<p>I'm a sophomore who is ranked in the top 8% of my class. I received my scores for the PSATs and I'm freaking out, I got a 133!!!! 43 CR, 49 M, 41 W. How could I have done this bad? Other students did pretty poorly too, but I feel that this doesn't reflect my actual capabilities. Is it normal to have such a terrible score sophomore year?</p>
<p>My score on the PSAT went up about 40 points and I ended up a national merit semifinalist. Most people improve a lot.</p>
<p>The PSAT isn’t everything. Take prep classes before you go in for the actual SAT and be prepared to potentially take it multiple times (a lot of people do).</p>
<p>I got 196 on my PSAT and went up to 2240 on the actual SAT (while sick and sleepless).</p>
<p>Wrong thread. The sophomore PSAT literally counts for nothing, stop stressing. Do better next year and on the SAT</p>
<p>no one cares… literally.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it, but start planning a practice regimen. One thing my SAT tutor said that I find to be very accurate is “the only thing the SAT tests is how well you take an SAT.” It’s very easy to improve your score. The secret is to take as many practice tests as possible (mixed in with a little studying of vocab words and math.) i went from a 1700 (170) to a 1950 (195) in about a half a year. The thing is though, I’m lazy, I only studied for about a month. During that month I took about 10 practice tests and memorized about 100 words(was supposed to memorize 200). Given the type of student you are (better than me.) If I can improve my score by 250 (25) in a month, you can definitely get yourself up to a 200 by next year. Stay disciplined and you can do it. As you get up to the higher scores it will take longer to improve but don’t let it stop you there is no plateau if you keep working. Start with the blue book for studying and also check out the sat preparation forums for further guidance.</p>
<p>Look John, I got a 142 on my PSAT and a 2080 first try on my SAT its O.K.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. Prepare better next time and always remember test scores don’t define you exclusively. There is so much more to you. Really this happens to a lot of people. Next year prepare and you will surprise yourself. And save yourself a lot of headaches by not measuring your worth by other people’s test scores. Sounds like you are doing pretty good. Keep up the good work.</p>
<p>Some of you were just rude, and others were very informative. Thank you to the informative people!</p>