PLEASE do everyone a favor and READ THIS! ^_^

[ZDMaestro]

Please, please, please... Let's be careful about using the percent sign (%) when we actually mean percentile.

Saying something like "86%" when referring to, say, the CARS section leads [hopefully] most of us to believe you mean "86% correct answers" rather than "86th percentile." But I'm getting a strong feeling that many people are posting "86%" when they mean "86th percentile." This makes data difficult to interpret. I'm particularly speaking about comparing practice tests and the % correct vs. percentile score on the actual test.

I don't mean to be that guy—I'm pointing it out early for everyone's sake. Carry on!

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[Me.D.]

AAMC gave us our preliminary PERCENTILE RANKS with a % sign on them. That's why everyone is doing what they are doing.

Side note: Who knew that there was a difference between percentile ranks and percentiles? Not this guy lol

 

[Glazedonutlove]

Please, please, please... Let's be careful about using the percent sign (%) when we actually mean percentile.

Saying something like "86%" when referring to, say, the CARS section leads [hopefully] most of us to believe you mean "86% correct answers" rather than "86th percentile." But I'm getting a strong feeling that many people are posting "86%" when they mean "86th percentile." This makes data difficult to interpret. I'm particularly speaking about comparing practice tests and the % correct vs. percentile score on the actual test.

I don't mean to be that guy—I'm pointing it out early for everyone's sake. Carry on!

How about you use common sense and figure it out

 

[ZDMaestro]

How about you use common sense and figure it out

How about some people are using them interchangeably sometimes in the same sentence where the numbers can easily go either way. Users Xenith and mcatjelly made that compilation with the % sign on the percentiles, but that is an example of it being obvious and super intuitive, so it doesn't matter and all is gravy, baby. But for many others this isn't the case...

 

[OuchCharlie]

and 100% reason to remember the name.