I'm basically clueless...

<p>My PSAT scores are: </p>

<p>[Critical Reading - 49]
[Mathematics - 44]
[Writing Skills - 53] </p>

<p>I was wondering if these scores are good, bad, normal? Anything helps to clear the confusion.</p>

<p>I am currently a Sophomore in HS, I take all Pre-AP classes, and i just got my scores sent to me via e-mail today.</p>

<p>Whether they are good or bad or normal really depends on where you’re looking to go to, but under any circumstances you should shoot for a 2000 + or PSAT equivalent 200 + to be on the safer side.</p>

<p>[PSAT/NMSQT:</a> Score Report Plus](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Explained - SAT Suite)</p>

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<p>So you’re slightly above average. </p>

<p>Your score is 146, which means they predict you’d get a 1460 on the SAT. Whether this is good enough or not depends on what colleges you’re looking at.</p>

<p>I assume your math score is low at least partially because you haven’t taken Algebra II yet, but you should take some practice tests if you want to do better next year.</p>

<p>Messifan07: I am looking to go into a career that has to do with Technology. I like working on computers and could type on one all day. I am currently leaning towards a job as a Software Developer. To reach to a 200 score i would have to increase my scores by 54 points! Does that sound reasonable to you? It sounds very drastic to me.</p>

<p>halcyonheather: Sadly, I do not think i am above average. I will show you what percentage i got compared to other Sophomores. </p>

<p>[NP = National Percentile, SP = State Percentile, CR = Critical Reading, M= Mathematics, WS = Writing Skills.]</p>

<p>CR: NP - [73%] & SP - [80%]
M: NP -[51%] & SP - [58%]
WS: NP - [83%] & SP - [87%]</p>

<p>This is why i don’t feel like i was slightly above average. Do you think my math score will improve next year? (Junior year) I love math, but was unprepared with some knowledge because the PSAT isn’t something prepared for during Sophomore year.</p>

<p>In all honesty, yes I think you can. There is a CCer that raised his score from a 1800 or 1900 in freshman year to a 2400 in junior year. It’s very possible. If you want to get into tech you should focus hard on getting your math to a 800 and just that will put you into the 1700s-1800s with your score. which is a huge difference. Just believe! You have a whole year left, make a plan and follow it out daily or weekly. You’ll see yourself improve. Try not to cram, the people that get most improvement spread it out over a larger time period and work hard for it. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>If you’re above the 50th percentile, you’re above average. If you got a 1460 on the regular SAT, that would be slightly below average (because the average [is</a> 1498](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/averages]is”>Understanding SAT Scores – SAT Suite | College Board)) and it would be too low a score for most selective colleges. </p>

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<p>On some level they’ll improve on their own as you learn more stuff, but taking practice tests would help a lot too. Look at the questions you got wrong and try to figure out why…was it because you didn’t know the material, or because you weren’t thinking about it right, or because you made arithmetic errors, or what?</p>

<p>Thanks both of you for helping me.
I appreciate you taking the time to contribute. :P</p>