I am in 8th Grade and GOING to take the PSAT/SAT... I did a practice test, are the marks good?

Test Preparation
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am 13 years old and in 7th grade (going to 8th grade very soon)... I will be taking the PSAT exam, so i got the College Board Blue Book, opened up a full test paper and did it for about 3 hours.</p>

<p>It honestly was tiring, and on the day, i slept late and got up early, so well.. was a bit drowsy and hope to do better when fresh...</p>

<p>anyways... I got 1680 without negative markings and about 1580 with negative markings.</p>

<p>Now the above scores, are not perfectly calculated. Almost an estimate. I do not really know how to calculate the scores and don't know the formula. Can you plz help me calculate it.. These are my marks per section</p>

<p>Sec 2 - 15 out of 24 - 0 omitted
Sec 3 - 15 out of 20 - 3 omitted - basically 2 wrong...
Sec 4 - This is not there. It is a "test" section...
Sec 5 - 13 out of 24 - 0 omitted
Sec 6 - 21 out of 35 - 2 omitted
Sec 7 - 12 out of 18 - 6 omitted
Sec 8 - 7 out of 16 - 4 omitted
Sec 9 - 11 out of 19 - 1 omitted
Sec 10 - 9 out of 14 - 0 omitted</p>

<p>I am very frustrated by getting scores like these. Can someone please give me some helpful tips to get a perfect 2400 by 11th or maybe 10th grade?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot! </p>

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<p>Very nice for your age. Look up the Xiggi Method and Silverturtle’s guide. Links ot both are in the SAT Preparation subforum (at the top of this forum).</p>

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<p>It’s nice that you’re starting so early but please don’t forget to do other stuff than study for the SAT. You still need to try to get involved in sports, extracurriculars, social life and all that stuff. Remember you need more than just an excellent sat score to get into a top tier college (which I assume is what you are aiming for).</p>

<p>That being said don’t worry about scoring in the 1500s for your first one. I myself also started in that range and eventually got to 2200+. There is plenty of help around the forum as the above poster has said. For vocab, I personally recommend reading a lot and noting down any new words along with direct hits volume 1 and 2. That way by the time you get to your first sat you’ll be well equipped.</p>

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<p>One method that someone in our community who got a 2400 said he used was to do one SAT practice question a day. (Don’t know when he started or where he was getting his practice SAT questions from).</p>

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<p>Why are you doing SAT prep?</p>

<p>By the time you take the SAT, it won’t be out of 2400. It will be an entirely different exam. The questions you are seeing now on the PSAT are also very very different than what you will be seeing on the new SAT. Don’t waste your time prepping unless you plan on taking the SAT in the fall of the 9th grade. The exam is going to experience a drastic change in the spring of 2016. Wait til the new SAT is released.</p>

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<p>Not completely, just a bit… And yes, out of 1600</p>

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<p>can someone please tell me if the score, 1580 is correct estimate… Can someone plz tell me the exact score? Thanks…</p>

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<p>OP, it doesn’t matter. By the time you take the exams, they will be completely different.</p>

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<p>It’s amazing to see you studying at such an early age. But there is going to be a new type of SAT coming out
in 2016 so I don’t think memorizing all these words will help you. The new SAT test will consist of math,critical reading and an optional essay so I think your fine. If your aiming for a ivy league school like ( Harvard or Stanford)
you need to have more than good test scores, you need to have a life! Colleges aren’t just looking for people who have good GPA and ACT&SAT scores there looking for students who are passionate about something. Whether it be law,medicine or even community service. Just find something you love.</p>

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<p>I don’t think that obsessing about a few points on a practice test you took is at all productive or helpful.
–It isn’t even the same as the SAT you will take.
–You won’t take that test for real for another 3 years or so.
–You most likely haven’t even studied some of the material yet, so what conclusions can you draw about how well you would do after you learned the material? Why would you expect to do well on something you haven’t learned yet?</p>

<p>Yes, you can get your score looking at a guide for another administration from the college board site, though the curves vary slightly from test to test. </p>

<p>Are your marks good? Compared to a group of 7th graders taking the test <a href=“http://tip.duke.edu/downloads/ts/7/summary.pdf”>http://tip.duke.edu/downloads/ts/7/summary.pdf&lt;/a&gt;, you’d be around 80-90th percentile of 7th graders taking the test, so that’s pretty good though you’d have to deduct a bit from that because you’re an 8th grader. But if you are expecting to waltz in to a 2400 as a sophomore, I’d say you have a long way to go.</p>

<p>I think you should stop obsessing about this, put away the practice tests altogether, enjoy your last year of middle school, read some high quality materials, and make sure you really understand what you are learning in math class.</p>

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<p>Why are you obsessing about this now? I agree with Math and Annie^^^^^</p>

<p>The universities don’t want people who are “books”; they have those in their libraries. You’re going to cause yourself a bunch of unnecessary stress and anxiety.</p>

<p>Please tell your parents or whoever is pressuring you to take the SAT, that the universities do deny admittance to students with perfect 2400 SAT’s. </p>

<p>Go out and “play” sports, volunteer at a soup kitchen, or do something that will get you in the spirit of helping your community or just having fun before the serious studying happens. </p>

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<pre><code> I want to do the SAT for my own good, and well, i will be taking the PSAT/SAT in a while. On the other hand, i have a bunch of things i do, i.e. i help cancer associations, help and interact with gifted children and also children which have hearing issues. Apart from that too, i am excellent in studies… Sports, i play tennis and squash. Not that kind of sports guy you see playing in the Wimbledon, but a good sports player.

While having other things to do, i strongly believe that i should also devote some of my time to SAT prep, even the bare minimum, a couple of hours a week. I am, additionally a computer programmer and do a lot of programming… It might be a tight schedule, but i can make it just right…

And well, I am, at the moment preparing myself for the upcoming studies which i will be doing. I believe your points are also correct, but i do have the right to study for my upcoming tests (SAT) to make the best out of it. I also do understand that i will be taking the redesigned SAT, and i am ready to do so. In 2015 spring, they will launch the prep and i will do so.

The reason why i might be a bit too motivated is my elder sister is taking her SAT next year and is studying for it, I (surprisingly) help her, and vice versa. I like preparing, i like doing stuff which i did not learn, and well love doing the SAT. It gives me a good feeling when i do it, don’t know what…

Since my sister is doing it, i do SAT along with her…

I on the other hand, need to improve my English. I am very good in mathematics, basically the concepts which i have learned, but in the English section, it cannot be taught (apart from grammar rules). So well, i started reading newspapers to build my sentence structure (essay), learning new words (critical reading) and well my general knowledge of the outside world.
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<p>OP, what you are saying is great, but it’s tangential. Yeah, you have a “right” to study for AN upcoming test. But it won’t be YOUR upcoming test. Also, if I’m not mistaken you only qualify for scholarships on the PSAT if it is taken in the fall of your junior year. So there is literally no reason at all for you to be doing this. Your sister doesn’t need to help you because you won’t be taking it. And you can’t help her because you’re scoring too low to be of any substantial help unless she is scoring in the 1400s or below. You can do practice problems all you want to “feel good”. But don’t fret over scoring. It’s futile.</p>

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<p>Yes, I completely agree with you… I have to take the PSAT next month though, so I do not want to go there with a blank mind, so just practicing now…</p>

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<p>Next month? Why do you “have to take the PSAT” next month? You’re in 8th grade. The PSAT is a scholarship competition for 11th graders. Do you need a PSAT score for a special program?</p>

<p>You aren’t the first middle school student on this site all stressed about their SAT scores. It’s not a matter of a “right” to study. Of course you have a “right” to study. You say you enjoy this, but your posts sound very much otherwise–you say you are tired, frustrated, and you “have” to do this, and your insistence on knowing exactly how it would be scored sounds like someone under a lot of pressure to perform. Last year, 494 out of 1,660,047 college-bound seniors scored 2400. Who is telling you you need to do this? </p>

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<p>Of pleeease just enjoy middle school while you still can. You don’t need to be stressing about PSAT in the 8th grade. Just be a diligent student for now and read, read, read a lot for pleasure. Take the PSAT for practice in the 10th grade and see how you do. </p>

<p>Oh, and did I mention read a lot for pleasure now? Strong critical reading skills is something that takes years to build. Just keep reading. </p>

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<p>There is no pressure from any side, all my own will… and yes, i am reading quite a lot, and write as much as i can, so i can improve CR and writing when the time comes… And again, there is no pressure. I love doing the SAT, and of course, the best part is knowing my grades. This time, things did not go as i expected, so well, still have a long road…</p>

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<p>But, why do you “have” to take the PSAT in 8th grade? That’s just a waste of your parents’ money and it won’t tell you anything you don’t already know from doing a practice test or two.</p>

<p>Things did not go as you expected? See, that’s part of the problem. Considering that you are in 8th grade and that your English isn’t that good, I think you did very well. Your expectations are unrealistic.</p>

<p>Your English needs a lot of work. I really think you will be better off reading a lot of high quality materials and spending fun leisure time with native English speakers than by obsessing over test prep books.</p>

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<p>Reading is good. In middle school I was a huge reader during my free time which I credit for my high CR marks.Ony my first practice test in 8th grade I scored in the 1600s, but eventually with more knowlege and familiarity, I was able to achieve a 2200+ But I agree with the others. Enjoy your time whle you can, develop your passions and don’t spend all that time studying for one test, especially one that is going to be changed in the coming years. The other things you mentioned sound quite worthwhile and I think developing those skills will be more important to you in the long run than just that one test.</p>

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<p>Oh, I finally get it! </p>

<p>You have a need to stand out early, to get some kind of public recognition, in order to validate your feelings of superiority over your sister and others. </p>

<p>Your obsession to have “a right” to take the SAT, and your parents’ acceptance of paying for each test, indicates that they also encourage this obsession. Your activities are all over the place with no real passion indicated. </p>

<p>You don’t get what most people here are trying to tell you, so you lack judgment, which is normal and a part of being your age. </p>

<p>Work on some self esteem activities and friendships so that you can develop some age-appropriate activities.</p>