I just got my PSAT scores, and i am very upset with them, i got an 1190, while my current SAT score is an 1990 (work in progress). I was really hoping to make national merit, but since i won’t make the cut off, will i still have a chance at getting accepted to schools like these? Duke, Emory, UPenn, NYU, Northwestern, University of Chicago, Columbia
Schools consider your SAT scores for admission. PSAT for National Merit.
PSAT is out of 1520 MAX. The old SAT was out of 2400 MAX. So 1190/1520 (=0.78) is fairly equivalent to 1990/2400 (=0.83), especially considering that the PSAT is a one-shot test but you can take SAT over and over. Be sure to try to ACT if you haven’t already, as some testers just do better at one test vs the other.