How do the B-schools process GMAT scores of applicants who have repeated the test?
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 dont consider scores that are not on an applicants 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
