<p>An 800 gets you in the 96th percentile - huh?! Gee whiz. Does this mean that many students scored well so that there wasn’t a 99%-tile?</p>
<p>Exactly. If 4% of the students scored 800, that would put them at the 96th percentile, right? Read bluebayou’s description above. The test isn’t attempting to tease out the very top students.</p>