Official PSAT Score Thread

Test Preparation
501

<p>thechiiguin, welcome to CC. You will almost certainly make semifinalist, no matter what state you live in. Once you become a semifinalist, you will automatically become a finalist as long as you fill out some paperwork, write a few essays, etc. (correct me if I’m wrong).</p>

<p>I got my own PSAT score back today, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised:</p>

<p>Score: 232 w00t (I’m a Junior)</p>

<p>Math: 76 (-1 raw)
Verbal: 76 (-2 raw)
Writing: 80 (-1 raw)</p>

<p>And I haven’t gotten any college mail AT ALL the last few days, and nothing from the top-tier colleges in the last few weeks, so as far as I’m concerned, there’s no correlation between volume of mail and PSAT score.</p>

<p>…I do hope it starts coming in soon though. =P</p>

502

<p>JimmyEatWorld (sorry, I don’t know what you go by…so…) - hey, we have the SAME score. <em>le gaspeth</em> I must say, I was pleasantly surprised and greatly pleased. Congrats, and thanks for the welcome.</p>

<p>I haven’t gotten any college mail. I heard it bombards you like a banshee late junior, early senior year.</p>

503

<p>hey im new also! jimmyeatworld, we have the same score, same distribution and everything! probably made the cutoff in nc. no college mail here yet either.</p>

504

<p>I got my scores! And I am pretty satisfied with my score, especially the percentiles… If I study next year, will I even be able to get 240???
(I am a sophomore)</p>

<p>Critical REading: 67
Math: 80
Writing: 72</p>

<p>Total: 219</p>

<p>Well I think the Critical Reading score in general was low… I really need to improve my vocab, I guess? Any suggestions???</p>

505

<p>soMuch2Do ~ my kids think that reading the Wall Street Journal (mostly they focus on the editorial page, which is a well-written, quick read) is good preparation for critical reading skills. Of course, this happens to be the newspaper that they have handy. In general, I suggest reading something each day that is well-written, at the adult level. One advantage of the editorial page is that there are many authors (hence a wide use of vocabulary) because the WSJ accepts editorials from hundreds of notables each year.</p>

506

<p>227 (junior from nj)</p>

<p>80 critical reading
67 math
80 writing</p>

<p>hehe talk about lopsided… :)</p>

507

<p>225 (junior from cal)</p>

<p>80 math
75 critical reading
70 writing (omitted 2 easy questions lol)</p>

<p>hehe talk about well-rounded… :)</p>

508

<p>233 (junior)</p>

<p>77 Critical Reading
76 Math
80 Writing</p>

<p>darn evil math curve. darn careless mistakes. but ah well, at least the waiting’s over now :).</p>

509

<p>How did y’all scores this year ( if ur a junior) compare with last year’s?</p>

510

<p>2 more than last year</p>

511

<p>I got a 217, and got 99% of juniors, and am from New York. Does the score matter or the percentile?</p>

512

<p>Will the cut-offs be lower or higher this year? I’m hoping they are just one point lower in my state.</p>

513

<p>wow…so many high scores, y do some of you complain when u get like 230+?</p>

<p>im happy cuz i made national merit with a 204, lol</p>

514

<p>if you got 99 percentile, does that mean youre guaranteed semi finalist?</p>

515

<p>yes, pretty much.</p>

516

<p>no
if your state has a high cutoff you might not</p>

517

<p>when do we find out cutoffs</p>

518

<p>i think 99 percentile is 213+ or somewhere around there. that makes it for some states, but for others it doesn’t.</p>

519

<p>thats ludicrous - new york was 218 last year, do you think itll change for better or worse this time?</p>

520

<p>(sophomore)
61-Writing
64-CR
65-Math
190 Total</p>

<p>How much do scores usually increase between your sophomore year and junior year?</p>