Do colleges have access to the number of my GMAT attempts?

Question

I got a 710 in my third attempt at GMAT and frankly the only attempt in which my prep should any reasonable chance of getting a 700+. Because I was consistently scoring high (750-780) in all the mocks that I gave (8-10) and couldn't perform as well on the exam day (exam anxiety), I decided to rewrite the exam as soon as I could, within a few days. I don't remember what I got but it was below 710 or even maybe a 710. Same was the case for my other two attempts, one of which was as recent as February 2023. I couldn't breach the 710 mark and decided to apply in the coming cycle.

While I know that only one score of 710 that I reinstated will be accessible to the colleges I am applying to, my query is that will these colleges to whom I send an official score through the GMAC portal have access to the number of attempts I give? All my attempts were offline, in a test center.

While I know that only one score of 710 that I reinstated will be accessible to the colleges I am applying to, my query is that will these colleges to whom I send an official score through the GMAC portal have access to the number of attempts I give? All my attempts were offline, in a test center.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

If the other two scores have been cancelled by you, the school won't have that info. Fair to say it would have been known by now if the TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS was reported separately in some way.

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bb · Answer

Hi. Not really if you canceled the attempts and with the Online tests I think you still have basically nothing shared with the business schools. However, in general, schools are pretty open minded about multiple GMAT attempts. 
At the same time, some MBA programs (e.g. Booth) ask you to specifically list all of your GMAT attempts (not sure why).

BB.

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi vaibhav1221,

710 is a very good score. I don't think schools worry too much about the number of attempts, but to answer your question:  I  don't  think they can see the number of attempts . I've seen school reports (for the test center test), and they do include a lot of information. However, a school can tell that a test taker took the GMAT multiple times only because the columns for additional attempts aren't empty. These columns aren't populated for canceled scores, and I don't remember seeing a field called "number of attempts" or something like that.

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