Once you've taken all four Verbal Mini-Tests under timed conditions, add up the total number of questions you answered correctly (out of 40). This is your raw score. Then determine your scaled Verbal score and percentile rank using the table below. [How to Interpret the Table]
..raw score | scaled score | percentile rank 39 ---------38 ---------37 ---------36 ---------35 ---------34 ---------33 ---------32 ---------31 ---------30 ---------29 ---------28 ---------27 ---------26 ---------25 ---------24 ---------23 ---------22 ---------21 ---------20 ---------19 ---------18 ---------17 ---------16 ---------15 ---------14 ---------13 ---------12 ---------11 ---------10 ---------9 ----------8 ----------6-7 --------0-5 ---------
800 780 760 740 720 700 680 660 640 620 600 580 560 540 520 510 490 470 460 440 420 400 390 370 350 330 310 290 270 250 230 220 210 200
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99 98 97 96 94 92 90 88 86 84 81 77 73 68 63 57 50 44 38 33 28 24 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 1 0
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Verbal scaled scores are based on a 200-800 scale. (There's nothing magic about this number range; it's just GRE testing tradition.) Percentile ranking (0% to 99%) shows how you performed relative to all others taking the GRE over a recent multi-year period. A percentile ranking of 60, for example, indicates that you scored higher than 60% of all other test takers (and lower than 40% of all other test takers). NOTE: Percentile rankings are not reported to the graduate schools. One additional correct response makes the biggest percentile difference near the middle of the performance "curve" (because it's a typical bell curve).
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If you missed 6 or fewer questions out of 39, expect to rank in the top decile (10%) in GRE Verbal Ability. If you responded correctly to 23 questions out of 39 questions, expect to rank near the 50th percentile in GRE Verbal Ability.