You send GMAT scores from your mba.com account once your Official Score is released. You get up to 5 free reports within 48 hours, then pay for an Additional Score Report for each program after that. Programs typically receive scores within 8 hours. Since August 2026, every report also includes your GMAT Superscore. This guide covers the steps, the fees, what schools see, and the edge cases.
Your exam fee covers up to five Official Score Reports. You don't pick schools in advance. Once your Official Score is available, you can send it to up to five programs at no cost. Each free report goes to one program, so a school's full-time and part-time MBAs count as two, and free reports you don't use are lost.
The 48 hours start when your Official Score becomes available in your mba.com account, not on test day. That is typically 3–5 days after the exam (see how long it takes to get GMAT score results), and GMAC emails you when it happens. After 48 hours, every send is a paid Additional Score Report.
GMAC's sending instructions are the same for free and paid reports:
Many schools list their full-time, part-time, executive, online and specialized master's programs as separate entries. Choose the one your application is for. A score sent to the wrong program doesn't move to the right one by itself.
Programs typically receive the score within 8 hours. To see where you've sent scores, open View and Send Official Score for that appointment and click the number in the # Sent column. GMAC suggests waiting at least an hour before troubleshooting a send that doesn't show up.
Worked Example
Setup: You took the GMAT Focus Edition on a Monday. On Thursday morning GMAC emails you that your Official Score is available. You want it at Wharton, Booth, Kellogg, Columbia and Stern, the five full-time MBAs on your Round 2 list, before the window closes on Saturday morning.
You still choose which attempt to send, and a school gets nothing until you send it a report. Since August 12, 2026, each report a school receives includes three things (GMAC):
You can't opt out of the Superscore. If you've tested once, or one attempt holds all three of your best section scores, the report says you have no Superscore. 10th Edition and expired scores don't count toward it, and it has no percentile. If a retake raises your Superscore, send a score again to update programs that already have your report. Each school decides how much weight to give it. The GMAT score report guide explains the rest of the report, and the GMAT retake policy covers retake limits and waiting periods.
An Additional Score Report (ASR) is how you send a score after the 48-hour window or to more than five programs. The steps are the same as for a free report, with a payment step at checkout, and programs typically receive ASRs within 8 hours too. The fee is charged per program. It is widely reported as US$35, and the current amount appears on mba.com's pricing page and at checkout.
| Feature | Free Score Reports | Additional Score Reports (ASRs) |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $0 | Per-program fee (widely reported as US$35) |
| How many programs | Up to 5 | As many as you need |
| When | Within 48 hours of your Official Score becoming available | Any time after that while your score is valid (5 years) |
| Delivery to schools | Typically within 8 hours | Typically within 8 hours |
| Where you order | mba.com: View and Send Score | mba.com: View and Send Score, then checkout |
If you're applying to five or fewer programs and you're happy with the score, use the free reports right away. If you're applying to more, spend the free ones on the earliest deadlines and buy ASRs later. If you're weighing a retake, you can hold off: the score stays valid for five years. Remember that any future attempt can raise your Superscore, which updates only when you send again. To see how much a better section score would move your total, try the GMAT score calculator.
Enter how many programs need your score. The estimate assumes all 5 free reports are used within 48 hours and US$35 per paid report; confirm the current fee on mba.com.
GMAT scores are valid for five years and kept for ten. To send a score that is 5 to 10 years old, you use GMAC's Expired Score Request Form, for a fee, and only if you haven't taken the GMAT in the last five years. These reports tell schools to interpret the older score with caution, and they take longer than standard reporting. Scores older than 10 years are deleted. More in GMAT score validity and expiration.
The GMAT Focus Edition has no score cancellation, because none is needed: programs see your scores only if you send them. Cancellation and reinstatement belong to the 10th Edition, which was retired on January 31, 2024. If you cancelled a 10th Edition score at a test center, you can reinstate it within 4 years and 11 months of the appointment for US$50. It's available within 48 hours, and the schools you selected at the test center receive it. Sending it anywhere else takes an Additional Score Report.
| Scenario | What You Pay |
|---|---|
| First 5 programs within 48 hours | $0 |
| 6th program, or any program after 48 hours | Per-program ASR fee (widely reported as US$35) |
| Score 5–10 years old, no GMAT in the last 5 years | Fee via the Expired Score Request Form; slower processing |
| Reinstating a cancelled 10th Edition score | US$50; schools picked at the test center receive it |
| Score older than 10 years | Not available |
The most expensive mistake is not checking email after the score is released. Set a reminder for day 3 after the exam, and send your free reports the day the email arrives.
Sending to the Executive MBA entry when you applied to the full-time MBA doesn't redirect itself. Match the entry to the degree on your application before you confirm.
Eight hours is typical, not guaranteed, and you can't send at all while a score is still under review. Send a few days before each deadline so you have time to fix a mistake.