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please tell me how many correct answers should one have approximately to get say 85 percentile or more in each step. i aunderstand that it changes from sitting 2 sitting. thanks.

  #2

first, the honest answer is that none of us know. There is a school of thought that says the 3 digit score roughly correlates to your raw score, while the 2 digit score (not a precentile, by the way) is the normalized version. This isn't exactly true since even the three digit score has been normalized to be the same between exams. So, if the avg score on a test is 220, which is roughly an 85 two digit score, you have to answer 63% correct (assuming 350 questions per test). Others believe this to be totally nonsense, and the three digit score is some other normalized statistically generated number.

  #3

Thanks for your prompt response. It is quite enlightening for a start up like me. It is very useful information and will be of great help in simulated tests at home. Thanks once again.

  #4

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nod awesome

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