<p>Hello, I am a new forum-er(: and an incoming sophomore and i have some questions about the PSAT. My school hasnt really given me any information about the PSAT during freshmen year, so everything i know is based off of what i've seen on these forums and Google. :D I really want to start preparing for it during the summer because i KNOW i will be busy once school starts again..
1. What exactly is the "Blue Book" that everyone talks about? I have found the "2010 Official Student Guide to the PSAT/NMSQT" online, is that it?
2. In the Official Student Guide that i found, it does not have the "2010 Practice Test" because it is a seperate pull-out booklet? Where do i find the "2010 Practice Test"? I have the answers and explanations already, i just need the Practice Test. </p>
<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>The Blue Book (BB) is “The Official SAT Study Guide”. Many folks use the SAT test to prepare for the PSAT. The PSAT is the same test minus the essay. I think we got it from the College Board (CB) site or Amazon. It comes with 10 full tests. Just as an aside - I wish someone would have mentioned that it is a good idea to write your answers on paper and not in the practice book so you can still take the tests again going into your senior year in a couple of years.</p>
<p>thank you! ill tell my mom to get the BB then(: do you know anything about the Practice Test?</p>
<p>The official SAT study guide is your single most valuable resource for the SAT and probably for the PSAT. I would use it, but not all of it, while preparing for the PSAT during your sophomore year. It only provides 10 practice exams. You want to take each one under realistic test conditions. Retaking the same practice test a year or two later is useful, but not nearly as useful as taking it under realistic test conditions when you need them the most, in your junior and/or senior years.</p>
<p>I’d recommend practicing primarily with ‘mock’ SATs or PSATs written by other publishers during or before you sophomore year. I know that Princeton Review’s book of mock practice SAT exams includes a mock PSAT exam. </p>
<p>There’s not much of a market for PSAT prep materials since it’s only a high stakes exam for student’s working for National Merit Semifinalist status. That’s a minuscule market compared to that provided by all the students taking the SAT to get into just about any sort of college. Learn the format of the PSAT so that you can rebundle sections from mock SAT’s into mock PSAT’s.</p>