<p>Sophmore PSAT 168?</p>
<p>Is that good or bad? I’m assuming good because everyone in programming class crowded around me. What can I expect junior year when it counts?</p>
<p>Isn’t it out of…240?</p>
<p>. . . Did you even look at the percentile?</p>
<p>its not great, but you have a year to pick it up.</p>
<p>Everyone at my school said it was great. So this is interesting. Maybe my school sucks, but it’s one of the best in Texas.</p>
<p>My percentile was like 82 or something.</p>
<p>well what was your breakdown for each section? to qualify for national merit scholarships i think you needed at least a 210 or something for texas.</p>
<p>Texas has been hovering around 216 for the last several years.</p>
<p>Yeah 168 isn’t really impressive, it’s a decent score…it’s like equivalent to an 1120 on the old SAT or a 1680 on the new one…but you’re only a sophomore</p>
<p>Its decent, but you’ll have to do some major work to raise it to National Merit level though… Its certainly doable though, someone at our school got around 160 and got a 221 this year.</p>
<p>It’s decent for a sophomore. Plus, you have a whole year to study and push your score up.</p>
<p>I didn’t think it was that great either. But a friend of mine who is a senior said he scored that his score was the exact same his sophomore year and the next year he got a 216.</p>
<p>Everyone’s different, but most do better their junior year. If you want to do better there are a variety of ways to prep, from studying the 10 SAT’s on your own to elaborate prep courses that teach you better test taking technique. </p>
<p>Opinions differ, but I believe most students can gain points by getting used to taking the tests, learning to manage their time better and how to deal with questions where you can eliminate some of the answers. You’ll have to decide what might help for yourself.</p>
<p>im a sophmore and i am terribly disappointed with my 164 on the psat
i go to a really competative private school and i am near the top 5% and definatley in the top 10% of my class with all honor courses (really tough schedule) and all of those guys got 210+ and people who had lower grades than me had 190+, there was even one guy with a 230! but that guy ws smarter than me and he was in AP Calculus BC as a sophmore which is really impressive at my school
i really felt stupid after that so im preping reallllllly hard for the psat in my junior year aiming for a 220+
that story sentient89 told was really encouraging and thanks for sharing that cus i had never heard of anyone making that big of an increase
good luck texasmathwhiz hope u and i can qualify for as national merit semifinalist which would be so awesome</p>
<p>I know how you feel Hannah. I get straight 99’s on the state standardized tests and I make straight A’s with maybe a rare B once in a while in all honors courses.</p>
<p>And I got a 168! They don’t prepare well at my school because the top sophomore had a 180 I think.</p>
<p>Yet my school is ranked 3rd in Texas I think.</p>
<p>Eh, you’ll probably learn enough as you progress through school to do much better anyways. I went from a 182 Sophomore year to a 218 Junior year. Don’t be discouraged, you’ll do better regardless of whether or not you prepare for it. (I certainly didn’t prepare, maybe I could have done better). But my 218 was enough to place me into National Merit Finalist standing.</p>
<p>Schools aren’t supposed to prepare you for the SATs.</p>
<p>I made a 224 as a sophomore but my score went down to a 212 as a junior (I was really really sick, so I’m just glad I broke 200).</p>
<p>You should buy a prep book this summer and commit to reading it. Reward yourself.</p>
<p>Since you’re a “math whiz” (like me) I take it you’re having difficultly with the verbal and writing sections? Studying vocabulary and practicing reading passages (the ones in 10 Real SATs are fine for this) should help you a lot… just always be sure there is something in the passage to back up your answer. As for the writing, be sure to pay attention and study hard in your English class this year. Pay special attention to grammar. I learned a lot of grammar in the early fall of my sophomore year (we have block schedule) and it really contributed a lot to my high score soph year.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve got a major problem with grammar as well. The top sophomore at our school got around a 225. I ended up with a 202, which I was rather happy with considering I didn’t do any studying :), there were quite a few people who got lower scores than me and are in more advanced courses. I don’t think you should have any problems with the math at all as long as you are in somewhat moderately advanced math courses. I scored a near perfect(Or perfect? I forget) on the math and writing, but I totally bombed the reading.</p>
<p>I don’t think there were that many sophomores at my school that made it over 200, maybe 5 out of the 150 that took it, its pretty tough.</p>
<p>I’m pretty decent with grammar, it’s the reading. I got a 60 something in math and a 59 in the grammar stuff, and then like 49 critical reading.</p>
<p>I also got a 168. Although I only got 4 hours of sleep, didn’t prepare and forgot that the test was that day.</p>