GMAC confirmed on 31 January 2024 that it was the last day for the previous version of the GMAT. From 1 February 2024 the GMAT Focus Edition became the only version of the exam available.
Key facts
- Last old GMAT 31 January 2024
- Focus only from 1 February 2024
- Old scores Valid for five years
- Old scale 200 to 800
Old scores
Scores from the previous version, which GMAC now calls the 10th Edition, remain valid for five years from the test date. They use a 200 to 800 total scale, while the Focus Edition uses 205 to 805, so a number on one scale does not mean the same as the same number on the other. GMAC publishes concordance tables and advises schools and candidates to compare percentiles rather than raw totals.
What disappeared
The old exam had four parts: Quantitative, Verbal, Integrated Reasoning and the Analytical Writing Assessment essay, and took about three hours. The Focus Edition has three 45-minute sections, Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights, and no essay. Sentence Correction is gone and Data Sufficiency moved into Data Insights.
10th Edition scores are also excluded from the GMAT Superscore introduced in August 2026.
What this means
If you hold a 10th Edition score that is still within five years, you can send it, but check that each school still accepts it and how it compares the two scales. If you are starting now, prepare only for the current exam and ignore old Sentence Correction and essay material. Work out when your old score expires before deciding whether to retake, so that an application cycle does not fall between expiry and a new result.