<p>Would appreciate hearing from 11th and 12th graders - How much did your PSAT scores go up from 10th to 11th? And were your SAT scores similar to your 11th grade PSATs?</p>
<p>I got a 196 sophomore year and a 214 junior year. Sophomore year all I did was take the practice test they gave us the night before, and Junior year I took the practice test and did the sample problems they have on collegeboard.com and maybe looked over some other stuff. I didn't study huge amounts either time, but I suppose the little bit of extra studying helped my score the 2nd time around. And I find out my SAT score tomorrow. bleh.</p>
<p>203 sophomore year, don't remember prepping at all, so that doesn't bode well for the possibility that I did. 221 junior year, took the practice test before, but the biggest difference to me was just knowing more stuff from another year of school, particularly higher math.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, and good luck on your SAT scores, semmpand.</p>
<p>Another Q - My son's sophmore scores (with no prep) were all over the place - 76M, 62V, 48W</p>
<p>Is this unusual?</p>
<p>As a sophomore, i got a 184 ( i know, horrible) but as a junior, i got a 222; that's a 38-pt jump. Granted, I took practice tests junior year and memorized more vocab and actually kinda prepped. If you just become familiar with the format, and prepare a bit, you'll do fine.</p>
<p>Sophomore year, I got 165 (R 50/M 59/W 56) because all I did was the practice test, but junior year I got 200 (R 63/M 73/W 64) due to all the info learned over an year; I did nothing except take the practice test (which I shouldn't have done; I should've prepped a lot more).</p>
<p>196 soph to 225 junior. no prep but lots of luck!</p>
<p>208 sophomore year to 226 junior. I took an ACT/PSAT prep class at school, but it was basically ACT prep. The night before I took a practice PSAT test and did some of the sample SAT problems from collegeboard. Luckily I actually knew the vocab words on the test... since I didn't study them all like I should have...</p>
<p>I went from 223 sophomore year to 231 junior year. I did some prep both times, albeit more for junior year. I just studied the SAT -- format, questions, practice... </p>
<p>After just getting my SAT scores from January, I can say the PSAT junior year is a pretty accurate indicator, though there is room for improvement (for example I studied a lot of vocab for the actual SAT).</p>
<p>198 soph psat, 193 junior psat, 2230 junior sat...no idea why my scores zigzagged like that lol...</p>
<p>I did very poorly. My school administers the PSAT for 9th grade honors students as well as all 10th and 11th grade students. I received a 189, 215, and 213 successively. I went down 2 points from sophomore to junior year. It hurt especially because I was aiming for national merit scholarship qualification. :(</p>
<p>Fortunately, the outcome of the PSAT did not effect my SAT results at all. :)</p>
<p>lol 205 (11th grade PSAT), and a 2210 (11th grade SAT)</p>
<p>10th grade PSAT - 209
11th grade PSAT - 221
January SAT - 2240</p>
<p>all of you have done better on the SAT than the PSAT, but I got a 214 on the PSAT, and just got my scores today for the SAT and got a 2040.</p>
<p>228 sophomore, 233 junior. Expecting over 2300 from January SAT but my score has been put on hold as have all other Korean scores.</p>
<p>Thanks. This is all very helpful. My son was very happy with his math score and now is motivated to prep for the writing/grammar section.</p>