<p>Last year as a sophomore I took PSATs for the first time. I got a 54 reading, 61 math, and 61 writing. I just got my results from this past October and my reading score went from 54 to 63, while both math and writing went from 61 to 67. Next comes the real SAT in March. If I keep studying, can I improve my chances as much as I did on PSATs? What do you think is a reasonable SAT projection when I take them a few months from now?</p>
<p>I believe your score sheet should have had a graph that showed you what a reasonable projection is. If not, you can find that by logging onto the CB site.</p>
<p>If you do a lot of practice out of the Blue Book I don’t see why you couldn’t get over 2000. Be sure to practice writing the 25 minute essays if you have no experience with that, because that’s the only difference between the PSAT and SAT (other than test length).</p>
<p>I went from just under 1600 I think 158 to 206. Now I’m shooting for 2100+ come March SATs I think it’s very doable if you put in the work. Do both Blue Books, direct hits, and maybe the online course if you want more practice.</p>
<p>Your scores will eventually plateau. I went from 210 to 227 from sophomore to junior year. But I got 2260s both times I took the SAT, in october of my junior year and june of my junior year. It gets harder and harder to increase your score as you go up, so it takes a whole lot of work to raise a score from a 2200 to a 2300. And when you’re at the top, 1 question wrong can be 20, 30, or even 40 points off, so you cannot make any silly mistakes.</p>
<p>^I think that varies by person. I had a similar jump (207 to 227) on the PSAT from sophomore to Junior year, and then on the SAT got 2360.</p>