New SAT scores vs PSAT scores?

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<p>215, 2090 (first try)…I think the scores are supposed to be middling, but I saw a long thread on CC before where it was determined that the average CCer at least, gained 70 points from PSAT to SAT. This might be because people took the SAT 3 times though.</p>

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<p>yes, most likely this is the “long thread” you are referring to…average improvement from PSAT to SAT from 151 self-reporters was about 90 SAT points. Generally, however, more points were gained with a lower starting PSAT score. The report is on this page:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52299&page=12&pp=20[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=52299&page=12&pp=20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I believe the vast majority of SAT scores reported were for a single SAT sitting, and if provided multiple SAT sitting scores, I only chose the one closest timing-wise to the PSAT sitting. I discussed this in the report.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that averages are just that…averages. There were plenty of “deprovers” in the data set, but the improvers outweighed those losses.</p>

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<p>200 psat, 2300 sat</p>

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<p>btw drummerdude, you may be interested in a smaller survey of 1st-time SAT results compared to 2nd-time SAT results:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70050&page=1&pp=20[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70050&page=1&pp=20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>2280 SAT, 234 PSAT
Took the SAT the weekend before the PSAT</p>

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<p>hmm I took the new SAT during it’s first run through with a 2120 (sophmore year) and I got a 219 on the PSAT last year <em>shrug</em> >>; ugh</p>

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<p>233 2360 one month apart</p>

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<p>203 PSAT 10th grade
216 PSAT 11th grade
2220 SAT March 2005
2330 SAT Jan. 2006</p>

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<p>this linked one is fresh for winter/spring 2006:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=145009[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=145009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[the thread we are on now is from last year, started in spring 2005]</p>

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<p>Psat 236
Sat 2240</p>

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<p>225 v 2290</p>

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<p>209 v. 2140</p>

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<p>226 v. 2310</p>

<p>October v. January, no major prep in between</p>

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<p>2130 vs 186…big gap</p>

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<p>219 vs 2320</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.kwugirl.com/cyberspace06/CC_SATvsPSAT.bmp[/url]”>http://www.kwugirl.com/cyberspace06/CC_SATvsPSAT.bmp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Check out that R-squared value. This goes to show that peformance on the PSATs is in no way correlated with performance on the SATs…at least among CC-ers…</p>

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<p>What is considered a good score for the PSATs? I don’t get the huge difference in these scores.</p>

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<p>Interesting R-squared is only like 0.48. Not a very good PSAT-SAT performance. =] good for me haha. hopefully meanin’g a rise</p>

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<p>@em36…it depends on what you define as a good score…if a good score to you means semifinalist chances…youll prob need 215+ (~99 percentile) in most states to be safe…but if you just want a good score that shows you are intelligent…anything 200+ (~95 percentile…roughly…dont know for sure) should be good</p>

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<p>To be commended, you need at least a 203. If you want to be a National Merit Semifinalist, you may need a score of 222 or higher. Some states have lower qualifying scores. Any score around 200 is considered “good” and fairly high.</p>