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I think that estimate is about correct. I actually thought about this for a while, and I think that between 750 & 800, each 10 points drops off about 1/2 or more of the people from each level.

We know that 750 is 99% which out of 200,000 that take the test each year is about 2000 people. So, tell me what you think of the following estimates:

750 ~ 2000 people per year
760 ~ 1000
770 ~ 400-500
780 ~ 175-200
790 ~ 50-60
800 ~ 10-20

On the various boards, I have seen a number of 750 & 760, but very very few 780+.
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My GMAT score report says "sample size of 657,173" ... Anyone know how far back this might go? Just curious.
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I tried to model it based on the known percentages and scores (i.e. a 730 is X%), building a log trend around the curve - throwing out data points below 530, .... I had to tweak stuff a bit cause the trend originally suggested 0 people. It's not particularly accurate of course, but for the sake of it,, I came up with a confidence interval of 9 to 14 people a year.

Suffice to say, whatever it is, its not many.

What IS scary is figuring out how much MONEY is blown on the gmat per year....
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