<p>^There is atleast a year’s worth of school work between your two scores. What level math did you take as a sophomore? My son’s PSAT score jumped from 173 to 219 (46 points), which is very similar to the improvement you had. Also, when did you take the SAT in 11th grade?</p>
<p>Oh, you’re right. I took it June of my junior year, and I’d taken AP English Lit that year. We learned so many high-level vocabulary words and read a lot of books, so my essay/writing & critical reading were my highest scores now that I think about it.</p>
<p>My PSAT score actually drop from 146 in sophomore year to 135 in junior year, I never study for the first PSAT but the second one I studied (actually did that practice book) and yet I get a lower score. I’m expecting SAT score to be higher.</p>
<p>I took the PSATs and SATs in the same month, and I did roughly around the same for both test. So I think PSATs are a good indication</p>
<p>PSAT: 232
SAT: 2390</p>
<p>A friend who got a 232 on the PSATs also got a 2360 on his SATs. He took them in the same month as me.</p>
<p>Usually. SAT has an essay component though.</p>
<p>My kids scored well on PSAT (good enough for NMSF). But after a year more of intense IB classes, SATs were even better. I encouraged them to sign up for College Board SAT “question of the day” email feature, but I’m not sure how much they looked at it.</p>
<p>Posting a little late but… </p>
<p>PSAT: Soph 194</p>
<p>After 32 Practice SAT’s Later</p>
<p>SAT: 2380</p>
<p>Good Luck :)</p>
<p>I took the October sat and the October PSAT, and the scores were only 3 (30) points off.</p>
<p>think of it this way:</p>
<p>a baseball players has 30 at bats for the PSAT
he could get lucky and get 15 hits.</p>
<p>a baseball player gets 100 at bats for the SAT
this makes the results more stable and thus a better representation of your ability.
he gets 59 hits, a more exact number</p>
<p>15/30 or 59/100 basically kinda thing</p>
<p>so PSAT is more of “luck” in my opinion. to some degree depending on how good you are.</p>
<p>the score is acurate as in if you take an SAT the very next moment after taking the psat, you would get a similar score ± 30. However, most people have atleast a year to study so scores will easily go up. Some 100 and some even up to 400. Very very short term, its a great indicator. Long term, poor indicator.</p>
<p>So what you’re saying is that If you were to take the psat and had a year to study after, then you will have a different score. But what if you don’t study for the SAT till like the last 2 weeks before (Provided you been thru a year of schooling)?</p>
<p>I got a 201 PSAT, but if my practice tests are any indication, I average about 2100 SAT. I just took the ones this past weekend, and I feel like 2200 is a very real possibility there.</p>
<p>Generally, the PSAT is a lower score than what you should expect. Also have to consider that I didn’t prepare for the PSATs at all (outside of the provided practice test), but I heavily prepared for SATs.</p>
<p>^^I sure hope so. My PSAT score is 135 which is like 1350 and I’m actually smarter than that.</p>
<p>nope, I scored a 152 on my PSAT’s but I got a 2030 (highest in one sitting) on my actual SAT</p>
<p>PSAT: 238
SAT: 2180</p>
<p>No 
Wish I did better on the SAT instead…And is the curve on the PSAT easier? I missed 2 in reading and got a 78 on the PSAT, but 3 in reading on the SAT was a 760 even though the SAT has more problems. (though -3 is 2 raw points less than -2 :/)</p>
<p>not at all.</p>
<p>199 on PSAT, scored 2350 on Dec. 1 SAT</p>
<p>They were sort of close, but not super close because I took one or two practice tests before taking the SAT.</p>
<p>Sophomore year PSAT: 165
Junior year PSAT: 188
Junior year SAT: 1800
Senior year SAT: 2120</p>
<p>The PSAT doesn’t have an essay. If you are a good essay-writer, this could make a big difference. But if you have difficulty sitting for a 4-hour test, you could do better on the PSAT which is 2.25 hours long.</p>
I thought so, but it certainly is not.
11th Grade PSAT: 203 commended (52,80,71) 
December SAT just 6 weeks later: 2250 (690, 800, 760, 12 Essay) [not good, but I can take it, will retake]
I also know many students whose SAT score dropped by more than 100 points from PSAT.
It is important to note that I studied pure SAT material (words, grammar, etc). On practice SAT tests I got at least 2170 (enough for semi finalist on PSAT). However, the practice PSAT test I got only 209, but thought that was simply very hard.
However, I was wrong, and it may seem that the types of questions on the PSAT are very different from those on the SAT. About half of the words I did not know, and the passages were very different from anything I’ve seen.
I actually started studying right after 10th grade PSAT and focused on SAT reading. I should have focused on PSAT material instead, :-S So if you want NMSF, study PSAT specific material; don’t waste your time on SAT material just yet. It actually HURT my PSAT score. 8-|
I didn’t study much before the SAT after the PSAT. But in total, I must have taken at least 40 practice tests.
I feel really sad that I will only get commended scholar, and not Semi-Finalist. It is almost a con to admissions officers to have commended, when you compete with semi-finalists, which is sad considering I am one of the top 5 GPA in the grade, and am the top student in several of my classes; yet an average of 12 per grade get semi-finalist, many of whose SAT and GPA are below mine.
I have also won multiple state science/engineering competitions, trombone in regional band and first chair in school band, and started YouTube Channel Webeo Transportation depicting solutions to transportation bottlenecks on Google Earth, which was recognised by various Transport agencies. However, the PSAT may have just ruined my college application.
218 PSAT, (61 CR, 77 M, 80 W), 2050 November SAT (630 CR, 750 M, 670 W)… BIG difference in writing for some reason…
Just remember something I heard at an SAT prep course - the only thing the SAT tests is how well you take the SAT. (Same for the PSAT.)