Section Scores in Context
Section Your Percentile What It Means
Quantitative 93rd Very strong. Near ceiling for most test takers.
Verbal 90th Strong. Solid comprehension and reasoning.
Data Insights 95th Excellent. Top tier.
So Why Only 695?
This is the key question — and the answer lies in how GMAT Focus Edition scoring works.
The GMAT Focus total score (205–805 scale) is not a simple sum of your three section scores. It uses an adaptive algorithm that weighs:
Accuracy on harder questions more than easier ones
Consistency within a section — a few wrong answers on high-difficulty questions can drag your scaled score down disproportionately
Cross-section composite scaling that can compress total scores even when individual percentiles look strong
With 90th–95th percentile scores across all three sections, a 695 suggests one of two things:
Scaled section scores didn't translate efficiently — percentiles can look high but the underlying scaled scores (out of ~90 per section) may have gaps
Pacing errors or accuracy drops at the tail end of one or more sections — the adaptive engine penalizes wrong answers on questions it served you because it thought you were high-ability