SAT - PSAT Correlation

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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I took the PSAT this year (11th grade) and got a 236.</p>

<p>I'm taking the SAT this saturday with no prep/studying.</p>

<p>Can anyone give me a realistic score range to expect? If it helps, I also barely studied for the PSAT, I just crammed some writing practice the night before.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance.</p>

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<p>You'll probably do really well (2300+). I got a 210 (77 W 68 CR 65 M) and a 2030 in December. I hadn't done much practice wtih the SAT until about a month ago and, although practice tests are obviously not the real thing, I've taken 6 of the ones in the book in prep for Saturday's test and my scores fluctuated a bit, but my low was my first 1 (2170) and my high was the last one I took (2300), so I think practice makes a large difference. Again, you already did very well so you'll proly be good to go on the real thing.</p>

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<p>I'm a sophomore right now, took both tests this year without prep.</p>

<p>203 on PSAT, 2040 on SAT
so using my scores as an example, you'll probably do great</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies and good luck!</p>

<p>Anyone else have a perspective to offer?</p>

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<p>If you haven't even taken a practice test, I'm a little skeptical. I know some people who scored 23x on the PSAT and went into the SAT without preparing at all and scored 2100-2200</p>

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<p>Watch out for harder math questions and test fatigue; other than that, I'm sure you'll be fine! 2200+, I'm sure.</p>

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<p>I agree with Latency. A lot of people improve from their PSAT to their SAT, but that's usually with studying. I personally have found the SAT a fair amount harder than the PSAT, especially in math and CR. That said, my first few practice tests were still around the range of my PSAT (223). If you got a 236 then you're obviously quite smart, so I would just give it a go and if you don't do well, just retake it.</p>

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<p>Here's a chart that shows average score changes:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/PSAT.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/PSAT.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>