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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is a 90th percentile SAT score not good enough for all As? An A is 90 percent or better, and additionally if only 90th percentile and above  kids get As then really there is no grade inflation. None of this makes sense.[/quote]

90th percentile doesn't mean you did 90% correct. You can be 1% with 95% correct if everyone else scores higher than you do. These things should only kind of align if the classes are "graded on a curve" which they typically aren't.

The other issue is superscoring and retaking. Those mess up percentiles as well.

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Yes but 90th also means there are only 10 percent better than you, giving only As to the top 10 percent is not at all "grade inflation"
I mean how many should have all As--just one percent? think about it...[/quote]

about 3.7 million kids apply to US colleges every year (this is not counting internationals which are as much as 25% at some of the top schools). so top 10% is close to 400k and even top 1% is around 40k. again, not counting internationals. now, add up all the seats in whatever you consider to be top colleges. do the math.[/quote]

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