<p>Hey, im taking the PSAT next [school] year. Who has taken it? Is it hard? Will studying help?</p>
<p>Just out of boredom i did a practice section where like u rephrase statements...and i got 10 out of 15. im usually a very good standardized test taker but i dunno..im worried. i know for national merit it doesnt count til junior year, but still...</p>
<p>So any advice?</p>
<p>Buy the Princeton Review for PSAT preparation. I'm taking that next fall, too.</p>
<p>lol take the SAT before. i took the SAT in Oct, and the PSAT was a week later. i scored 70+ more.</p>
<p>hehe j/k. its true, but just review your algebra and brush up on grammar. that's all you need to do</p>
<p>Vocabulary sections were hardest for me.</p>
<p>critical reading is the hardest for me.</p>
<p>You need the PR for the PSAT.</p>
<p>I took the PSAT lat fall the reading and grammar stuff was easy. The math however was kind of difficult to me.</p>
<p>greenday are you taking it next year as a sophomore or junior. if sophomore, don't study, it doesn't matter. if junior, i still would suggest not studying either, unless you really need to guarantee getting a scholarship, which still won't necessarily happen. all in all, don't bother.</p>
<p>I took it this year as a junior. I got a 209. I know that isn't amazing or anything. I prepped on and off for it, cramming the last week.</p>
<p>I'd say to just use a good prep book like PR or Barrons and take the test. If you get a 200+ as a sophomore, you should be fine for junior year. </p>
<p>I know some sophs on CC get like 220+ and that's amazing, but a 200+ for soph year is very good. You're in MA, so the cutoff is like 223, I think? If you study and get a 223, then you can be relaxed about next year as a junior.
National Merit is always a good thing to have.</p>
<p>I got a 215 as a freshman. I take standardized tests unfairly well. My friend had a 103 in Algebra II, I had a 88 (which i pulled to a 94, he dropped to a 100.something). I beat him by like eight points on math. Go figure.</p>
<p>damn that crit reading
i can pull of 80/80 but then like 65-68 for crit reading
why didnt they eliminate that section and replace it with writing
arghhhhh</p>
<p>I pulled a 213 without really studying as a sophomore...The PSATs aren't horrendously long or difficult, but they're tricky. I got a lot of questions wrong in the math section because I didn't read the question carefully/forgot to divide by 2/etc.</p>
<p>What is the Hispanic National cut-off index score?</p>
<p>I did not prep at all sophomore (220)and junior year (213). I regret it since I found out you can get some sort of scholarship.</p>
<p>There's a National Hispanic Scholarship, and a National Negro Scholarship. Not joking.</p>
<p>Don't study for the PSAT. Waste of time.</p>
<p>I didn't, and I was National Merit Commended..</p>
<p>..then again, I don't really advocate studying for anything..</p>
<p>I don't think the black one is called "National Negro." Isn't it National Achievement or something like that?</p>
<p>Well, im pretty much the type of person that studies for most stuff, so theres no doub t im gonna study lol.</p>
<p>I took a few practice tests to study and get a feel for the real test. Most of the test is about reading stuff carefully and managing your time, so I would practice doing that.</p>