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Understanding Your PSAT Results
Sample Score Report
SCORING
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- One point for each correct answer
- Minus 1/4 point for incorrect answers
- Zero points for unanswered questions
Your points are then converted to a 20-80 pt scale.
You get a score for each of the three sections.
Privacy
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What if I don't like my scores?
THREE!
Your scores belong to you.
Colleges never see them. We promise!
You don't have to share them with your peers but you should share them with your family.
PSAT Scores do not go on high school transcripts.
Almost everyone feels as if they could do better.
Did you have breakfast?
Did you sleep well?
Should you guess on the PSAT or SAT?
The three sections of the SAT are scored on a 200 to 800 point scale.
Were you too hot or too cold?
Multiply your PSAT score by 10 to get an estimate of what your SAT score might be if you took it at this stage of your education.
What's a good score?
The PSAT measures skills in three academic areas:
- Critical Reading
- Mathematics
- Writing
If you can eliminate one or more of the answer choices (it can't be B and it probably isn't C . . .), you should guess!
Statistically, this "educated guessing" approach will help you earn more points than skipping the question.
Example
A 54 on the PSAT predicts about a 540 on the SAT.
- Set a goal to improve next year.
- Read more to grow your vocabulary.
- Use your test book and the score report to study.
Access free PSAT prep in Oregon Career Info System: Your school has a free subscription for you.
http://oregonCIS.uoregon.edu
Percentiles help you compare yourself to other students your own age.
More than 1.5 million sophomores took the PSAT. Your Score Report will say “You scored higher than __% of sophomores” in each of the three areas.
The SAT focuses on the
same three areas!
Thus, your PSAT scores
predict your SAT results.
PSAT/NMSQT
For juniors, the PSAT is also the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Juniors with a high Selection Index score range may be considered for National Merit scholarships.
Each state has a different Selection Index cut off for National Merit Semifinalists.
For Oregon students in the Class of 2015, the minimum score was 217. Oklahoma was 206. Massachusetts was 223.
What's Average?
National Average
for 11th graders
CR = 45
M = 47
W = 45
What's Average?
National Average
for 10th graders
Your overall score (Critical Reading + Math + Writing)
is called the Selection Index.
The Selection Index is used to identify Juniors for National Merit scholarships.