Lowest was 200 per section, and that was when it was out of 1600. So 400 was the lowest possible.
Perhaps someone considering a three section test said “600 is the lowest possible” to someone who applied that to what they considered a two section test, and concluded “300 is the lowest per section”, which you picked up.
Is it even possible to get a 790 total? I thought the lower bound was 900!
Lowest was 200 per section, and that was when it was out of 1600. So 400 was the lowest possible.
Perhaps someone considering a three section test said “600 is the lowest possible” to someone who applied that to what they considered a two section test, and concluded “300 is the lowest per section”, which you picked up.
Oh, okay. (I’m looking it up on the wiki now; I actually wasn’t aware it used to be a 1600 point scale.)
Nevermind then. So 790 would be… 13th percentile. Ouch.
(Wikipedia gives 890 as the lowest point on the chart here, though it is for the new system.)