How well do you think PSAT scores translate into SAT scores?

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<p>Did you find that you got a similar score on the SAT? How much preparation did you do between them? Did you find the PSAT to be similar in difficulty?</p>

<p>Specifically the writing...I don't think that a multiple choice section trasnlates to a writing section...</p>

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<p>It doesn’t translate very well. Case in point: a friend of mine who scored in the 200’s range on the PSAT, but then took the SAT and scored a 2340. I personally had a 210 PSAT sophomore year and a 2120 SAT that same year, but I still regard the PSAT to have inaccurately predicted my score since I was VERY sick on the day I took the SAT.</p>

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<p>I read somewhere a year or so ago that most students get about 100 more on the first SAT after. S got 198 on PSAT and 2120 on SAT. Only took it once.</p>

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<p>221 PSAT
2260 SAT
2340 SAT</p>

<p>Pretty good predictor imo</p>

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<p>Generally, I’d say it doesn’t translate very well. For instance, I got a 170 on my Sophomore PSAT, a 179 on my Junior PSAT, then I decided it was time to start studying when I got that score back, and I already have raised my writing ~150-200 points.</p>