<p>Well the title pretty much sums up my thoughts. The PSAT is Wednesday and I want NM so bad not for the scholarship/title but just to please my parents (yup, they're Asian). Last year i didn't study at all because I didn't think it mattered too much so I got a 176. I've actually been studying this year, but the scores that I've consistently gotten on practice tests are only at ~203 and NM in my state was 213 this year. </p>
<p>What's really frustrating is that if I superscored my PSAT I could easily get 210+. My math is usually 70+, but my reading and my writing can either be a hit or miss. I've scored 70+ in both sections but I've also scored in the low 60s.</p>
<p>So any last minute tips to bump up my score by, say, 10 points? </p>
<p>I am also studying for the PSAT this wednesday. I would advice you to go over grammar rules one last time and try not to overstudy and freak out. At the end of the day the PSAT is just a preliminary test. Have fun!</p>
<p>I agree. The less stress the better. I was studying for the SAT last year, and as a Sophomore, I took the PSAT, not caring about it at all. I got a 231. I’m feeling more stressed this year (and yes my parents are also Asians), but I’m hoping I’ll be relaxed enough to achieve at least the same score. </p>
<p>If you’ve been studying for it, now you can relax. There really isn’t anything more that you can do in a few days.</p>
<p>I took a free Kaplan cram session for Critical Reading and Math last year when I took it as a freshman. This year I don’t plan on studying aside from taking the practice test. Next year, even though I want to get national merit, I don’t plan on stressing myself too hard on studying because the PSAT isn’t as important as other tests I will be taking.</p>
<p>Yo, just be happy if you’re not in DC or NJ, where the cut off is like 224 or something.
Other than that, chill your butt. No one I know actually studied for the PSAT, since it doesn’t count for much. Colleges won’t get your scores, and the only proof that you did well is being a NMSF (and then you have to write an essay <em>eyeroll</em>).
Really, it’s not a big deal. </p>
<p>New York here…a 218 (give or take) isn’t so bad, but I’m scared that I’ll miss 3+ writing questions and screw up my score because the curve is brutal. :(</p>
<p>I feel so sad. I started studying about 2 weeks before the exam but the ighest score I could get it up to was about a 185. You don’t know the struggle =(</p>
<p>Last year’s cutoff was something like 215ish (don’t remember off the top my head and too lazy to check) where I live, and I’m going to be lucky to break 200 this year…only have about two months to wait and see, I guess.</p>