What is a good score on a PSAT?

Question

i got a 149. lol. i think its out of 240...

Answer 1

149/240 is average, but its better than below average. :-)

The PSAT/NMSQT score reports provide three different scores on the 20-to-80 scale. One each for critical reading skills, math skills, and writing skills. The average critical reading, math, and writing skills score for juniors is about 49.

Also on your score report is the Selection Index, which is the sum of the three scores (CR + M + W). The Selection Index ranges from 60 to 240. The average Selection Index of juniors is about 147.

Score reports include national percentiles, which allow you to compare your scores with other students in your grade level who have taken the PSAT/NMSQT. If you take the PSAT/NMSQT as a junior, you will receive junior percentiles. If you take the PSAT/NMSQT as a sophomore or younger student you will receive sophomore percentiles. For example, a junior student with a percentile of 53 has earned a score better than 53 out of every 100 college-bound juniors who took the test. Go to Score Report Plus for more information about your score report.

Answer 2

The PSAT is just a practice for the SATs. Colleges will never see your score, so don't worry about it. Just look over what kind of questions you had trouble with and use that to improve your performance on the real deal - the actual SATs.

(The PSAT is also known as the NMSQT - the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. If you're aiming for that, a "good" score would probably be around 220s or 230s, though it depends on your region.)

Answer 3

a good score for the SAT must be 2000 out of 2400. it is amazingly troublesome to achieve, and in elementary words equilalent to an 80 3. So do not problem about percents. purpose for an 1800, in case you opt for to get right into a good college. 2000- ivy league. 1500 remains a quite good score. PSAT is determined up/ graded a similar way, yet on a smaller scale.

Answer 4

Well i'm a sophmore and I didn't take it, but I did take an other PSAT test that was out of 2400, which is actually like the SAT's and got a 2230, which is really good. Colleges look for a 2200+ on SAT scores, but PSAT, beats me...my friends got around 150 if that helps...

Answer 5

The average Selection Index of juniors is about 147.

"Scores & Review
How Score Reports Are Delivered
How the Test Is Scored
Information on the Score Report
Notification of Qualification for National Merit Scholarship Corporation Scholarship Programs
How Score Reports Are Delivered
Score reports are mailed to your high school principal in December. Each school decides how and when to distribute the scores to students. PSAT/NMSQT scores are not available by phone or online. Go to Score Report Plus for more information about score reports.

If you're a home schooled student, your PSAT/NMSQT score report is sent directly to your home address. On the test day, when completing the basic information on the answer sheet, be sure to enter your state's home school code in the "school code" section. The test supervisor will provide this for you.

Additional copies of your score report can be obtained from your counselor. Your school is responsible for distributing and retaining your PSAT/NMSQT scores.

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How the Test Is Scored
The PSAT/NMSQT is scored as follows:

each correct answer 1 full point, regardless of level of difficulty
each unanswered question 0 points
each incorrect answer to a Student-Produced Response question 0 points
each incorrect answer to a multiple-choice question minus 1/4 point

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Information on the Score Report
The PSAT/NMSQT score reports provide three different scores on the 20-to-80 scale. One each for critical reading skills, math skills, and writing skills. The average critical reading, math, and writing skills score for juniors is about 49.

Also on your score report is the Selection Index, which is the sum of the three scores (CR + M + W). The Selection Index ranges from 60 to 240. The average Selection Index of juniors is about 147.

Score reports include national percentiles, which allow you to compare your scores with other students in your grade level who have taken the PSAT/NMSQT. If you take the PSAT/NMSQT as a junior, you will receive junior percentiles. If you take the PSAT/NMSQT as a sophomore or younger student you will receive sophomore percentiles. For example, a junior student with a percentile of 53 has earned a score better than 53 out of every 100 college-bound juniors who took the test. Go to Score Report Plus for more information about your score report.

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Notification of Qualification for National Merit Scholarship Corporation Scholarship Programs
If you take the PSAT/NMSQT as a junior and qualify to be designated a Commended Student or Semifinalist in NMSC's scholarship programs, you will be notified by your school in September of your senior year. For more information, go to Scholarship and Recognition Programs."

Answer 6

even though it is out of 240, 140 is good
usually the higher a score the more difference one wrong answer makes
dunno how to really explain that, sorry...

Answer 7

1600

Answer 8

They recently added a new section, so it's not out of 160 (or 1600 for the real SAT) anymore.

Just FYI

Answer 9

Not that great. It should be over 200 to qualify for anything. I got a 233 ... but that's as a sophomore so I don't qualify for National Merit scholarship.

Answer 10

I aimed for above 0