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PSAT Scores Are Back!Now What?
From the PSAT to College Admissions
1. Understand the PSAT Score Report.
2. Determine whether the ACT or SAT is best for you.
3. Make a Test Prep Plan to get a higher score.
4. Take the official ACT and/or SAT.
5. Apply to colleges.
From the PSAT to College Admissions
10th
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Take the PSAT.Explore the ACT and SAT.
11th
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Study for the PSAT.Take the PSAT.Determine whether to take the ACT or the SAT.Prep for the ACT/SAT.Take the ACT/SAT.
12th
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Take the ACT/SAT again if needed.Apply to colleges.Get in to college!
Understanding the PSAT Score Report
Purpose of the PSAT
• A practice SAT
• National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test – for juniors only
• NOT for college admissions
PSAT Score Timeline
• October 11, 14, and 25 – PSAT 2017 Test Dates
• December 4 – PSAT Scores accessible to school counselors
• December 11-13 – PSAT scores available to students through the College Board’s electronic portal
0% 50%Median score
99%Top score
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-nmsqt-understanding-scores.pdf
PSAT Score Distribution
PSAT - 320 PSAT - 920 PSAT - 1520
PSAT Sections Score Range
Evidence-Based Reading & Writing 160-760
Math 160-760
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-nmsqt-understanding-scores.pdf
What’s a Good PSAT Score?
PSAT Sections
College & Career Readiness
Benchmark for 10th Grade
College & Career Readiness
Benchmark for 11th Grade
Evidence-Based Reading & Writing 430 460
Math 480 510
Scoring above the Benchmark gives a 75% likelihood of achieving a C or better in first year college courses.
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-nmsqt-understanding-scores.pdf
What’s a Good PSAT Score?
Percentile 10th Grade Score
11th Grade Score
99th 1360 1450
95th 1250 1350
90th 1180 1280
80th 1090 1180
70th 1030 1120
60th 970 1060
50th 920 1010
40th 870 960
PSAT/NMSQT 11th Grade Local Score Trends
Year 2015 2016 2017
MBHS 1122 1177 1132
MCPS 1076 1096 1082
State 989 1017 1006
Section Score Mean Trends for MBHS 11th Graders
Year 2015 2016 2017Mean Evidence Based Reading and Writing Score
558 592 567
Mean Math Score
565 585 565
0% 50%Median score
99%Top score
Source: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-10-understanding-scores-2017.pdf
National Merit
PSAT - 320 PSAT - 920 PSAT - 1520
National Merit Cutoffs in 2016 ranged from 1380-1480.
ONLY juniors can be considered for National Merit.
PSAT Scoring vs SAT Scoring
SAT: 400-1600
PSAT: 320-1520
300 600 900 1200 1500
Composite Score Range
Choosing the SAT or the ACT
Test Scores in College Admissions
95% of college admissions advisors are confident that the SAT and ACT are effective tools in measuring students’ future success at their schools.
Sources: Kaplan Test Prep College Admissions Officers Survey, 2011 and National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2014
95%
Test Scores in College Admissions
Approximately 80% of college admissions advisors state that there is no advantage to submitting both an ACT and an SAT score.
Is there any advantage to an applicant submitting both an SAT and ACT score instead of only one score, assuming both scores are strong?
Source: Kaplan Test Prep College Admissions Officers Survey, 2012
Factor SAT ACT
Length 3 hours 15 minutes 3 hours 5 minutes
Score Areas Composite, Evidence-Based Reading & Writing, Math
Composite, English, Math, Reading, Science
Score Range 1600 overall, 200-800 per section 1-36 overall and per section
SuperscoringMost schools take your best score per section, even from
different tests
Most schools use only your best overall test, not your
best score per section
Wrong Answers No penalty No penalty
Test Comparison
Section SAT ACT
W&L / English
More questions on effective language use
More questions on sentence structure
ReadingMore Synthesis and Rhetoric questions,
more time per question
More Global and Detail questions,
less time per question
Essay
Optional. 50 minutes. Given a 750 word source text, you must objectively
analyze the author’s argument.
Optional. 40 minutes. Given a prompt with 3 perspectives, you must
develop a relevant argument.
Test Comparison
Section SAT ACT
Math
One non-calculator section, multiple choice with 4
answers, grid-in questions, wordier
questions
Calculator allowed throughout,
all multiple choice but with 5 answers,
more Geometry
Science
No science section, but science-related material throughout and science
subscore
Science section with passages, charts and
graphs, science score is ¼ of overall score
Test Comparison
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