<p>I REALLY wish my school wouldn’t wait so long. It’s actual torture. I asked my guidance counselor when scores or access codes would be distributed and she basically told me we would get them right before Christmas break. Oh joy.</p>
<p>My school is supposed to give the scores out the day they get them, but the problem seems to be them getting the scores.</p>
<p>I got 213, according to the method.
Missouri’s qualifying scores have been 209, 213, 210, 213. I’m pretty nervous, to say the least.</p>
<p>@peytonmg you should be fine. there was an overall decrease in scores this year so unless your state is an anomaly and everyone did better than usual you should be fine </p>
<p>@vmiller7723
How do you know that there was an overall decrease in scores this year?</p>
<p>Come on Adam. The scale went down haha you told me this the day it came out lol</p>
<p>I got a 221 in fl. This is from my school.</p>
<p>I do not understand how to calculate my score… It does not make sense… There is no way I got 14 wrong in writing and 15 wrong in critical reading… and 6 wrong in math… What does that even equate to? And this was on Saturday!</p>
<p>@Danwgun </p>
<p>That scale they put on the understanding your score was last years but I thought it was this years at first. Our cutoffs are almost guaranteed to go up this year. Following a -4, which our state had last year, a cutoff has never gone down or remained the same. The most likely outcome following a -4 is a +4.</p>
<p>Hey guys do you think that NJ’s cutoff (or any state for that matter) will go up significantly? NJ has been pretty consistent at 223-224 past couple of years, and I scored just barely over that mark. So any thoughts as to whether or not the cutoff score will increase?</p>
<p>Received 213 for home school student in Idaho today:)</p>
<p>Quick question: how does rounding work? I cannot see, on any collegeboard source, where rounding is discussed.</p>
<p>My son missed 3 CR, 1 Math, 1 WR. </p>
<p>Can anyone helpe understand the score?</p>
<p>Appreciate any help!</p>
<p>Psy</p>
<p>@psywar Basically, you take what it’s out of (CR is out of 48, Math out of 38, and Writing out of 39) and subtract the number you miss in each section for the total number. So that would be 45 for CR, 37 for M, and 38 for W. Then you subtract 1/4 * [number missed] from each section; so 3/4 for CR, and 1/4 each for M and W. That would end up being 44.25 for CR, 36.75 for M, and 37.75 for W.</p>
<p>You then round these numbers to the nearest whole number to get your raw score. In your case, it’s a 44 for CR, a 37 for M, and a 38 for W. You use these scores to figure out what you got in each section. It depends on what test your son took; did he take it on Wednesday, Saturday, or some other time? There were different tests for each one. Wednesday used Form W; Saturday Form S; and other times Form A. </p>
<p>You then use this link (<a href=“https://web.archive.org/web/20141204164848/https://www.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores-guide_0.pdf”>https://web.archive.org/web/20141204164848/https://www.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores-guide_0.pdf</a>) to find out what your son got in each section.</p>
<p>If he used Form W, he got a 76 in CR, a 76 in M, and a 78 in W, for a total of 230. </p>
<p>If he used Form S, he got a 73 in CR, a 77 in M, and a 76 in W for a total of 226.</p>
<p>If he used Form A, he got a 74 in CR, a 76 in M, and a 75 in W for a total of 225.</p>
<p>@topaz1116 can you please do this for my score please? If the hack is correct, I got 14 wrong in writing, 6 wrong in math, and 15 wrong in critical reading… I did omit if that makes any difference to the score… :o Oh and I took it on Saturday.</p>
<p>How many did you omit @aznboi4981 ?</p>
<p>@Topaz116 much appreciated. I just didn’t see where the rounding rules were posted. There seems to be conjecture about rounding up always (Kaplan book?) but I cannot find it anywhere on CB’s site. </p>
<p>However, I can find rounding to nearest whole number for SAT and SATII scoring, so hopefully CB is consistent. 
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<p>But either way, thx for the quick reply!</p>
<p>@aznboi4981 It all depends on how many you omitted. Omitting means that you don’t get any points because you didn’t try the question but it also means that you will not be subject to the -0.25 point penalty given to wrong answers. So if making 14 errors in W is much worse than just skipping 14 questions on the section.</p>
<p>@XCjunior2016 Omg I am so embarrassed. I thought I easily got at least a 2000 on this, but I made such careless mistakes, and skipped more than I thought. D:</p>
<p>I omitted 0 in writing, 4 in math, and 8 in CR. D:</p>
<p>OMG do not tell me that is only a 1580. I hate myself. D:</p>
<p>@balrog29 If you’re talking about <a href=“Understanding PSAT/NMSQT Scores - SAT Suite”>https://www.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores-guide_0.pdf</a> then I’m pretty sure it’s for this year…unless I’m mistaken…?</p>