Doubt on entering percentile in application

Question

I feel like such a noob,

Can anyone please clarify whether I need to enter the test score percentage or test report percentage in the application section?

I am confused after submitting the applications, whether the percentile that they ask for the test score refers to the percentage of the marks or the percentage printed on the test report.

I mean, in the application we have 
enter your test scores and percentages.

Now for that I entered my GMAT scores and the percentiles printed on the test report.But those percentages refer to the percentage of applicants who scored less than my score.

Regards.

NishaTG · Answer

I think you are doing it right. If you see your gmat score report yous hould see the 'score' and the 'percent below'. Those are the two numbers you need to report on your application as well.

BlueRobin · Answer

Thanks for the reply Nisha, kudos.

Are you sure? I mean see if AWA score is say 4.5 then you got 75% in a scale of 6.

But your GMAT Test report displays the percentage of people who scored below your score, and NOT the percentage of your score.

Do you see my point?

NishaTG · Answer

Yes I do understand your point, but in the GMAT, they do not convert scores to "percentage". It is not that you got 4.5 out of 6 so you got a percentage of 75%. You cannot convert to a percentage. Anyway, what the schools are interested in is the "percentile" - i.e. the percent of people who got a score lower than you. That is more useful to them as they are able to judge you among all the people who sat for GMAT.

For e.g. if you get a 6.0 out of 6.0 for the AWA, you cannot report your percent to be 100%. Rather you have to report the percentage of people who scored lower than you - probably around the 90% range.

If you entered the numbers directly out of your gmat score report and did not compute/calculate anything yourself, you're fine.

BlueRobin · Answer

Great, thanks a lot.

Doubt on entering percentile in application

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