<p>hmm. does that work though? I took both tests in October, and I didn't do any prepping between the end of August to the test dates.</p>
<p>FredFredBurger, yes, that's what I meant...darn careless mistakes. No wonder I got 4 wrong on the math lol.</p>
<p>Psat: 223</p>
<p>SAT: 2310</p>
<p>also remember, PSATs are in october while SATs are undoutedly later. at times you get better just because of natural time going by...</p>
<p>people who study for the SATs are lame....and prep classes are stupid and just make the playing field uneven</p>
<p>***, dude? Are you telling me that I'm lame because I'm studying geometry rules, vocabulary, and grammatical rules in order to do better on a test which looks for these things? </p>
<p>Sheesh.</p>
<p>I used to know a person like kewright1203, but alas! They didn't need to study since they were already so smart.</p>
<p>... most students I know at my school get a higher score on their
SAT I (+50 to +150) compared to their PSATs (average 200[0])
when they take it in Junior year for the first time in March;</p>
<p>prepping for CR and W does definitley improve the score! :D</p>
<p>184 Psat 2390 Sat</p>
<p>PSAT: 229
SAT: 2310</p>
<p>Studied about the same amount for each. Go figure.</p>
<p>legendofmax, what year did you take the PSAT in? SAT? And how did you prep for the SAT?</p>
<p>Haha... w00t! Go DDR fanatics.</p>
<p>psat 218
sat 2400</p>
<p>The PSAT was lower than I'd expected... but I'm not going to complain.</p>
<p>I think the difference lies in the essay... and that whole time difference... and the order of the different sections.</p>
<p>psat 213, sat 2170 (i think it has to do w/ english being my second language, oh well)</p>
<p>Ashraf Eassa: I took the PSAT either freshman or sophomore year of high school, I don't remember. For the real SAT I just... idk. Cared more about doing better. I did a few practice tests from the big red book too.</p>
<p>My experience with each test was very different and for a specific reason too. For the PSATs I was a bit nervous, I expected to do well, but for some reason I got a bit out of my element. Ended up with the equivalent to a 1200 something when compared to the SATs (when the SATs were out of 1600, I can't remember my score for writing for the PSATs).</p>
<p>For some reason this changed my whole perspective on things. I went into the SATs confident (I can't even think why), and completely relaxed and came out with a 1520 with an 800 math. I can't even think why this helped for the SATs, but I did not study an hour in my life for either test and there was a drastic difference just because of how I felt about it.</p>
<p>I take this same attitude into all my tests in college now, it works beautifully for me.</p>
<p>180/1790 (first time; was really nervous... first half the test)</p>
<p>Psat: 1849</p>
<p>Sat: 1970</p>
<p>PSAT Sophmore Year - 208
PSAT Junior Year - 200
SAT Junior Year - 2060 (610 in reading)
SAT Senior Year - 2310 (760 in reading)</p>
<p>Not sure why it works this way</p>
<p>PSAT (October '06): 218
SAT (March '07): 2310</p>
<p>I attribute this increase to two factors: 1) I was more comfortable with the format/style of questions on my second taking of a CollegeBoard test (I'm not the type to complete practice tests and/or take a review class), and 2) any mistakes I made were extrapolated over a longer test (for the SAT) and thus did not affect the overall score as much. Case in point: I had one incorrect answer on the math section of both tests, which translated to a 76 and a 780, respectively.</p>
<p>PSAT 211 (Oct. '05)
SAT 2260 (1470 MV) (Oct. '05)
SAT 2390 (1600 MV) (Oct. '06)</p>
<p>The only difference was actually preparing. The first two were cold. Moral of the story: study enough and you can get increase any score, even a relatively high one.</p>