How to deal with bad PLAN and PSAT scores?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello everybody! :)
I am a rising junior who is absolutely unhappy with her PSAT and PLAN scores. They are as follows:</p>

<p>PSAT: (Keep in mind I took this in October without a stitch of preparation. I also doubled up in geometry and algebra 2.)
Composite Score: 171
Reading: 63
Writing: 62
Math: 46</p>

<p>PLAN:(I rushed through this and had to make my answer choices at a first glance.)
Composite Score: 23
Language Arts: 26
Reading: 22
Math: 21
Science: 22</p>

<p>My point is that my scores are absolutely horrible. Sure, I scored higher than the vast majority of my school, but there were people who received scores of 29, though they've had test prep. Am I really going to earn scores that they predict? My math PSAT score is absolutely embarrassing. But I guess I have gone through progress, seeing as I could do every problem correctly when I looked through the booklet again. My math PLAN indicates improvement as well. I just feel like a flaming idiot. I guess I do deserve these scores because I did not try my best. But has anyone succeeded their predicted scores? I am nothing special, and these scores will not help me get into my dream school that happens to be a top school. :/ I guess it's time to search for other schools. I just feel like an idiot.</p>

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<p>Your PSAT doesn’t “count” yet. Study hard for the junior year one and succeed!</p>

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<p>None of that counts.</p>

<p>Just study and focus on that matters. the PSAT only really matters for NMF. Very very very few students get that award. Other than that, the PSAT does not matter and its results should be taken with a grain of salt in predicting SAT. Same with the Plan, as many other students have told me who have taken both PLAN and ACT. </p>

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<p>I got a 154 on my PSAT sophomore year and brought it to a 206 Junior year. The PSAT is pretty easy in my opinion. And regardless, I wouldn’t say standardized testing really says much about your skills or intelligence.</p>

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<p>You’re only a sophomore, so stop freaking out. And none of those even count. The PSAT doesn’t count until next year and you would also be taking the ACT, since the PLAN is like a pre-ACT, so don’t worry.</p>

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<p>I did much better on the SAT than on the PSAT doing just practice tests to familiarize myself with the test more. So, I’d say they correlate to an extent but it depends on the person.</p>