Is this a good PSAT score?

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<p>I'm a high school junior and I just got my PSAT scores today. It's out of 240 versus 2400 so I know the whole add-a-zero-at-the-end thing.</p>

<p>I scored a 60 (600) in Critical Reading, 61 (610) in Math, and a 70 (700) on Writing. That gives me a 191 (1910) total. This is my first time every taking the PSAT, and I haven't ever done any kind of SAT prep before. Most of my classmates (and I'm in all honors classes) scored in the 150(0) and 160(0) range.</p>

<p>My dream schools as of now are NYU and Boston College. Obviously I'll work to improve my score for when I take the real SAT, but is this a good place to be right now?</p>

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<p>Not bad at all, but can use some improvement. If you look at NYU’s and BC’s 25th-75th percentiles, scores are generally in the 620-730 range. My PSAT score was about the same as yours and I scored 2070 without too much additional prep, so you can do the same (or better).</p>

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<p>Definitely a good score if that is without any sort of prep. Just do a lot of practice tests and you will easily score 2100+ on the real SAT :)</p>