Understanding Kaplan Percentiles

Hi ewallach,

"percent below" and "percentile" are the same statistic. Sorry that your real test wasn't quite up to the scores you saw on the CATs--it's very hard to make a CAT that's a perfect predictor, simply because no mock test can accurately capture the stresses and challenges of the real exam.

To answer your other question, your "unofficial scores" will be your final scores in the overwhelming majority of cases. Basically, the only way your score could change is if a question is found to have an error, and is discounted from your score--I've never personally seen this happen to one of my students.

Hope this helps, and thanks for choosing Kaplan!