Is this bad? I took the PSAT and got my projected SAT scores.

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<p>Section Projected SAT Score Range
Critical Reading 550 to 650
Math 480 to 590
Writing 590 to 700</p>

<p>As you can see, the Math section isn't my strongest. I think I ended up getting around an 1800 on my PSAT (but I didn't study at all). How can I prepare for the Math section? I have about one month before I have to take the SAT...</p>

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<p>What do you mean, “have to”? Take the SAT when you are prepared for it. What were your actual PSAT scores?</p>

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<p>I’m not even sure really. I’m thinking math was somewhere in the 500s. The English parts were probably in the 600s. I don’t know where my actual PSAT scores are…</p>

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<p>Why don’t you know your actual PSAT scores?</p>

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<p>What score should I be aiming for on the Math part if I want my collective score to be above a 2000?</p>

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<p>don’t stress about PSATS. for real i got a 144 in sophmore year and then a 166 in junior year. then in junior year when i took the SATS for the first time, i broke 2000, so i don’t really think they’re a good translation. because i thought like judging from my PSATs i wouldn’t be going to college lol.</p>

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<p>Is that your sophomore PSAT? Regardless of what people say on here, PSAT scores are a pretty good indicator of how well you will do on the SAT. For example, here is my “test history”:</p>

<p>Sophomore Year PSAT: 175
Junior Year PSAT: 219
Junior Year SAT: 2230</p>

<p>Just about all the improvements can be attributed to studying/learning stuff throughout school.</p>

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<p>^how is it a good indicator if your score jumpred so high? what if you never learned the maerial until after you have taken the psats?</p>

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<p>My PSAT’s suxed however I’ve already been able to score a 2,010 on my SAT 610 CR, 700 Math , Writing 700. </p>

<p>My PSAT’s suxed since I honestly didn’t take it seriously as the Real SAT ( I do wish I had taken the PSAT seriously though).</p>

<p>Now I’m retaking the SAT once again in May and am aiming for 2200+</p>

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<p>I took PSATs and got 200. I took SATs even after studying and only got 2030. Though I will say my math jumped 70 points and my critical reading fell 50 points.</p>

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PSATs are not a good indicator of performance. Performance changes with time.
Sophomore Year PSAT: 176
Junior Year PSAT: 199
Junior Year SAT: 2230</p>

<p>You realize that our PSATs in soph year were almost the same. Junior year PSATs differed tremendously, yet we have the same SAT scores.</p>

<p>In addition, I’m retaking next week, and am aiming for a 2350+ superscore. (I have 800s in M and W). So never let your PSAT discourage you.</p>

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<p>For your reference:
Freshman PSAT: 188
Sophmore PSAT:200
Junior PSAT: 209: 77CR/ 67 M/ 65W
Junior SAT: 2100: 800 CR/ 690 M/ 610 W</p>

<p>So my PSAT correlated almost exactly to my SAT. no studying though.</p>

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<p>PSATs have a much harsher curve in most cases I believe. You will do somewhat better on the SATs and you will get a lot better as time passes.</p>

<p>Freshman PSAT: 209 74M 74W 61CR
Freshman practice Blue Book SAT: 2100-2250 (690-740CR ; 720-760M;710-750W)</p>

<p>Mind you, I have been practicing and studying for the SATs, and hope to just naturally increase my way to a 2300+ :)</p>

<p>There’s some great tips on this website, especially Noitaraperp’s Attacking the Critical Reading Section effectively.</p>

<p>Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>my psat scores were</p>

<p>freshman year: 166
sophomore year: 176
junior year: 187
junior SAT: 2240
…so for me there was definitely no correlation, although my psat scores did increase at a steady rate…who knows!</p>