The SAT was designed so that the 50% of students score would above a 500 on each section. Thus, an average score is typically 500 verbal, 500 Math, and 500 Writing (1500 overall). Below is a percentile breakdown for the 2006 SAT, and you can see that the 48 percentile is right at a 1500. While it is tempting to look at the percentiles, make sure and check out the scores that the schools you are interested require. This is the only real indicator of the scores you will need, and should be aiming for.
|
Percentile
|
Score, 1600 Scale
(official, 2006)[citation
needed]
|
Score, 2400 Scale
(official, 2006)
|
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99.93/99.98*
|
1600
|
2400
|
|
99+
|
≥1540
|
≥2290
|
|
99
|
≥1480
|
≥2200
|
|
98
|
≥1450
|
≥2140
|
|
97
|
≥1420
|
≥2100
|
|
88
|
≥1380
|
≥1900
|
|
81
|
≥1280
|
≥1800
|
|
78
|
≥1200
|
≥1770
|
|
72
|
≥1150
|
≥1700
|
|
61
|
≥1090
|
≥1600
|
|
48
|
≥1010
|
≥1500
|
|
36
|
≥950
|
≥1400
|
|
15
|
≥810
|
≥1200
|
|
4
|
≥670
|
≥990
|
|
1
|
≥520
|
≥790
|
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* The percentile of
the perfect score was 99.98 on the 2400 scale and 99.93 on the 1600 scale.
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Posted
22 Mar 2011 12:55 PM
by
Ryan Krug
