I think that test went really well!
@snowfairy137 It went really well for me too! I’ll do my PSAT breakdown in a minute.
I thought that the test was really easy, but for some reason I didn’t manage my time well enough and ended up with having to guess the last questions on both the reading and writing sections. I kind of found it strange since I manage time really well on Practice SAT tests. Well, whatever. I’m an international so this really doesn’t count for anything.
@Ak2018 I think I got a 750-760 (0-1 wrong) on math and a 730-750 on reading (with 0-2 wrong on reading and 1-3 on writing)
That puts my predicted selctection index at between 221-226
So here’s my PSAT Breakdown and how the test went for me:
Reading: Wasn’t too hard! I started off really well with the story about the girl who wanted to be a photographer. I honestly hated, and was really confused by, the story about the bottlenose dolphin and the toadfish. I honestly just really skim-read that one to get it over with. My favorite two stories were the stories about the nebulas and conserving America’s natural resources. I also found the story about conversing energy and finding new forms of it to be pretty boring as well. Overall, I think I did really well.
My Lowest Predicted Reading Raw Score: 30/47
My Highest Predicted Reading Raw Score: 35/47
Writing: The writing test felt a lot easier, up until I realized that I put No Change on more questions than I realized. I also had B three times in a row, technically column, and was a bit concerned, but not that much. I liked the story about the photographer, but found the story about the announcers to be really uninteresting.
My Lowest Predicted Writing Raw Score: 30/44
My Highest Predicted Writing Raw Score: 33/44
My Lowest Combined Reading and Writing Score (Out of 800): 570
My Highest Combined Reading and Writing Score (Out of 800): 620
Math: I was honestly really suprised, and worried, abou how easy this section seemed. I legit got through almost everything. I only omitted three questions which were the grid-in questions on the non-calculator portion. I realized the mistake I mae and decided that when I’m taking the SAT, I will ALWAYS start with the grid-in questions first as when you’re crunched on time, usually towards the end, those are the questions people usually don’t get to. By starting with the grid-in questions, you’ll have a higher chance of actually finishing the whole math section. That and your chances of guessing the correct answer for a grid-in question is usually much lower than the 25% chance on the multiple-choice section.
My Lowest Predicted Math Score (Out of 800): 600
My Highest Predicted Math Score (Out of 600): 720
My Lowest Predicted PSAT Score (Out of 1600): 1170
My Lowest Highest PSAT Score (Out of 1600): 1340
Reflection: Overall, I felt much calmer on this test than on last year’s. I felt I’ve reedeemed myself from that 990 from last year. All I know is, I’m definitely not getting a 990 this year.
Time was also not an issue for me this year, which is definitely a thing. I think I’m going to stick with the SAT because of this.
The Most Evil Thing The College Board Could Do: Make the students bubble in a string of letters. (Like having four or five questions in a row where B is the right answer. ) That would mess everyone up!
They did up to 3 on this one I think
@OMPursuit Oh yeah I noticed that but I’m doing year-round school so I’ll graduate in 2018 instead of 2019 haha.
The only section I felt bad about was writing. I’m not really sweating it though. I felt really prepared and ready.
@LeopardFire 4:10 pm.
We had an Ivy League schools presentation yesterday. Man, I’m shook. It seems like competition is just getting tougher and tougher. Not only do we need excellent grades but excellent EC’s too.
Like a meeting Obama level EC. DAMN.
I thought the PSAT was really easy.
My school does “college visits” where representatives from the admissions office come to your school and talk about the application process for their school. It’s really cool because you get to meet the person who determines if you get in to X school. Monday someone came from the University of Michigan, today was Dartmouth, and Friday is NYU!!! I’m really excited for NYU. Now I’m doing (procrastinating on) my math lecture (backwards classroom) and my teacher said the next three units are going to be on trig :(( :(( :((
Also today I found out that my best friend from kindergarten’s mom went to Yale. As in YALE. I was like “how did I not know this!!!” So she might write me a recommendation (if they ignore my awful grades and bad ecs and the fact that I have no hooks…yeah…)
I’m from the class of 2019, but I took the NMSQT.
- Did you all get strings of answer choices on Reading? Mostly I got strings of B’s but there were others too.
- On writing, I got a lot of D’s as answer choices. (Not necessarily in strings)
- Math was fairly scattered for me, but there were more B/D’s than A/C’s, not much of a difference though.
yup @ZealousScholar
what did u guys get for the question in the first reading passage where it asked what distinction the narrator made or something like that (it was question 2 or 3)
I got strings of Bs too. I forgot which section but did anyone also get a lot of As in a row?
@ZealousScholar I thought you had to be a junior to be considered for the NMSQT.
I know a lot of you are taking APUSH this year and I took it last year and had an A in the class and a 5 on the exam, so I thought I’d share with you all some of my advice from the class:
- Study your outlines (if you outline the textbook). This really helped me prep for the tests and AP Exam
- Use quizlet to find a set of terms for whatever unit you’re on and study these often
-----2a) I have a smartphone and was able to get the quizlet app and study in between classes and during car rides, which really helped - I used Barrons throughout the whole year to prep for the AP Exam
- Make sure you prewrite before writing the essays
- Find practice essays on the collegeboard website and have your teacher grade them (if your teacher is willing)
How do you all find the emojis?
@ZealousScholar Yeah, I got a lot of B’s at one point. I was really freaked out. x)
@nyuhopeful44 We have those too! I have yet to go to one though… Also I should really get a review book for APUSH but I don’t even want to think about it ugh
@Soccer1235 I’m not sure about mobile, but on the regular site there is a smiley face in the upper right corner of the comment box. It gives a list of emojis when you click on it.
Aha I found it! It’s cause I have grammarly installed and it covers up the smiley face 