I think this only applies to some things, not others. If you're in the 95th percentile of high-school students, then you're probably getting into a good univers

I think this only applies to some things, not others. If you're in the 95th percentile of high-school students, then you're probably getting into a good university. For university, the 95th percentile is enough to get into medicine, law, or a good business school. The 95th percentile for overall intelligence is 125. The 95th percentile for household income is $250 000. For things like video games, which have a broad net of casual players and a few who are very competitive, it isn't that good. All you need to do to get in the 95th percentile is to be competitive; but for applications where everyone is acting somewhat competitively, or for non-zero sum competitions like school or income, the 95th percentile can be very good.