Should you take PSAT as a Sophomore?

Test Preparation
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<p>I am a rising sophomore and this summer I bought the Big Blue Book from collegeboard. I plan to read one section every week until October to prepare myself. However I am not sure whether I should take the PSAT as a sophomore this year, or just wait and take it as a Junior next year.</p>

<p>If I take it this year, my only concern is the Math section which has Geometry (which I am taking this year therefore I wouldn't have covered everything by Oct.) and that I will have to take it again Junior year to be able to get scholarships.</p>

<p>But I also hear there are good benefits if you do well on the test when your a sophomore. I hear colleges start to contact you and I can get placement in some better classes, etc. </p>

<p>So tell me, is it worth it?</p>

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<p>yeah, it's a good idea to get practice.</p>

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<p>I am a rising sophomore to and i plan to take the PSAT in October. I think it is a good idea I am using the Barrons PSAT review book.</p>

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<p>I don't think it is a bad thing....it may be a good thing for you but some kids never take the PSAT. </p>

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<p>What is a rising sophomore?</p>

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<p>Even if UC stopped that program, it's still a good idea to take it as practice for your SAT's and for PSAT your junior year. $2500 doesn't hurt as your going to school (the prize for being a scholarship recipient), and a number of other schools give you extra for being a finalist or whatnot: U of Florida, NYU, just to name a few. Plus if you do well in the competition, it'll look very good on your application especially to the college you name as the college you hope to attend. Take the PSAT as many times as they will let you.</p>

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<p>ah so what if I fail the first time? if I take it as a junior, and I get a better score, will my better grade override my old grade?</p>

<p>geddes97, a rising sophomore is a freshmen becoming a sophomore.</p>

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<p>Yes so you know how m u ch you need to improve.</p>

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<p>sophmore psats dont mean nothing</p>

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sophmore psats dont mean nothing

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<p>In what way? If I do extremely well, nothing good will come for me?</p>

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<p>If you do extremely well:</p>

<p>a)you will find yourself on the mailing lists for top colleges in the nation, which is nice.</p>

<p>b)you don't have to be extremely worried about next year.</p>

<p>Still, for NMSQT, you have to take it as a junior.</p>

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<p>It's nice if you do well but no real meaning before your junior year. However it does give you a good estimation of your SAT score, and a good standardized testing experience since the SAT will be similar.</p>

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<p>I suggest taking it sophomore year without preparing. It will serve as an excellent indication of where you stand. Then prepare and take it seriously junior year. That is vital for national merit. As someone above said, quite a few excellent schools, of course not ivy-type, give quite a bit of money to National Merit Finalists.</p>

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<p>I took it as a sophomore just to get an idea of where I would be for the SAT, score-wise (and because my school was paying the bill). Don't waste your time prepping for it, though. You won't be eligible for the National Merit competition until next year.</p>

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<p>So nothing bad can come out of a bad score on a PSAT you take your sophmore year??</p>

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<p>IF you consider you will need to prep for the next one. Remember that the PSAT is creating a stat pool of HS Juniors......nothing else. Just the juniors.</p>

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<p>Also is the PSAT exactly like the SATs. If not in what ways does it differ</p>

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<p>Everyone at my high school took PSATs their sophomore year and junior year.</p>

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<p>PSAT does not include essay and doesn't have Alg. 2 math problems.</p>

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In what way? If I do extremely well, nothing good will come for me?

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Nothing. Maybe some college will send you mail, but basically you don't get a 'reward'.</p>

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I am a rising sophomore to and i plan to take the PSAT in October. I think it is a good idea I am using the Barrons PSAT review book.

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What a loser. No, I'm just kidding. Preparing early is something I wish I would have done. Then I wouldn't have to be busting my ass studying right now. So I told my friend to go to PSAT classes as a FRESHMAN. She'll go again as a rising sophmore and then one more time as a rising junior. There will be no way she WON'T get a scholarship. Plus, she's prepared for school because she learned things that she will learn once school starts. </p>

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I suggest taking it sophomore year without preparing. It will serve as an excellent indication of where you stand. Then prepare and take it seriously junior year.

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Exactly what I'm doing/ have done.</p>

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So nothing bad can come out of a bad score on a PSAT you take your sophmore year??

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v_v" Nothing happens from taking PSAT as a sophmore, period.</p>

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<p>I know I'm definitely taking the PSAT's this fall, and I'm a rising sophomore. I'll try my best, but (not to sound arrogant or anything) I don't feel like I have much to stress about, since the sophomore PSAT's aren't as important as the junior PSAT's. Plus, I took that free practice SAT from collegeboard.com, and I got a 2190....no prep. </p>

<p>I would say go for it, the worst that could happen is that you'll take it again in your junior year.</p>