what do b-schools think of multiple gmat scores

my apologies if this has already been asked before. but i thought mba schools only look at ur highest gmat score if uve taken it multiple times. but i just googled and came across this? any ideas? is this actually true?




Q: How do the B-schools process GMAT scores of applicants who have repeated the test?


A: First of all, your three most recent sets of GMAT scores are reported to the B-schools to whom you direct your score report. So if you take the GMAT a fourth time, scores from your first GMAT are dropped from your score report. Of course, if a school is sent a score report after your first three tests, then sent another report after your fourth test, the school will have all four sets of GMAT scores in its file. But the schools generally don’t consider scores that are not on an applicant’s current report.

Each B-school establishes its own policy for processing multiple GMAT scores. The most common policy is to average multiple scores. (Quantitative, Verbal, Combined Q/V, and Writing scores are each averaged separately.) A minority of schools will disregard all but your highest scores. (Again, Quantitative, Verbal, Combined Q/V, and Writing scores are each considered separately.) A few schools have adopted a hybrid approach, whereby they average scores from multiple tests unless there is a large enough discrepancy between scores—in which case they look only at your highest score. In any event, most B-schools disregard GMAT scores that are more than five years old.