Freshman PSAT score

mathmom
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:06:05 +0000

1,3.Yes it’s a good score, especially for a freshman, though it’s hard to predict just how much it will go up in two years. There was very little difference between my older son’s sophomore and junior year scores. My younger son went up 90 points. Neither took the PSAT as freshmen. My older son didn’t study for the PSAT at all, my younger son reviewed math. My oldest got a 235 the first time he took the PSAT but his highest score on the SAT was 2260 - his downfall was the writing section.


The PSAT per se won’t help you get into a good school. It’s just an indication of how you may do on the SAT, and even the SAT is only one small piece of the puzzle.
I’d guess quite a few kids get 80s as freshmen. The math isn’t really that hard.


2.My sons both read a lot and had very high verbal scores. Frankly, I think that’s the best prep for CR and PSAT writing. (For the SAT writing you have to practice writing an essay in 25 min.) Otherwise prep books and the xiggi method (one of the top threads in the SAT section of this site) work well.