Were your SAT scores higher than your PSAT scores?

Test Preparation
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<p>I've heard (and read) that you should expect your SAT scores to be higher than your PSAT scores (ie if you get a 200 on the PSAT, you might expect a 2100 or so on the SAT). I was just the opposite. I found the SAT to be a good bit harder, and my score was lower than on the PSAT. I got a 211 on the PSAT (73 W, 70 M, 68 CR) back in the fall, and when I took the SAT in March for the first time I scored a 2020 (640 W [6 essay], 660 M, 720 CR). </p>

<p>Did everyone else have their scores go up or did anyone else have a drop like this?</p>

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<p>I had a drop too. 228 on PSAT (77 W, 76 M, 75 CR), and then in Jan, a 2130 on SAT (680 W, 800 M, 650 CR). I brought the CR up to 730 in March, bringing my superscore up to a 2210, but that's still a 7 point decrease. I wish I could have just added zeros to the PSAT score.</p>

<p>You can take it again though, scores (at least for me) vary so much with each day.</p>

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<p>I think PSATs were barely over 200 for me, while my SAT was 2260.</p>

<p>But maybe i just got luckyy...?</p>

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<p>I got a 231 on my PSAT and a 2270 on my SAT. I think if your PSAT score is high to begin with, there's obviously a greater chance that it'll go down on the real thing.</p>

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<p>215; 2360.</p>

<p>yeah. hella higher.</p>

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<p>226 on PSAT, 2370 on SAT. It went up, but as someone has noticed before, the higher your PSAT the more likely your SAT is to go down.</p>

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<p>180; 2160</p>

<p>keep in mind they were like five study months apart...</p>

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<p>PSAT- 204
SAT- 2080 (1280 out of 1600)</p>

<p>The trend was the same, though. I think my CR PSAT was about a 70 and my SAT was a 720. My PSAT writing was a 74ish and SAT 800.</p>

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<p>216; 2330..</p>

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<p>Haha. I screwed up. 225 or something was my Junior Year score.</p>

<p>oops.</p>

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<p>PSAT: 208</p>

<p>SAT: 2330 first time.</p>

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<p>Psat 206
Sat 2190</p>

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<p>PSAT: 191
SAT: 2030</p>

<p>There are too many threads on this topic.</p>

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<p>Psat: 198 (133 Mv)
Sat: 2140 (1410 Mv)</p>

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<p>Psat-186
Sat- 2040</p>

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<p>PSAT: 214 - 80M (i have no idea how this happened...), 64CR, 70W </p>

<p>SAT: 2230 - 700M, 760CR, 770W</p>

<p>Didn't study at all for the PSAT...studied my ASS off for the SAT. Frankly, I expected more than a 90 point increase...</p>

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<p>Psat: 204</p>

<p>Sat: 2300.</p>

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<p>Well, it seems just about everyone got as high or higher on the SAT, and I really can't figure out how or why...the SAT seemed a bit harder for me</p>

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<p>SAT scores seem higher because people usually prep A LOT more for the SAT than the SAT. People are older and more academically mature when they take the SAT. </p>

<p>Actually, this is probably only true for us 'elite' CC'ers. Most people I know in my school did WORSE on the PSAT than their SAT.</p>

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<p>^^
I think you mean worse on the SAT than on their PSAT. :)</p>