<p>Hey guys. I'm in 8th grade going into 9th and i had a few questions. My cousin who just graduated high school and got into Berkeley told me i should take the psat as a sophmore. When should i being preping. Could i start now and slowly learn from prep books. Is the college board blue book good for prep. thanks</p>
<p>If you can, try to take it freshman year as well as sophomore year. Junior year is really the only time the score will count for anything (National Merit). I dunno, I believe that you can’t really study for these tests because they are REASONING tests, but I know that scores almost always go up the more you take them! My freshman year I scored in like the 92% or something. My sophomore year I scored in the 98% (big change!). Then, when I was a junior, I was able to score in the 99% and become a National Merit Finalist (and also get into Berkeley, haha). </p>
<p>Yeah, so try to take it all three years, if possible. As for studying, taking practice tests will probably help too. Then you can see what your strengths and weaknesses are, etc. Good luck!</p>
<p>do they make a blue book for PSAT? or just SAT?</p>
<p>bumping it</p>
<p>You can order old PSATs from CB. I’d save the BB for SAT studying.</p>
<p>do you guys recommend using the xiggi method for the psat? if you order the old psats from the cb?</p>
<p>No, just start taking practice SAT exams from the Collegeboard book. And read a LOT. Both will REALLY prepare you for the PSAT.</p>
<p>i just bought a CB blue book. how should i begin studying it. I passed algebra 1 this year and next year im going to be in geometry. should i study day by day?</p>
<p>haha if I were you I would just take it easy until junior year… You shouldn’t spend 3 years prepping for the SAT (in my opinion)</p>
<p>Intensive prep is whack, especially if you’re taking it as a sophomore. At least for this time, you should take it easy and see what you can do with minor prep. Study the night before over whatever is your worst area in school, maybe over some other stuff. If you come out with a high score, you know you don’t need to study like mad for future tests. If you come out with a low score, you’re a sophomore, so it doesn’t matter, and you know how much you should study now. But if you studied a lot now, you wouldn’t know if your score was from studying or from your natural intelligence.</p>
<p>do not take any BB practice tests until when you start studying for SATs early junior year
you will run out of tests and regret it
don’t bother preparing for PSATs until junior year because they don’t count AT ALL
they should just be a yardstick of how you are doing</p>