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GMAT Focus Edition is the only version of the GMAT offered as of February 2024, after GMAC retired the classic test. It runs about 2 hours 15 minutes, has three sections (Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights), and reports a total score from 205 to 805 in 10-point steps. There is no Analytical Writing Assessment and no separate Integrated Reasoning section in the Focus Edition. Data Insights folds in the data-analysis content the classic test used to spread across Integrated Reasoning and parts of Quant. Each section is scored 60 to 90.

Each of the three Focus Edition sections is scored on the same 60 to 90 scale in 1-point increments, which is a deliberate change from the classic GMAT where Quant and Verbal used a 6 to 51 scale. Section scores are equally weighted into the 205 to 805 total. Data Insights is the new section. It combines what used to be Integrated Reasoning with data-sufficiency questions that previously lived inside Quant. A balanced section profile (for example 82 / 82 / 80) is generally read more favorably by admissions committees than a lopsided one, even at the same total.

GMAC publishes a concordance table because the two scales are not numerically interchangeable. The same percentile band that produced a classic 720 now produces roughly a Focus 665, a classic 700 maps to about a Focus 645, and a classic 740 to about a Focus 685. The 205 to 805 range was chosen deliberately so the scales never overlap, which avoids confusion about which test a score is from. When you compare your Focus score to historical class profiles, always check whether the school publishes the Focus equivalent or only the legacy classic number.

Top-5 programs (HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg) report median classic totals around 730 to 740, which concord to roughly 685 on the Focus scale. Top-10 programs (adding Sloan, Columbia, Tuck, Yale SOM, Haas) land around classic 720 (Focus 665). Top-25 programs sit near classic 700 (Focus 645). Top-50 programs typically publish classic 670 (Focus 615). The medians have crept upward over the last decade as international applicant volume has grown, especially in Quant.

Every top-50 US MBA program now accepts both tests on equal footing, and GMAC reports that more than 7,700 programs worldwide accept either score. There is no admissions penalty for submitting a GRE instead of a GMAT at the vast majority of schools. Some applicants prefer the GMAT Focus Edition for its tighter quant logic and data-sufficiency content. Others prefer the GRE for its broader vocabulary and reading comprehension. The exception is a small number of finance-focused programs and consulting recruiters who quietly favor the GMAT, so check the specific program before deciding which test to sit.