!!!!Class of 2016!!!!! What are your PSAT SCORES?????

Test Preparation
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<p>Okay, well mine was really low: 144 And I kinda, sorta practiced for it, but I am hoping I can get it up by a lot this coming year. Any tips??? and what was your score?</p>

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<p>Memorize LOTS of SAT vocab words. like 1000 of them. </p>

<p>most importantly, for the reading passages, the only way to get better is to PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. LOTS.</p>

<p>For writing, you’ll just have to understand basic grammar rules like parallelism, etc. Your introductory high school English courses should cover it.</p>

<p>I don’t know about math… just practice i guess</p>

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<p>Study so that your first attempt at the SAT coincides with the PSAT (October).</p>

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<p>inb4 240, 240, 240, 240, etc.</p>

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<p>I got a 170 :confused: (not bad, not what I wanted though)</p>

<p>Ummm, for math, just remember; the smallest answer will be A, then B, then C, then D, then E (I think there’s an E, I can’t remember)
So plug in the middle choice, and that’ll tell you if your answer is correct, or if it needs to be larger or smaller.</p>

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<p>Thats a really smart tip: plugging in the middle choice… im gonna do that on all the questions now Thanks :D</p>

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<p>You might think starting early will help you a lot but surprisingly you will learn stuff in high school that will help on the psat.</p>

<p>Especially in math.</p>

<p>Also, just like others say, practice a lot! Figure out what you keep getting wrong (expecially CR), figure out why the right answers are right, why the wrong answers are wrong.</p>

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<p>Plugging in is a good strategy and helped me out a lot, but using it on EVERY question won’t help you. On a lot of questions, it will slow you down. Try to save the strategy for questions you really don’t know how to solve, don’t try it right away.</p>

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<p>186</p>

<p>post2short</p>

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<p>216 doe! 77 writing, 76 math, and 63 critical reading</p>

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<p>When do they determine the PSAT cutoff scores for the class of 2016? While I am safe 80 W 80 CR 73 M, some of my friends are borderline.</p>

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<p>I got a 219
76 math
78 w
65 cr
But I’m in Cali so I prob won’t make it</p>

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<p>185</p>

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<p>I just got mine back today, 224. Will I make it in Massachusetts? </p>

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<p>That’s a little iffy.
I got a 235, so I guess I’m solidish?</p>

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<p>^How is that a bit iffy?
For all of history of PSAT scores in any region in the United States, including all the high-scoring ones like Massachusetts, the Semifinalist cutoff has always been 224 at its highest. I don’t believe that this year’s test was that drastically easier, as reflected by the National Percentiles and the State Percentiles. I’d say that you’re pretty much guaranteed to get National Merit, unless for some crazy history-changing reason, the score happens to jump a few points above. But then again, all of history and statistics argue against it, so you’re probably safe.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that’s reassuring. </p>

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<p>FWIW - CC has a forum for NMF / NMSF with a ton of PSAT threads: <a href=“National Merit Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;