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August 21, 2014

VIA EDGAR

Filing Desk

Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of Filings and Information Services

Branch of Registrations and Examinations

Mail Stop 0-25

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Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (the “Registrant”)

File Nos. 333-35883 and 811-08361

Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Registrant, electronically transmitted for filing pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), is Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 (“PEA 55”) to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form N-1A (“Registration Statement”) under the 1933 Act. This Registration Statement is being filed solely for the purpose of registering Advisor Shares of Goldman Sachs High Quality Floating Rate Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund is an existing series of the Registrant that currently offers only Institutional Shares and Service Shares, and this Amendment is making no material changes to the Fund’s investment strategies, policies or risks. Moreover, other series of the Registrant currently offer Advisor Shares, and no changes are being made to the characteristics of this Share class in this Amendment.

We hereby request, in reliance upon Securities Act Release No. 6510 and Investment Company Act Release No. 13768 (February 15, 1984), that this Amendment receive selective review from the SEC and its Staff of the changes contained herein, because the additional disclosures set forth in this Amendment are “not substantially different” from the disclosures that the Trust previously filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A.

No fee is required in connection with this filing. Please direct any questions concerning the filing to the undersigned at 202.261.3424.

Sincerely,

/s/ Eric D. Simanek

Erik D. Simanek