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The definition of 95th percentile is confusing. I think if you scored top 95th at a National exam in high school you would be competitive to choose the universi

by j7ake 7y ago

The definition of 95th percentile is confusing. I think if you scored top 95th at a National exam in high school you would be competitive to choose the university you want. That is impressive. Being 95 percentile in college sports would probably allow you play the sport professionally. Having a website in the 95th percentile in terms of traffic would probably be extremely impressive. Having a 95 percentile restaurant quality in the world would probably result in Michelin stars

gowld 7y ago
> I think if you scored top 95th at a National exam in high school you would be competitive to choose the university you want. Maybe at a small country (like Germany?) that doesn't have near-100% high school / exam attendance. In the US where 2 million take the SAT and there are less than 100,000 seats at the "top tier" universities, 99%ile is closer to the bar for choosing the university what you want. Of course if you calibrate your 'want' wisely, then anyone at any percentile can choose the university they want. - https://theconversation.com/lets-get-real-with-college-athletes-about-their-chances-of-going-pro-110837 https://theconversation.com/lets-get-real-with-college-athle... "Fewer than 2% of college student-athletes ever play professional sports at any level for any amount of time." - Bing tells me that France (the home of Michelin) has 30,000 restaurants and 600 (2%) Michelin stars. Other nations have far far lower ratio.
PNT510 7y ago
You're totally off with your numbers. I don't know anything about college entrance exams so I won't comment on them. If you play football in the NCAA you need to be closer to the 98th percentile to have a shot in the NFL. And to even got a shot in the NCAA you needed to be in the 95th percentile of high school players. In the NFL even the never gonna make it cut from the practice squad guys are in the 99th percentile of all people playing football. There are over 600,000 restaurants in the US alone and less than 3000 Michelin star restaurants world wide. So we're definitely in the well over 99th percentile there. As for websites. There are an estimated 1.5 billion websites in existence. That means to be in the 95th percentile you only need to be in the top 750 million websites. So yeah, the example you give are a actually a pretty strong case for the 95th percentile not being that impressive.
Bitcoin_McPonzi 7y ago
If I were in the "top 95th" I wouldn't brag about it. You would say "top 5%" or "95th percentile"

by j7ake 7y ago

gowld 7y ago

> I think if you scored top 95th at a National exam in high school you would be competitive to choose the university you want. Maybe at a small country (like Germany?) that doesn't have near-100% high school / exam attendance. In the US where 2 million take the SAT and there are less than 100,000 seats at the "top tier" universities, 99%ile is closer to the bar for choosing the university what you want. Of course if you calibrate your 'want' wisely, then anyone at any percentile can choose the university they want. - https://theconversation.com/lets-get-real-with-college-athletes-about-their-chances-of-going-pro-110837 https://theconversation.com/lets-get-real-with-college-athle... "Fewer than 2% of college student-athletes ever play professional sports at any level for any amount of time." - Bing tells me that France (the home of Michelin) has 30,000 restaurants and 600 (2%) Michelin stars. Other nations have far far lower ratio.

PNT510 7y ago

You're totally off with your numbers. I don't know anything about college entrance exams so I won't comment on them. If you play football in the NCAA you need to be closer to the 98th percentile to have a shot in the NFL. And to even got a shot in the NCAA you needed to be in the 95th percentile of high school players. In the NFL even the never gonna make it cut from the practice squad guys are in the 99th percentile of all people playing football. There are over 600,000 restaurants in the US alone and less than 3000 Michelin star restaurants world wide. So we're definitely in the well over 99th percentile there. As for websites. There are an estimated 1.5 billion websites in existence. That means to be in the 95th percentile you only need to be in the top 750 million websites. So yeah, the example you give are a actually a pretty strong case for the 95th percentile not being that impressive.

Bitcoin_McPonzi 7y ago

If I were in the "top 95th" I wouldn't brag about it. You would say "top 5%" or "95th percentile"