PSAT Score?

Question

I received my PSAT scores a few weeks ago and I am trying to figure out if I got a reasonable score. I am a sophomore and I got a 195. Is this good?

Answer 1

A good score on each section is considered to be above 60, or a 180 total. A very good score would be above 70 for each section, or a 210 total.

A 195 is good, but not spectacular. Also, the PSAT is meant to correlate with the SAT, but it isn't precisely the same. There are a few minor differences, including the length of the test and the lack of essay, which can make a huge difference for some people. I scored 40 or 50 points lower on my SAT than my PSAT scores would have predicted (mostly due to a problem scoring essays on that administration date, and my lack of focus towards the end of the test. And I know people who scored higher on their SAT than their PSAT scores predicted, so that can go both ways. Plus, people usually do better in their junior year than in their sophomore year because their vocabulary increases and they sometimes haven't covered all of the math.

In general though, your PSAT score should be similar to your SAT score. If I were you, I would use your PSAT score report to figure out which areas or types of questions you need to study and do a more targeted approach to studying for the SATs since you have the basics down and don't need to do a blitzkrieg approach.

Answer 2

The PSAT gives you an idea of how you would do on the SAT. On the PSAT, each section is out of a possible 80 points, on the SAT, it's out of 800, so you can convert PSAT to SAT by adding a 0 to the end of your score. That will give you an estimate of what you can expect on the SAT. Look at the requirements for the college you want to get into to see if you are within their range. If not, study and take practice tests before you take the SAT.

You can also see how you rank against others who took the same PSAT test you did by looking at the percentiles on your score sheet. The percentile tells you what percent of people you did better than. So if you were in the 60th percentile, you did better than 60 percent of the people who took that test.

If you still have questions, try talking to your guidance counselor.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

this score can be converted to a 1950 on the sat i. not spectacular, but still good. and since ure only a sophomore, there's always time for improvement before the psat counts next year and of course the real sat i.

Answer 4

The Selection Index ranges from 60 to 240. The average Selection Index of juniors is about 147.
SO your score is very good~

Answer 5

Slightly under average, You should use out SAT review porgram.....


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Answer 6

Well the test score sheet shows you what percentage you are to other students in each section of the test so you can go off of that!!

Answer 7

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