Confirmed PSAT 2009 Curves

Test Preparation
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<p>Form W</p>

<p>CR
48-80
47-80
46-77
45-76
44-74
43-72
42-70
41-69
40-68
39-67
38-65</p>

<p>M
38-80
37-79
36-75
35-73
34-71
33-70
32-70
31-68
30-67
29-65
28-64</p>

<p>W
39-80
38-78
37-73
36-72
35-70
34-68
33-65
32-63
31-62
30-61
29-59 </p>

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<p>Form S</p>

<p>CR
48-80
47-80
46-76
45-75
44-74
43-71
42-70
41-68
40-67
39-66
38-65</p>

<p>M
38-80
37-78
36-75
35-72
34-70
33-69
32-67
31-66
30-64
29-63
28-62</p>

<p>W
39-80
38-75
37-70
36-69
35-68
34-66
33-63
32-62
31-61
30-60
29-58</p>

<p>All are confirmed. </p>

<p>Data here: <a href="http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Discussion here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/813257-2009-psat-scores-discussion.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/813257-2009-psat-scores-discussion.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I really hope I made it for Illinois. I think i got 79 math and missed 6 for CR. Writing 2 wrong for sure, so as long as I only made two more mistakes I should be good. Is illinois 214 or 213</p>

3

<p>I think it was 213 last year.</p>

<p>Edit: Nope, it was 214.</p>

4

<p>wait…
im an international and i got -3 on Writing…
and i got a 68…</p>

5

<p>Three wrong on Form S yields 68.</p>

6

<p>I might sound like an idiot, but what does this mean?</p>

7

<p>These are the curves for the October 2009 PSAT – both forms W (Wednesday version) and S (Saturday version). The first number indicates the raw score (number correct - (number of multiple choice questions wrong times 1.25)), and the second number is the scaled score.</p>

8

<p>silverturtle: what did u get? if you don’t mind answering</p>

9

<p>I wasn’t aiming for a super high score, just one high enough to render me eligible for a corporate scholarship. I still did alright, though: 227 (CR: -3, 74; Math: 80; Writing: -2, 73). </p>

<p>Nonetheless, I have appealed a Writing question because I believe that the College Board’s answer is incorrect; the petition is pending. If it succeeds, I will have 232.</p>

10

<p>how does it go, turtle?</p>

11

<p>^ The petition? It failed. :(</p>

12

<p>did they say anything?</p>

13

<p>Yes, I received a letter of response from one of the PSAT writers at the ETS.</p>

14

<p>Which question, out of curiosity?</p>

15

<p>Go to a few pages before the end of my guide thread; we have been discussing it (sort of).</p>

16

<p>why is there such a discrepancy in points between getting one wrong in form s writing and form w?</p>

17

<p>^The Wednesday test was determined to be more difficult than the Saturday test; the scaling makes the resulting scores have the same meaning on either test.</p>