NEW SAT Percentiles

Test Preparation
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<p>I've been thinking about what the percentiles for the new sat are gonna be like. </p>

<p>I looked at the percentiles for the PSAT and the 99th percentile started at 215. Now according to the CB a score of 215 on PSAT is equivalent to a 2150 on the new sat. </p>

<p>Keep in mind that on the old sat 99th percentile started at 1480, which if we just use the old divide by 2 multiply by 3 trick comes out to a 2220.</p>

<p>The percentiles for 99.5th percentile also seem to be a bit off. On the PSAT 99.5th is 223 and above. So that would mean that 99.5th percentile on the new sat will be around 2230.</p>

<p>On the old sat 99.5th percentile started at 1540. That comes out to a 2310 using the divide trick.</p>

<p>Is it me or do those numbers seem a little off? Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>na ofcourse the score will go down according to the percentiles it is harder to get a 2250 then a 1500</p>

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<p>yea, this is exactly why i emphasize so many times that anything above 2100 will be excellent for the new sat, i mean the percentile will say everything. so yes khalid, the calc your making and the the way you are thinking about new sat percentiles is correct, i bet that the percentiles will be approximtaly the same as the psats.</p>

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<p>hmmm...I got a 1780 on my PSAT's with an 85 percentile. My SAT's were very close a 1200 (1780/3) so I think a 2000 will be a 1360-1400.</p>

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<p>khalid 2 points:
215 is not the lowest score with 99th percentile. I got a 214 with 99th percentile.</p>

<p>People's grades improve after the PSAT because of natural gain and most do not study for the PSAT.</p>

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<p>Plus the essay really screws some people's (especially my) Writing scores.</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>No, actually 99th percentile was 213 this year. I checked the College Coard website.</p>

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<p>Hmmm, so I guess this means that anything above a 2150 would be in the "excellent" range. </p>

<p>This is definitely very good news.</p>

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<p>I would say you have to add some points for natural increases on the SAT. I would guess that 99th percentile is going to fall from 2160-2200, but nevertheless those scores still fall short of 1480 by direct conversion (1440-1470 by direct conversion)</p>

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<p>but remember that a lot of people take the SAT that did not take the PSAT</p>

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<p>So what was the beginning of the 99 percentile in terms of 1600 on the old test?</p>

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<p>1540 on the 2003 test, I believe.</p>

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<p>what would the 93rd percentile translate to</p>

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<p>wow, so if i get like 2200, woudl that be treated as a 1540 was?</p>

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<p>the SAT score is based on percentile...</p>

<p>for example.. 500 on one section = 300 points / 600 max. possible = 50%
subtract 200 from ur score and maximum score since its is 200-800 scale..</p>

<p>its curved to make</p>

<p>500 = 50%
550 = 58.3%
600 = 66.6%
650 = 75.0%
700 = 83.3%
750 = 91.6%
800 = 100%</p>

<p>its slightly shifted to the right or the left though to ensure that all tests are of equal difficulty...</p>

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<p>i agree with the general notion here that a new SAT that is 1.5 times an old SAT score will be more highly regarded due to the length of the new test and the new writing section. as for the percentiles, i don't think that they are so evenly distributed like the previous post. i mean, i got a 760 in verbal and is still 99th percentile and a score range from 700-800 is about 95-99 in terms of percentile</p>

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<p>Post #15 misstates what you would expect about percentiles in a distribution in which the mean is 500 and the standard deviation is 100, which is what the SAT designers have in mind as the meaning of the standard scores.</p>

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<p>Do you think colleges will evaluate SAT score more by percent at least at first?</p>

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<p>on the PSAT 93%ile was roughlt a 1900</p>

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<p>Yea, I got 93%, and it was a selectino index of 191, but im going to do way better on the SAT, as will most people, so I wold assume the percentages will be less generous</p>