<p>Would appreciate hearing from parents of 11th and 12th graders. How much did your kids' PSAT scores improve from 10th to 11th grade? And how did the 10th grade PSATs compare to their SAT scores?</p>
<p>My daughter's PSAT score went up about 10 points, total, between 10th and 11th grades.</p>
<p>Her first SAT score after the 11th grade PSAT was lower than either PSAT score. However, she took the SAT a second time and brought up her score to almost the level of her 11th grade PSAT.</p>
<p>The SAT is a much longer and more tiring test than the PSAT, and it includes an essay, which is not my daughter's strongest point. I think these factors accounted for her score drop from the PSAT to the SAT.</p>
<p>I'm not a parent, but a student who took the PSAT both years. I can honestly say that the extra summer of prep and a year more of essay writing with critiques allowed my score to jump.</p>
<p>10th grade PSAT: 212
10th grade SAT: 1560
11th grade PSAT: 238
11th grade SAT: 1600</p>
<p>12th grade (New SAT): 2400</p>
<p>The AP and Honors level 10th grade courses (obviously higher in difficulty level than frosh courses) also help with the essay writing on the SAT Writing section. I used World History and US History examples in my essay and structured my essay exactly like an AP essay with a strong, pyramid intro+thesis, two developed examples with analysis and a conclusion.</p>
<p>If you want any further info about SAT prep, I'd be glad to help.</p>
<p>I got something like a 210 sophomore year and a 234 junior year, with no prep.</p>
<p>Dd 10th 212 and 11th 222.</p>
<p>PSAT scores can show substantial improvement from one year to the next. Additional classwork always helps. Prep courses can also boost scores. Just as important,though, is that your child be well rested and calm for test day. Sounds like I am stating the obvious,which I am, but many parents and kids put too much emphasis on standardized tests which can cause counter productive stress on test day.</p>
<p>Soph PSAT: 203 (no prep)
Junior PSAT: 224 (no prep)
Junior SAT: 2320 (minimal prep)</p>
<p>Although I don't remember my exact scores, I know I completely bombed my sophomore PSAT. I guess I just had a terrible day. However, I nearly aced my junior PSAT and am now a NMS Finalist. So I guess the moral of my little story is not to fret about sophomore year scores. I would recommend using them as a learning tool to pinpoint your kid's weaknesses and work on them rather than as a concrete representation of ability.</p>
<p>I live in a part of the country where almost no sophomores take the PSAT. </p>
<p>For reference, check earlier threads about SAT I scores from middle school age and high school age by the same test-takers. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=40823%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=40823</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78732%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=78732</a> </p>
<p>Good luck next year.</p>
<p>Not much change.</p>
<p>Soph PSAT - 227 (73V, 80M, 74W)
Jr PSAT - 230 (76V, 74M, 80W)
Jr SAT - 2250 (800V, 760M, 690W)
Jr SAT - 2260 (800V, 770M, 690W)</p>
<p>The only thing he practiced was essay, fat lot of good it did him!</p>
<p>188 10th grade psat
no 11th grade psat
1980 11th grade sat
2120 12th grade sat</p>
<p>what is the range of psat score that will get a nms.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone, for the info. Another Q, maybe should be a new thread:
My son's sophmore (no prep) scores were all over the place - 76M, 62V, 48W
Is this unusual?</p>
<p>He shows the typical layout: strong math, average verbal, weak writing (grammar). With a summer of prep there's no reason why that Writing can't be bumped to, at least, the high 60s and the Verbal into the 70s. If one understands how the sections are constructed (i.e. particular question and answer types), the test becomes quite simple.</p>
<p>10th grade PSAT: 214 (don't remember the breakdown)
10th grade SAT: 2120 (740 CR, 660 M, 720 W)
11th grade PSAT: 232 (78 CR, 74 M, 80 W)
11th grade SAT: 2270 (800 CR, 760 M, 710 W)</p>
<p>Not a parent, but a student...</p>
<p>Mine were:</p>
<p>10th grade PSAT: 139 (54CR / 39 M / 46 W)
11th grade PSAT: 172 (68CR / 53 M / 51 W)</p>
<p>I'm not certain I remember the PSAT score exactly:</p>
<p>1.
10th Grade PSAT - 209
11th Grade PSAT - 223
11th Grade SAT - 2300</p>
<p>2
10th Grade PSAT - 198
11th Grade PSAT - 211
11th Grade SAT - 2330</p>
<p>How many students spend a summer prepping for the PSAT?</p>
<p>I took a course in the fall of junior year (almost everyone at my high school did), but it really didn't help me at all, and I'm sure I would've improved regardless. My SAT I math score actually went down 10 points after the course, even though that was the only section I "needed" a prep course for in the first place; I raised it 110 points by doing practice problems at home the night before the test. I didn't prep at all during the summer.</p>
<p>My son took PACT as a sophomore (29) and ACT as a junior (34), PSAT whenever it was given as the NMSQT (220) and SAT as a junior (2340). No study or practice except maybe trying to write a timed essay. But he had taken the old SAT in 7th and 8th grades. He always made sure he got plenty of sleep the night before and had water and snacks along.</p>