Hi everyone,
I recently received my PSAT score last week. I scored a 1410 without preparation as a sophomore, and I scored a 2240 on the SSAT with moderate preparation in eighth grade. I have not taken precalculus yet. What should I expect to score on the SAT next year as a junior? What is the average growth from PSAT to SAT? Is it plausible for me to score ~1530 when I take the SAT next year?
You won’t know until you take it. But, for what it’s worth, the PSAT is an easier test, and a shorter one, than the SAT. So if you got a 1410 on it w/o prep., that means at that exact moment in time you would have scored around or a little lower than 1410 on the actual SAT.
Let me stress again that none of this hand-wringing is necessary. Prepare for it adequately, take it, and see what you get. If you’re not satisfied, try again.
Hope I helped.