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偏差値

へんさち

deviation score, standardized test score

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Examples

  1. この大学の偏差値は高い。

    このだいがくのへんさちはたかい。

    This university has a high deviation score.

  2. 模擬試験で偏差値が上がった。

    もぎしけんでへんさちがあがった。

    My deviation score went up on the mock exam.

  3. 偏差値だけで学校を選ぶのはよくないと思う。

    へんさちだけでがっこうをえらぶのはよくないとおもう。

    I don't think it's good to choose a school by its ranking score alone.

  4. 夏休みに毎日勉強したおかげで、偏差値が十も上がった。

    なつやすみにまいにちべんきょうしたおかげで、へんさちがじゅうもあがった。

    Thanks to studying every day over the summer, my score rose by a full ten points.

Common patterns

偏差値が高い
to have a high deviation score
偏差値が上がる
one's deviation score rises
偏差値の高い大学
a highly ranked university

Memory tip

This is a score scaled so that the average is always 50, so it shows where you stand against everyone else rather than how many marks you got. Japanese people use it of schools as well as students — 偏差値の高い大学 simply means a selective university.

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