College Confidential - View Single Post - Sophomore here, took the PSAT and did poorly.

brosfam · 12-07-2006, 05:16 PM

Hello all! I'll try to summarize somewhat quickly.

This past October, I decided to take a PSAT as a sophomore just for the sake of extra experience and practice. These scores won't be on my record, but I thought it would be helpful to take the opportunity.

Turns out, I did pretty badly. That said, I didn't prepare at all for it, nor did I embrace it into my schedule. Instead, I sort of just went with the hits, which meant I only got 6 hours of sleep before the test.

So here's my scores. Laugh at me all you want, but I'd like to know how greatly I can expect my scores to change when I take the PSAT as a junior. Hopefully these score's don't imply that I'm going to do horribly on the real PSAT and SAT.

Critical Reading: 54 / 17 Wrong / 0 Omits
Let's see.. CR went pretty badly. I should have taken a little time to devise a strategy for taking each section, but I didn't, and it obviously shows.

Mathematics: 62 / 8 Wrong / 0 Omits
Ran out of time at the end. Another issue with strategy.

Writing Skills: 66 / 5 Wrong/ 0 Omits
I missed 3 in the "Identifying Sentence Errors" section and two in the "Improving Sentences" section.

Well, I hope these scores don't mean I'm doomed to a bad record as a junior. I get really good grades with the hardest schedule possible. I go to one of the top 15 private schools in the US. Sadly, I couldn't get to any of the practice sessions with our resident all-around strategy teacher or do any practice on my own. Remember, I'm a sophomore.

What do you guys think? Any people here take it as a sophomore and do as badly as I did?

12-07-2006, 05:16 PM	#1
brosfam Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: socal Posts: 425	Sophomore here, took the PSAT and did poorly. Hello all! I'll try to summarize somewhat quickly. This past October, I decided to take a PSAT as a sophomore just for the sake of extra experience and practice. These scores won't be on my record, but I thought it would be helpful to take the opportunity. Turns out, I did pretty badly. That said, I didn't prepare at all for it, nor did I embrace it into my schedule. Instead, I sort of just went with the hits, which meant I only got 6 hours of sleep before the test. So here's my scores. Laugh at me all you want, but I'd like to know how greatly I can expect my scores to change when I take the PSAT as a junior. Hopefully these score's don't imply that I'm going to do horribly on the real PSAT and SAT. Critical Reading: 54 / 17 Wrong / 0 Omits Let's see.. CR went pretty badly. I should have taken a little time to devise a strategy for taking each section, but I didn't, and it obviously shows. Mathematics: 62 / 8 Wrong / 0 Omits Ran out of time at the end. Another issue with strategy. Writing Skills: 66 / 5 Wrong/ 0 Omits I missed 3 in the "Identifying Sentence Errors" section and two in the "Improving Sentences" section. Well, I hope these scores don't mean I'm doomed to a bad record as a junior. I get really good grades with the hardest schedule possible. I go to one of the top 15 private schools in the US. Sadly, I couldn't get to any of the practice sessions with our resident all-around strategy teacher or do any practice on my own. Remember, I'm a sophomore. What do you guys think? Any people here take it as a sophomore and do as badly as I did?
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