- [English] 90th percentile (108 or more on TOEFL [0]): +11
This amounts to 24 points, needing 6 more to achieve 30. A job offer of 150% the median household income of the state is only +5 points, so the candidate would need a 200% offer. This means, using 2015 data [1]:
- California: $64.5k -> $129k
- Washington: $64k -> $128k
- New York: $61k -> $122k
- Massachussets: $70k -> $140k
The numbers above are, obviously, higher than average, but certainly reachable for excellent software engineers at big companies. (It is unclear to me if other compensation components such as stocks/equity count toward the 200%.)
However, if such candidate reaches the age of 26, earns a foreign MS in a STEM field, or obtains a perfect TOEFL score, thus earning an additional point or two, then she would need a job offer equivalent to only 150% the median household income.
"Anyone with less than a 60th percentile proficiency gets no points. Between 60th and 80th percentile is worth six points, someone in the 80th to 90th percentile range earns 10 points, someone with a 90th percentile proficiency or above earns 11 points, and someone in the 100th percentile range earns 12 points"
I can't understand if it means, on a test with 1000 points, for the 90th percentile:
1.) you scored at least 900 points.
Or
2.) you did better than 90% of the persons that took the test (That's what I understand by percentile. But it doesn't make sense since mathematically you can't have a 100th percentile. Except if you approximate 99.995 -> 100)
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Some quick math for an "average" college grad:
- [Age] 22-25: +8
- [Education] Foreign BS: +5
- [English] 90th percentile (108 or more on TOEFL [0]): +11
This amounts to 24 points, needing 6 more to achieve 30. A job offer of 150% the median household income of the state is only +5 points, so the candidate would need a 200% offer. This means, using 2015 data [1]:
- California: $64.5k -> $129k
- Washington: $64k -> $128k
- New York: $61k -> $122k
- Massachussets: $70k -> $140k
The numbers above are, obviously, higher than average, but certainly reachable for excellent software engineers at big companies. (It is unclear to me if other compensation components such as stocks/equity count toward the 200%.)
However, if such candidate reaches the age of 26, earns a foreign MS in a STEM field, or obtains a perfect TOEFL score, thus earning an additional point or two, then she would need a job offer equivalent to only 150% the median household income.
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[0]: https://magoosh.com/toefl/2015/whats-your-toefl-percentile/
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income
I am a bit curious about the 90th percentile tho.
I can't understand if it means, on a test with 1000 points, for the 90th percentile:1.) you scored at least 900 points.
Or
2.) you did better than 90% of the persons that took the test (That's what I understand by percentile. But it doesn't make sense since mathematically you can't have a 100th percentile. Except if you approximate 99.995 -> 100)
I'm a bit curious as to whether or not you're going to get marked down for spelling colour with a u.
A 100th percentile would probably mean a perfect score on the exam.
https://magoosh.com/toefl/2015/whats-your-toefl-percentile/
Thanks (: It does make sense to me with the values now
I interpret "100th percentile range" to mean the 1 percent of the population that is above the 99th percentile.