<p>I'm a freshman and just got my PSAT results back - I got a 191 in total (62 CR, 65 math, 64 writing). It says I'm in the 93th percentile for juniors, but I also haven't even taken Alg II yet, so I know my scores should improve after next year when I take that. </p>
<p>I heard that scores usually improve about 10 points per year just from learning more, and was wondering if this is true. If not, is there any way I could judge what my score will be 2 years from now as a junior?</p>
<p>hey there! i can’t tell you exactly how much your scores will improve, but i can tell you what happened to me to give you an idea. </p>
<p>in freshman year, i applied to IMSA (a public boarding school in IL) and they required SAT scores. i didn’t decide to apply until close to the deadline (march 1st i think) so i signed up for the march SAT. now since i was a freshman, i didn’t care too much about how i did on the SAT as long as it can help me get into IMSA. the week before the saturday was my school’s musical week and i was in the pit orchestra. so that meant staying from 6PM till 10-10:30 PM every night mon-sat. since it was during spring, i had badminton practice right after school from 3-5ish. basically, i had no time to study for the SAT. i went in on saturday cold, no preparation, no studying whatsoever. i got a 1910 (like your PSAT score). it was enough to get me into IMSA. (i decided later not to go.) </p>
<p>in sophomore year, i took the PSAT as a practice. i didn’t study for it either since it was the PSAT and it was sophomore year. it didn’t count towards anything. i got a 205. you can see the improvement there in about half a year. </p>
<p>this year, junior year, i did study for the PSAT since it counted towards national merit. i got a 222.</p>
<p>there’s not an exact number that you’ll improve by each year, but as you can see, your score does improve year by year. now, by how much depends on how much you learn in school (english class: all those literary analysis helped my reading comprehension and math class: alg 2 and trig sophomore year) and how much you study for the SAT. </p>
<p>i hope this helps/encourages you. don’t worry too much about it right now. your scores will definitely improve!</p>