<p>187 to a 240. Practice definitely helps, more for acclimatization than anything else.</p>
<p>^^lol. I think you mean a 40 point increase. Was that in your math section? jk That’s great.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the sophomore to junior increase because currently I’m a sophomore. However, I think one academic year, prep or not, makes a huge difference. I went from 194 PSAT freshman year to 224 PSAT sophomore year with absolutely no prep for either year. I would assume the increase from sophomore to junior year would be considerable as well.</p>
<p>I know this is an old thread…thought I would bump it up to see if there were any new thoughts of the subject as my son prepares for his junior year PSAT.</p>
<p>Would have been ok to start a new thread on this… some may look at the date on page 1 and not answer…because they know it 4 years old. like I almost did.</p>
<p>I was going to answer about someone mentioning that the sophomore is a small percentage… etc… but many districts are taking it starting in their freshman year. Not just a handful of students… and this may have changed nationwide as well. My dd14’s school system is a predominantly URM district… most don’t go off to college… many drop out d/t psych social issues…</p>
<p>To answer your question… she went up 18-20 points…I don’t remember her exact #'s…she is now a junior/taking it 10/17</p>
<p>In FL, all students take the PSAT for free in 10th grade. It’s paid for by the state. If you want your student to take it in 11th grade there is a fee and you have to sign up with your school to be included. The fee for this year is $15. </p>
<p>So at least in FL, I’m sure the group taking it is MUCH larger in 10th grade than in 11th where it is optional.</p>
<p>In New Haven, its actually free as well… all 3 years… and now that I think of it, my good friend is an assistant principal @ an arts magnet middle school… and her 8th graders take it also… not sure if this is unique to that school or not…</p>
<p>Mines:</p>
<p>Freshman PSAT (193)
Sophmore PSAT (214)
Sophmore SAt in March (2250)
Junior PSAT (TBA).</p>
<p>I did prep a crap load in 8th grade to get my freshman PSAT score.
I didn’t do anything between sohpmore and freshman year.</p>
<p>woooowwwww… really? i bet your next sitting is 2400. why do you guys waste your middle school years studying for the sat???</p>