PSAT Study Habits

<p>What would you recommend, as far as a PSAT study plan goes, for over the summer?
I'm going to take it this coming school year for the second time, and I want to make sure that I do quite well on it. Are there any books/other resources that you would recommend?</p>

<p>First take a practice test to see where you stand right now. Then set a reasonable goal with a time-frame. And then plan your study time based on what you need to study and how much time you think that preparation will require. Similarly, the books and resources to use depend on your goals. For example, if you scored poorly in math, then a math workbook will prove useful, but if you have a high math score, you probably don’t need to go over the math sections very much.</p>

<p>You don’t really need to do anything different than as if you were studying for the SAT. The studying that I did was taking a summer-long SAT prep course at Steve Kwon SAT. I took many, many practice tests, which were reliable since they were actual past tests. The PSAT is very similar to the SAT, although it is shorter and there is no essay, so it is actually easier in a way. For example, on the SAT I only got a 2160, but on the PSAT (same month) I got a 221. Meow.</p>

<p>Freakchild,
PSAT scores are not always higher -essays can inflate the writing grade. </p>

<p>Meow.</p>

<p>Would you recommend taking the prep courses for the ACT&SAT/PSAT?</p>

<p>I never really studied for the PSAT. It’s considerably easier than the actual SAT, since it’s about an hour short. I would study for the geometry because that takes up a chunk of the math section.</p>

<p>The PSAT is 2 hours and 10 minutes and doesn’t include a writing section. I would suggest that you sign up for a few classes that are designed to help you do well on it. An altrenative might be to buy the Princeton Review PSAT book, it will tell you everything you need to know about the PSAT and it provides you with a few practice tests and answer keys for each section:)</p>

<p>Study as you would for the SAT, but avoid the essay-writing prep until your actual SAT prep.</p>

<p>dchow08 is correct. Do that.</p>