Why does it seem that I can't increase my PSAT score?

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<p>I'm an all A's honors/AP student, but it bothers me that when I take the PSAT practice tests I always score low.
Last year I took it as a sophomore and these were the scores I received:
CR: 45
M: 57
WS: 48
Score: 150
I was quite disappointed in my scores especially because I spent a long time preparing for the test and wasting my summer just to do so. I just recently purchased another PSAT book this summer to study off of and it looks to me my scores are just the same. I feel I can't improve for some reason. Is there any tips out there that will help to improve my score greatly? I have to take it this year because I'm a junior now.</p>

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<p>The only way to improve is to really analyze what you did wrong and WHY you did it wrong. If you just say oh I said A it’s supposed to be B and move on you’re not going to improve the way you want to. You have to say Ohhh I had to use properties of angles to figure it out or whatever is appropriate.
Read SAT help guides (sparknotes helped me a bunch with writing and CR) try to stick with books by the collegeboard, they make the test so they’re going to be the most accurate.</p>

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<p>^Books by Collegeboard? except BB what else are?</p>

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<p>I took a PSAT prep course by Kaplan. It was an online class and I guess it was helpful, because my score jumped 12 points to a 220. But I think in general, people always do worse on the practice tests than the actual one, because my practice test scores were like 192, 193ish, and clearly I did a lot better on the actual test, by over 25 points. So don’t stress, just do the best you can do! And if you’ve got the time/money, I think you should maybe at least try out the Kaplan course, it was kinda fun taking an interactive online class. It was really cool, with a chat room and a live video feed of the teacher, etc. :)</p>

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<p>PowerScore has some great databases where you can find the specific types of problems you have having the greatest difficulty with and zero in on studying those concepts. You might want to start by reanalyzing the last couple of tests you took.</p>