<p>I took the practice test that Collegeboard gave inside the PSAT info packet, and I only got 1 reading question wrong. That's a 240. What the f?!
I usually get like 2300 on my Collegeboard SAT practice tests. So, is the PSAT supposed to get you a higher score? I thought the PSAT and SAT scores were supposed to be about the same...
Is this PSAT practice test legit? I hope so, but i doubt it.</p>
<p>If you took the test that I’m thinking of, it was indeed easier than normal. But a 240 bodes well nonetheless.</p>
<p>generally legit. i actually did BETTER on the SAT than i did on the PSAT. i also didnt take the PSAT that seriously though. which was a bad idea on my part because iw as apparently like, really close to the cutoff for national merit scholarshhip. lol but yeah. i got a 203 on the PSAT and then a 2200 on teh SAT. so congrats :]</p>
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<p>Yes, this is the case for most people.</p>
<p>My first PSAT score + 0 at the end = My first SAT score. Though my second PSAT score was a little higher. I suppose I’ll find out how my second SAT score goes soon, since it will be the first standardized test I’ve ever prepared for (once I get the book).</p>
<p>This seems like a brag thread, but just to answer the question… I would assume that the practice test that the Collegeboard gives you for the PSAT is at least somewhat legitimate.</p>
<p>so you mean the practice PSAT in this year’s packet is an easy PSAT. I thought it was the 2008 PSAT?</p>
<p>What grade are you in, alwysgraceful03?</p>
<p>So the test was easy? >.></p>
<p>PSAT scores, other than the factor of 10, are designed to be comparable to your future SAT score (without further preparation, that is).</p>
<p>The PSAT practice test booklet is a real (previously-administered) PSAT.</p>
<p>I’m a junior. I got a 220 as sophomore.
I guess this one was just an easier one, or it was just luck or the right conditions.
I have to admit I wasn’t sure on a lot of the reading/writing ones, and I guessed most of them right.</p>
<p>Me too I got a 240.
Generally, at least from people I know, their SAT scores have been almost exactly the same as their PSAT scores, or lower in a few cases because they were bad at essays.</p>
<p>PSAT scores typically give you a ballpark estimate of your SAT score. It’s neither higher nor lower (generally speaking). I know of students who have scored much higher on their SATs (myself included) and vice versa.</p>
<p>dude so what we get on this test is a pretty good estimate on what we can do on the REAL PSAT?</p>
<p>I don’t get why most people would do better on the SAT. Since the PSAT is like, an hour shorter, it should generally be easier (right?).</p>
<p>^people usually take the SAT after the PSAT</p>
<p>People prepare for the SAT more so than the PSAT</p>
<p>Also, I would like to point out that the curve is harsher on the PSAT. -1 math has yielded 75 in some cases.</p>
<p>^The curve is tougher primarily to account for the difference in test lengths of the PSAT and SAT. For example, there are 16 fewer math questions on the PSAT than on the SAT. The tough curves allow the PSAT and SAT scores to be comparable.</p>
<p>Roughly 60% of PSAT takers in 2007 scored higher in CR on SATs taken in the spring of 2008 (the corresponding figures for math and writing were 58% and 62%). The average increases were small (typically 20 points or so) but statistically significant.</p>