PSAT 2012 Curve?

Descartesz
Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:52:10 +0000

What did change is that about 300,000+ more students took the test: 1,570,141 this year vs. 1,260,584 in 2011.



sorry - that should have been 1,557,057 for this year vs 1,234,267 - but still the same general increase



This is incorrect. There was no significant change from last year.

Highlights of 2011 Junior Data
1,557,056 juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT.

[College-Bound Juniors & Sophomores | Research and Development](SAT Suite of Assessments – Reports | College Board)

However you are correct about the previous use of the 55,000 figure. I could find no links to the 2011 document but the paper copy I have does use that number. I believe you are correct in that it probably rolls up both NMS and NAS numbers. And, under this revised assumption, I’ll change my conjecture that the Top 50,000 scorer cutoff will be 200.