PSAT score-please evaluate

Test Preparation
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<p>I took a practice test under real conditions recently. I ended up with a 170. I'm not too concerned about this since I'm only a sophmore. I'm not one of those obsessive people who's prepping like crazy for a test that they'll take next year. So, no snickers from the audience, please. But, I do want to know where I stand with my 170. I'll probably get around the same score in December. Again, this score has miniscule importance to me, but because it is the base for a good Jr. year PSAT score I am curious ;). </p>

<p>So, anyways, I got a 170. The breakdown: </p>

<p>64 = Critical Reading
46 = Math
60 = Writing </p>

<p>How did is my score in general and on the individual subcatagories?</p>

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<p>youre fine everywhere except the math (i would bet you score 700+ on reading & writing come SAT time). however, if you are not in geometry/alg2 yet than your score should go up considerably just by learning the material.</p>

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<p>btw, can u take the PSAT twice in juniorb year?</p>

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<p>That's the scary thing about my math score. I'm actually in a junior honors math class, Pre-Calc. I've already seen the algebra needed for the PSATs last year. </p>

<p>What can I say...I suck at solving the type of problems on the test.</p>

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<p>^LMFAOO!!!!</p>

<p>ha ha ha ha ha ha ha</p>

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<p>The PSAT is only offered once a year.</p>

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<p>I see.. thanks much..</p>

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<p>Even if you understand the material, the SAT tests how well of a test-taker you are... If you can learn the "strategies" and tricks to the SAT you score higher. That's the only reason why i took an SAT prep class...</p>

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<p>It'll go up for your junior year... trust me. I'm living proof:</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
M - 620
W - 670
CR - 590</p>

<p>Junior year:
M - 800
W - 800
CR - 730</p>

<p>and no, i'm not kidding...</p>

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<p>ok koala how the hell did that happen?</p>

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<p>^^koala, that's pretty crazy.</p>

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<p>Haha well sophomore year i barely new what the hell a PSAT was. My parents signed me up and the next thing i knew, i was there taking the test. I'm not quite sure how seriously i took it... anyway, the summer before junior year i took an SAT prep course. It ended in august and i didn't even pick up a book before the PSAT in october... then i bang out these fantastic scores. I guess i was just finally familiar with the test by that point.</p>

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<p>That's good to know, koala. Math is my worst subject. It'll be a tragedy if I do well the Writing and Creative sections and bomb the math. :eek: ;) I'm not too worried, though. There's a lot of time for improvement after all I'm only a sophmore. I did a quick google search and found several good free websites that are a perfect study-help for the SATs. One I like in particular is <a href="http://www.satmathpro.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.satmathpro.com/&lt;/a> .
It's surprising how many free resources for the SATs there are online.</p>

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<p>Sophomore year: 60 CR / 77 W / 76 M
Bulletin practice test: 72 CR / 80 W / 77 M</p>

<p>For writing, it was a matter of like two questions. For math it was a matter of different scales (one question wrong both times). For CR, it was [probably] a matter of Grammatix. =D</p>