<p>A few months ago i took the PSAT. I was kind of "whatever" about it but i still tried. My scores were CR: 45, M: 56, and W: 46. I guess my scores have an excuse: i ran out of time in all the sections (i'm very careful, i work slowly), and i misunderstood the way the PSAT is graded. So the last 10 or 15 questions that i didnt have time to look at, i just filled in any random letter. You see, i thought that incorrectly answering a question gave .75 of a point, i didnt know that any points were deducted. I know, it seems stupid now!! But that's what i thought.</p>
<p>So will these awful scores ruin my chances in getting into a good college, maybe Ivies?
I know i'll "ace" the real SAT. My practice tests always end up being 700 and up.</p>
<p>PSAT does not show up on college board score reports. If your school transcript doesn’t have this score on it, they won’t ever see it.</p>
<p>Even if you do see this score, and you do as well as you think you can do on the SAT, you will be fine.</p>
<p>dude… it’s just the PSAT… the P stands for something you know :), and if you ran out of time on the PSAT, how do you know you won’t run out of time on the real SAT?</p>
<p>I didn’t do any preparation for the PSAT; I didn’t even know i had to do it until i got to school that day. lol
And besides, when i take the practice tests i set a timer to the corresponding time, i always have like 5 minutes left-over.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>it doesn’t even matter…PSAT is for money and bragging rights, pretty much. (this coming from a finalist)</p>
<p>Colleges don’t even see your PSAT unless your school puts in on the transcript or you self report it.</p>
<p>“I didn’t do any preparation for the PSAT”</p>
<p>Isn’t preparation the reason the PSAT exists? I feel like some kids have it so backwards…</p>