"The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or PSAT, is administered to high school sophomores and juniors in October each year. In 2018, students will take the nearly three-hour exam on Oct. 10, 13 or 24, depending on the date their high school chooses.
Since many students consider the PSAT to be a trial run of the SAT, fewer study for the PSAT than do for the SAT. But to maximize the PSAT, high school students should consider spending time over the summer preparing for the exam.
Here are three facts that can help you make the most of summer PSAT prep and minimize confusion between the PSAT and SAT." …