<p>I am a current sophomore and I was wondering how much I can expect my PSAT score to go up from sophomore year to junior year? Here's what I got:
Critical Reading: 58
Math: 73 (really mad because I know I made stupid mistakes and could have easily gotten an 80)
Writing: 53
Cumulative: 187</p>
<p>I was wondering how much I will probably go up next year? and also I am in AP english this year so we do a lot of critical reading so I am confident that those scores I can improve in a lot. Is NMS a possibility?</p>
<p>Also if you took the PSAT what did you get? and what grade are you in?</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure, I think with your scores if you really study it will go up quite a bit. I’m a believer that almost anyone relatively smart can get 65+ in writing. Look at Silverturtle’s guide. By the way, Sophmore PSAT=160 Junior-206. Work hard and see what you can do.</p>
<p>huh, thanks. I’m am trying not to get my hopes up in case I don’t get it but the way I see it if all turns out for the best i’ll get 80 on math, low 70’s on CR after a year of AP English, and maybe 65 on writing. That would put me around the NMS qualifying score for my state.</p>
<p>If you look at the average scores of sophomores and juniors on the college board website, they are about 5 points higher in each section for juniors. So that means juniors are scoring 15 points more total on average.</p>
<p>(However, as you reach the higher percentiles, it may be harder to gain a lot of points. Some people even go down. You could go up quite a bit if you prep hard.)</p>
<p>My DS went from a 177 to a 209. I believe that three things contributed significantly to that growth: Silverturtle’s Guide here on CC, Direct Hits, Vol I and II, and taking approximately five practice tests in the weeks before the test.</p>
<p>Congrats to your son. What is AZ’s typical cutoff score?</p>
<p>to the OP…</p>
<p>If you put in some practice with the Writing section, you have a much greater chance of improving that section than the Math section (even if Math is your best area).</p>
<p>My PSAT went up about 10 points or so… My CR went up a good deal, my writing went up a little too even though I got 2 wrong both years, and my math plummeted several points (I guessed luckily last year anyway). </p>
<p>CR should definitely go up with the extra year, and writing will as well as long as you familiarize yourself with the types of problems. Math, if it’s on a better day for you, should also rise.</p>
<p>M2CK, the last four years have been 211, 209, 210 and 209. No way of figuring what it will be, except that, of the 72 who took it at his small, all-honors charter school, I fully expect 15-20 to meet or exceed the 209. Afraid this will drive the state cut-off up!</p>
<p>BTW, when he saw he had a 69 in CR and 71 in M, he was overjoyed to note that his predicted SAT would meet the threshold for the Bama Presidential! Hopefully with a little more prep, he can boost it a little. </p>
<p>He is Latino so we were very glad to clear the probable 182 bar for National Hispanic. That puts him in great shape for the generous scholarship at that school down the road that will just happen to be out here for a little football game in January.</p>
<p>Yes. I received a 172 on my sophomore PSAT. On this year’s PSAT, I got a 223 (over 50 points improvement).</p>
<p>I’d suggest practicing with official CollegeBoard PSAT tests. Those tests helped me immensely. They are also very accurate predictors of what you will get on the actual PSAT. I took a practice PSAT the night before the actual PSAT, and got a 223 on the practice. I also got a 223 on the actual PSAT. So, just keep practicing until you get a score that you’re happy with.</p>
<p>If it helps, OP, I got a 203 my sophomore year and raised it to a 236 this year. My only prep was getting more sleep (yes it does help) and taking an official practice test the night before.</p>
<p>So major improvement = definitely possible, even without official prep… Hopefully you have a good junior year English teacher who can help you improve on CR and W just by teaching well.</p>
<p>Do SAT practice books and focus on the writing section–that is your biggest chance for improvement. Once you get familiar with the types of grammar questions on the test and practice them over and over, your score should go up a lot.</p>
<p>I personally think you get quite a bit of a natural boost just from being a year older, especially if you are taking good classes (honors, AP, etc.). Just taking a couple practice tests and becoming familiar with the test and its format can be helpful as well.</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore and I got a 198. Considering the math was really my downfall in the sense that I haven’t learned most of it yet, I’m rather happy. I hope I can jump to a 220-230 next year.</p>