<p>Math 1 770 = 98%
Math 2 800 = 91%</p>
<p>Is there any way this can be right? I don't want to call College Board. Who else got a 800 on the Math 2 from January SAT Subject tests? Did yours read 91%, too????? How can a "perfect" be 91%? I understand this is percentile, not percent, but how can anyone beat 800? Isn't this impossible? I mean, doesn't the max score HAVE to be 99 percentile?????</p>
<p>You did better than 91% of the test takers and tied with the 9% who got an 800.</p>
<p>These numbers have always been like this. It's likely because your "Average Joe" doesn't take the Sat II's, which would normally drive your percentile way up. Plus you can get a handful wrong and still get an 800 -- so quite a few more people will get the 800.</p>
<p>Anyone else know any other reasons why?</p>
<p>lol why are u freaking out about this...</p>
<p>I am not "freaking" about this. I like to understand things. Don't you?</p>
<p>You can miss more on Math II than you can on Math I to get an 800.</p>
<p>The real reason is not because you can have a lower raw score on Math II than Math I (that is, get a couple wrong and still get an 800.) All questions right and 7 wrong (which is still an 800 in Math II) would still score you a 91%.</p>
<p>The reason its not a 99% is because 9% of the people also score 800's. This does not, however, take away from the accomplishment of scoring an 800. This is so because as Geester said, the average joe doesnt sit this exam, rather all of the math capable people do.</p>
<p>Dont stress about the percentile, an 800 is an 800</p>
<p>My S had a similar set of scores & percentiles on the previous year's Math II and Physics tests, so this is probably typical, given all the reasons posted above.</p>