What are SAT Percentiles?
March 16, 2009 by Adam
Filed under All Posts, FAQs, SAT Unlocked
SAT Percentiles tell you the percentage of SAT test takers you performed better than. For example, if your score is in the 75th percentile, you performed better than approximately 75 percent of students who took the test.
Although percentiles for each SAT subject vary from test to test, scores generally break down into the following percentiles:
Notice that there is a 50 percentile jump between 500 and 700.
As you can see, improving your SAT score by even just a few points can have a big impact on your overall percentile rank.
From my SAT training guide: SAT Unlocked.
