<p>I'm in the high school class of 2015 so im a sophomore this year and I'm not sure if I should take the PSAT this year. Getting into an extremely good school is very important to me and my GPA is just about a 4.0 so I'm wondering if i should take the PSAT in October. Thanks</p>
<p>PSAT doesnt have to do with college unless you become a semi-finalist, which is very hard. also, your psat only matters junior year so I don’t know who got you randomly excited or worried but dont worry about any college or SAT or etc until next summer</p>
<p>Take the PSAT as a sophomore but don’t worry about the SAT and/or ACT stuff until the end of sophomore year. The 10th grade score does not matter but it’s useful to know what level you’re beginning with.</p>
<p>If you take the PSAT as a sophomore and do well you start getting all kinds of mail and emails from colleges. It is an ego booster. I also found out at my son’s school the top 10% are offered a free PSAT class for the Junior year.</p>
<p>you can, but since it doesnt count for until next year, it just wastes time , or it atlest did for me.</p>
<p>thanks for your input</p>
<p>If getting into a tippy top school is important to you, then you should take a soph PSAT. You could take it without studying at all and use it as a baseline so you can see where you fall. Then when you get your score back, you want to fall within a possible shot for NMSF in jr year. To find out what the cut off is for NMSF in your state, you can see what the past score requirements were on cc, or you can look up the NMSF website. With this PSAT score in hand, you will know if you are competitive for a highly selective school, you will know how much and what you need to study for the PSAT for your jr year. If your scores are low, then it won’t be necessary for you to study for the PSAT in jr year, because the score does not matter at all, unless you are NMSF, or possibly commended (score over 201?) and you can adjust your college aspirations accordingly; or else you could quadruple your efforts and deal with the uphill battle ahead (I would not personally recommend this latter path).</p>
<p>I teach Geometry and Calculus and have a daughter 2015. My school and my daughter’s no longer give the PSAT to sophs bc it doesn’t count at all for NMSF unless you are a junior. It seemed to only cause students and parents to stress. You can easily find PSAT practice tests to get a baseline. Most of our students do this and go up considerably as juniors. Many now take the ACT as well. There are very few students in my area who do not take the 10 week prep course for these exams. Last year my HS averaged 2310 on SAT with 9 NMSF winners, but again most of the work is done at home by students. The PSAT will only be a baseline if you actually prepare for it. The College Board has many free resources and timed online tests for you to practice. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>PSAT’s are for 10th and 11th graders at my school</p>