***Official*** PSAT 2014 Curve Prediction

AttorneyMother
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:07:48 +0000

Hello all 2014 PSAT test takers:

You’ll note that I’m not a student, but the mother of one. My D took her PSATs in 2012 (as a 10th grader) and her PSAT/NMSQT in 2013.

I remember that it was a difficult wait until December/January when schools distribute scores, so I thought I’d help out with her raw scores and PSAT component scores from October 2012 and October 2013. In both cases, she took the Form W test.

October 2012:
CR: - 2 = 77
M: - 6 = 65
W: - 1 = 77
Total score: 219 (reported as 99th percentile on score report and would have made the 2013 NMSF cut off in our state)

October 2013:
CR: - 1 = 79
M: - 1 = 78
W: - 1 = 78
Total score: 235 (reported as 99th percentile on score report and made the 2014 NMSF cut off in our state)

The most notable fact seems to be that there is no “80” associated with a -1 from both years, though the drop in the number of scaled score points varies a bit for each wrong answer.

In any case, good luck to all of you awaiting your PSAT scores. It is best to leave it behind for now and concentrate on Junior year work, SATs and ACTs. Good luck to everyone!