<p>i was wondering what you all would estimate my psat score to be once i take the test this, my junior, year. </p>
<p>my scores sophomore year were:
reading: 68 (99th percentile)
math: dismal 50 (71st percentile)
writing: 64 (97th perecentile)
selection index was 182 (89th percentile)</p>
<p>how much do you think i can bulk up my math, considering i had only taken a month of geometry at that time? also consider i have been doing kaplan psat prep during the summer. </p>
<p>-on another note why is kaplan so hated here?</p>
<p>anyways thanks for any replies!</p>
<p>Kaplan is unrealistic. The questions are too easy for the SAT. I think you might be able to pull it up to a 210 at least.</p>
<p>ahh, i see. wish i would've heard this side of the argument before going through the course. oh, well. i suppose it couldn't have hurt my score.</p>
<p>also, is this the right place to post this sort of question?</p>
<p>Yea, this is the right place. Actually, you could have put it in the SAT and ACT Tests & Test Preparation forum, but close enough.</p>
<p>Math is the easiest to improve. After a couple of practice tests, all the questions look the same.</p>
<p>that's quite nice to hear, aeroengineer! any guesses on exactly how easy it is pointwise?</p>
<p>No idea, since it all depends on how many practice problems you do. </p>
<p>However, I've heard that score improvement follows a kind of exponential growth pattern (of course, there's a ceiling), on the grounds that math is difficult only until you "get" it, and is marginally simpler afterwards. All you need to do is learn to recognize types of problems and their approaches, since most problems can be categorized and derived from a common method of solving.</p>
<p>I don't know if there's any proof or anything, but it makes some sense.</p>
<p>you're right, that makes perfect sense.</p>
<p>any other guesses on how much i could increase?</p>
<p>No way of knowing...</p>
<p>Kaplan's grading system is almost very inflated and unrealistically high, as opposed to Princeton Review's which gives you a fairly realistic range.</p>
<p>And I second those above who said that math's the easiest section to improve. My PSAT math score was 60, and now after about 5-6 practice SATs/PSATs, my math scores have consistently been in the mid-70s. Meanwhile, my CR & Writing scores haven't changed much, so for math... there's definitely hope!</p>