If it makes you feel better, I got a 140 out of 240 on my first psat in ninth grade. I tried to improve my score but didn’t know how to and got the same score sophmore year. Then, during the summer after tenth grade I prepped with Collegeboard’s blue book like crazy and took around three practice tests a day. In 11th grade my studying paid off (somewhat) and I got a 170. Still not satisfied, I took the sat in Jan. of my junior year and got a 1750. Afterwards, I would print out TONS of old tests from collegeboard and did them daily. Later when I retook, I got a 1970 (sadly fell short of my goal of 2000) :((
Tips:
- Don’t time yourself when you first start taking practice tests. Take your time and understand why the right answer is right.
-Think like the testmakers. The answer is only right bc collegeboard said so.
-Buy the new 2016 blue book. It’s the only prep book from the test makers. Also use khanacademy since the collegeboard has partnered up with it.
-Learn a few tricks for the test (ex. process of elimination, skipping and coming back to the question, etc). Rember to pace yourself.
-Think positive. Of course the sat is annoying and stands for satan. But on the bright side, at least the new version is shorter, has only 4 answer choices and no guessing penalty.
Hope this helped. Good luck!