<p>I took it, got an 800, and it said i was in the 88th percentile. *** does that even mean? That makes no sense, how can a perfect score be in the 88th percentile..</p>
<p>It's because 12% of students get perfect scores.</p>
<p>you got an 800 on the most advanced sat math test and can't figure it out?</p>
<p>Okay, that was cruel. Here's how it works: Being in the x-th percentile means you scored <em>better than</em> x percent of the test-takers. If a large number of people scored 800, they will all be at the same percentile because none of them can possibly have scored better than any of the others (they all have 800s). Thus the entire group of perfect scorers are in the same percentile.</p>
<p>You did better than <em>at least</em> 88% of test takers. You <em>may have</em> done better (where "done better" means "you got more questions right") than 90% or even 95% or 98% of test-takers but you will never know one way or the other.</p>
<p>Wow i never thought i'd feel bad about a 790 =(.</p>
<p>i think what this information is really telling us is that the math 2 curve is broken.</p>
<p>"Wow i never thought i'd feel bad about a 790 =(."</p>
<p>Haha yeah. I was estatic when I heard of my 760 chem... but then CC told me I was only in the 88 percentile.</p>
<p>^ Same here, with the chem. I got a 750 and I was like "Huh...only 84th percentile." It doesn't matter for anything, anyway.</p>
<p>No, it's because you can get a few wrong and still get an 800 so the ones that truly got an 800 are in the high percentiles.</p>
<p>so what percentile is a 790 in math level2? :P</p>
<p>i think the 800 88%tile means that 88% got in your score range. i might be wrong, but i think thats it. so really 800 is a bit above 88%tile.</p>
<p>No, that's not what it is emily, what the others said above was correct.</p>
<p>hm wierd i thought i read that somewhere on here..i guess whoever said it was wrong.</p>