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Is the scoring on the pcat done by the percent correct? For example, % correct on the verbal is 77% so that corresponds to 77% for the verbal section?

If so, then man I got a lot of improvement to go.
 
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The percentile score is NOT your percent correct. That percentile is your rank, it corresponds to where your raw score lies in comparision to a norm group. So, Harcourt took the scores of all first time test takers over a couple of years and established the distribution. Then they compare your raw scores to this curve and give you a percentile rank. If your composite or section percentile was 77 that would mean your raw score was better than 77% of the first time test takers raw scores or you were in the top 23%.
Hope that helps!
 
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