<p>Anyone else about to start studying for the PSAT exactly one week before the exam? I know I'm about to :)</p>
<p>Not quite. I probably won’t be able to start until Saturday now that I’ve put it off this long, between schoolwork & quizbowl.</p>
<p>Yes, but I have 3 weeks b/c my school administers the test on the 28th.</p>
<p>yeahp lol, but studied during the summer so I guess I am ready I hope:)</p>
<p>Why would you need to study for the PSAT?
The only thing it really counts for is the NMSQT and you only need to worry about that if you’re a junior. And even then, it’s really not a big deal.
The best thing to do, I think, is to NOT study for the PSAT, because that will give you the best idea of what you need to improve upon for the SAT.</p>
<p>bernier93 I was actually thinking that but then I found out that some of the summer programs and scholarships that I plan on applying to require PSAT grades, hence the reason why I’ve just started studying. I’ve been prepping my a** off for ACT since August (actually I’ve been slacking off lately) cuz I wanna get a perfect score on my first attempt :P</p>
<p>You’re starting a little late, but there’s certainly time to boost your score a bit between now and test day. Just don’t think of it as prepping for the PSAT - it’s just early prep for the SAT. Grab your SAT materials, and get to practicing! Let us know if you need any specific help.</p>
<p>yeah I am prepping with the blue book for the Sat so its the same the things as the Psat</p>
<p>lol swans004, I have no intention of taking the SAT, I’ve done numerous practice tests & diagnostic tests and scored horribly on them. The ACT is my friend 
I did a diagnostic test (with no prior prep) for the ACT and got a composite of 28-29. I imagine with sufficient prepping I can score a perfect score or a near perfect score on the ACT. I originally had no intention of studying for the PSAT.</p>
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<p>True, it doesn’t really merit special preparation. But this is currently my junior year, and I haven’t so much as seen the test since freshman year. I’m not going to study in an attempt to significantly improve my score from whatever it would be if I took it with no preparation. (I’d be starting a little late for that in any case.) I’m going to study out of curiosity, and an impatient desire to find out at least an approximated score earlier than I would otherwise. Though you are bringing up generally good points.</p>
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<p>However, this part of your post doesn’t make sense. If a person’s PSAT ends up higher than whatever it would have been had they not studied, it shouldn’t be any less valid for predicting difficulties with the SAT. If the PSAT does, in fact, function as an accurate predictor of SAT score, then any improvement made in the PSAT score should have a corresponding improvement in SAT score. The PSAT would remain an indicator of what needs to be improved, the baseline for improvement would just be higher by whatever improvements were made in studying for the PSAT.</p>