PSAT Results

How am I doing?

How can I improve?

Score Report

Critical Reading Score

Math Score

Writing Skills ScoreLocated at the top of your score sheet along with national percentiles.

• 80 possible points on each section

• Look for your personal code– Middle left blue box or bottom center blue box

Get the Most out of Your Scores

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Once you are logged in you can:

Allows access to the Free College Planning Package….

My College QuickStart

Powerful Tools

My Online Score Report

Review each question, your answer and

the correct answer with answer

explanations.

Powerful Tools (cont.)

My SAT Study Plan

Get to know the test with a customized

plan based on your own PSAT score.

Improve skills especially chosen for you.

Powerful Tools (cont.)

My Personality

Take the detailed personality tests that will help you learn more about yourself and discover majors and careers that fit your strengths and interests.

Powerful Tools (cont.)

My College Matches

Kick off your search with a starter list of

colleges that are near you and offer the

major you choose when you took the

PSAT.

Powerful Tools (cont.)

My Major & Career Matches

Learn more about the majors and careers

that interest you and take a personality

test for more suggestions.

Project SAT Scores

A simple way to calculate a projected SAT score is to add a ZERO your PSAT scores.

Critical Reading Score Ex: 48 PSAT 480 SATMath Score Ex: 50 PSAT 500 SATWriting Skills Score Ex: 44 PSAT 440 SAT

Total SAT Projection 980 (CR + M) or1,420 (CR+M+W)

1,600 possible points adding just (CR+M)2,400 possible points adding (CR+M+W)

How to Improve PSAT/SAT Scores

Take challenging and demandingcourses.

(Honors, AP, IB)Take upper level math and sciencecourses.RMASS Princeton ReviewLocal companies providing Prep Courses

Future???

Take the PSAT in grades 9, 10 and 11.

Find a SAT Prep course that fits your time

schedule and budget.

Begin taking both the SAT an ACT beginning in the winter and spring of your junior year.

SAT/ACT Comparison

220 Seniors in the Class of 2010 took both the SAT and ACT…results were the following

+ 120 points on the SAT/ACT conversion chart in favor of the ACT…

Begin checking College Admissions websites

for admission data, scores and student profiles.