<p>How strong have all of you found the correlation to be between PSATs and SATs? Does it diminish when the PSAT scores get to be very high?</p>
<p>Mine had a pretty strong correlation.<br>
I had an 80 CR 70 M 80 W on the PSAT.
I had an 800 CR 710 M 760 W on the SAT.</p>
<p>it depends...when you're at the high end of the curve, it's much harsher if you get one or two wrong on the PSAT than on the SAT (just because there are more questions on the SAT)...so often, people will get psat scores in the 200's or 210's, and then get sat scores in the 2200's or even 2300's</p>
<p>for example...i know someone who went from a 213 to a 2350, and someone who went from a 203 to a 2290, but i also know someone (and im sure plenty of similar others) who went from a 219 to a 2200</p>
<p>^Yea I was like the second guy last year, my scores were actually the same equivalently. I asked about high ranges because my score went up to a point where I would be extremely thrilled if that happened again. So what you guys say makes me very happy.</p>
<p>PSAT:
71 CR
76 W
72 M
SAT:
750 CR
800 W
760 M</p>
<p>as you can see, WAY different.
the psat is much harder because every question is weighted more.</p>
<p>PSAT
9th - 700 W, 670 CR, 770 M = 2140
10th - 690 W, 720 CR, 800 M = 2210
11th - 690 W, 760 CR, 800 M = 2250</p>
<p>SAT
11th - 650 W, 730 CR, 780 M = 2160
12th - 750 W, 800 CR, 780 M = 2330</p>
<p>I didn't prepare for any of them, so that's not a factor in the difference. I think it's a pretty good predictor, but adding the essay can make a difference if you're much better or worse at it. Effort level can also make a difference - I know a lot of people who really didn't try on the PSAT because they didn't think it mattered.</p>