–3 blanks from answer choices.
Sentence Equivalence — pick 2 of 6 words that create equivalent sentences.

Quantitative Reasoning (27 questions)

Quantitative Comparison — compare Quantity A vs B.
Multiple Choice — single-answer and select-all-that-apply.
Numeric Entry — type in your answer (no choices).
Data Interpretation — sets of questions sharing charts/tables.

Math content covers: arithmetic, algebra (up to a second course), geometry, and data analysis/statistics. No trigonometry, calculus, or proofs. An on-screen calculator is available for all Quantitative questions.

How GRE Scoring Works

Understanding exactly how your answers become a 130–170 score

Step 1: Raw Score

Your raw score equals your total correct answers. Each question counts equally. No penalty for wrong answers — blank answers count the same as wrong answers.

Always answer every question. Since there is zero penalty for wrong answers, leaving a question blank is strictly worse than guessing randomly. Even a random guess on a 5-choice question gives you a 20% chance of a free point.

Step 2: Section-Level Adaptive Testing

Your performance on Section 1 (12 questions, medium difficulty) determines the difficulty of Section 2 (15 questions). This is the most important mechanic in GRE scoring.

Step 3: Equating

ETS converts your raw score to a scaled score (130–170) using a proprietary equating process that accounts for:

The difficulty tier of your Section 2 (hard/medium/easy)

Minor difficulty variations between test editions

The section-adaptive nature of the test

This ensures that a score of 160 always means the same thing, regardless of which test form you took or when you took it.

Analytical Writing: Different Process

Your essay is scored on a 0–6 scale using a completely different pipeline:

Human rater assigns a holistic score (0–6)

e-rater engine independently scores the essay

If they agree (within ~1 point) — scores are averaged

If they disagree — second human rater scores it; two human scores are averaged

Final score rounded to nearest 0.5.

How This Calculator Works

4-step scoring pipeline calibrated against 100+ real score reports

Step 1

Difficulty

S1 score → tier

Step 2

Anchor Table

Tier-specific lookup

Step 3

Interpolation

Linear between anchors

Step 4

Clamp & Round

130–170, nearest integer

Verbal Thresholds

S1 ≥ 9 → Hard Section 2 (full score range to 170)

S1 5–8 → Medium Section 2 (caps ~167)

S1 ≤ 4 → Easy Section 2 (caps ~157)

Quantitative Thresholds

S1 ≥ 8 → Hard Section 2 (full score range to 170)

S1 4–7 → Medium Section 2 (caps ~167)

S1 ≤ 3 → Easy Section 2 (caps ~158)

Accuracy: Anchor points validated against documented outcomes including S1=12 + S2=0 → ~153V (hard path), S1=0 + S2=12 → ~147V (easy path), and 15/27 spanning 148–157 across tiers. Model carries a ±2 point margin, consistent with real equating variance across test forms.