percentiles
Started by fouyboy
fouyboy said:
i dont think so, my friend got a 21 on her AA and she said that it was a 94 percentile.....
luder98 said:20 and 92.6 here. I think it depends on what test you take and when you take it.
Can I say my 20 is worth more than your 21?
wow that is crazy that technically your 20 IS worth more than his 21... that probably means that schools look more at the percentiles than at the actual AA right? do the schools get the percentiles as part of the score?
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I really don't think the schools even look at the percentiles. they would've published average percentiles instead of average DAT scores...its just the percentile that you got with that batch of tests that whole day or whole week or whole something...like the group of people that took it with you that day, or week maybe...
That kinda sucks. If one test is inherently more difficult than another test, then it would make more sense that the percentiles should be considered... as an extreme example, say that someone received a 23 on test A which corresponded to a 99.9% on that test... and someone else received the same 23 on another test B, which corresponded to a "mere" 93%. These numbers would indicate that test A was more difficult, and pretty much nobody scored above a 23 on that test, while test B was significantly easier. Howerver, when the admissions officer at Tufts sees the scores for these two people, he would consider them on the same level... which is not cool. If the test makers can't maintain these scores and percentiles at a consistent balanced level between different tests, then obviously the percentiles are more meaningful than the number scores...
this is absolutely true, since there are different versions of the test, there are tests that are easier than other. i knew two person that has an 18 on the DAT, on one person, that is consider 56% percentile, and the other is a 76% percentile. the MCAT is much more accurate of an equalizer since the scores are scaled.
phosphorylation said:
thats what I've heard. The are not a good way of comparing results. I got an 18 on the PAT and it was a 66th percentile while that same 18 was in the 75th percentile for someone else. The percentiles won't even show up on the report that the adcoms get.
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Shoot, they must have given me the tough test. I got 18 on PAT, and it's equivalent to 82.7. No wonder why some questions I couldn't even figure out what the heck the thing was. I still remember there was one question in folding section, they had a stack of about 10 eclipses.saman1 said:
From what I understand, the actual scores (18, 19, 20, etc.) are determined by the percentiles, not the other way around. In other words, if your percentile falls within a certain range, regardless of which version of the test you took, you receive a certain score.
The further down the scale a score is (e.g., 17, 16, 15), the broader the range of percentiles that earn that score. That's why two people can score an 18 and have an 8-10% difference in percentiles.
I could be wrong, but this is how I understand it works.
The further down the scale a score is (e.g., 17, 16, 15), the broader the range of percentiles that earn that score. That's why two people can score an 18 and have an 8-10% difference in percentiles.
I could be wrong, but this is how I understand it works.
Typo said:
That would make a whole lot more sense... so a 96-97th percentile corresponds to a score of 22. good lookin out.
my 21's were 96.6 and 96.7 percentile, i just wish they'd bump me up to a 22 or something. oh wells
One you hit about a 22 do you really think anyone cares whether you were 96 or 97? Or even 99 for that matter? 95+ should be plenty good.
A 20 is significantly better than a 17, but I don't believe the same is true for a 25 and a 22. Towards the end of the curve you're getting a high level of defition for a very small difference in score.
A 20 is significantly better than a 17, but I don't believe the same is true for a 25 and a 22. Towards the end of the curve you're getting a high level of defition for a very small difference in score.
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Yeah. I totally agree with what everyone said. And this just goes to show how perfectionistic we dentist are: trying to figure out the exact score, and the 96 vs. 97 percentile. In reality schools just want to see a high score and be sure that we can graduate from their school.
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Maybe it has to do with the number of questions answered correctly. For example say someone answers 70/100 of the biology questions correct and gets a score of 19 and 77.2%. Then someone else answers 71 questions right and also gets a 19. Should that person also get a 77.2 percentile even though they answered more questions? Maybe they would give that person a little higher percentile at lease I would hope so. And I think the ADCOM looks at your percentile, when they get your DAT printout your percentile is right on there next to your score. Mine was mentioned during my interview at PENN BTW.
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