The percentile rank of each of the above students is determined by comparing the highest scores of each student with the 1,547,990 AMERICAN students IN THE USA, who took the SAT in 2010, as shown in the College Board publication “SAT® Percentile Ranks for Males, Females and Total Group 2010 College-Bound Seniors — Critical Reading + Mathematics + Writing” (which can be located at http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-percentile-ranks-composite-cr-m-w-2010.pdf) |