PSAT panic.

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<p>So our school has been pushing, for about a week or so, the subject of PSAT’s for sophomore. I went out and bought the Barron’s guide and too the test. I am a good student, but the diagnostic test I took came out horrible. For example I got something like a 40/48 in Critical, according to the evaluation chart. Even though this was marked as “very good” it seems that most people’s PSAT scores are in the 200’s. I am very scared that I won’t be able to be ready in time for the test in early October. So should I even take the test as a sophomore? Please keep in mind that I will not have got through 1/2 my geometry class by the test date, leaving me with just the book to learn most geometry concepts.</p>

<p>Note: The diagnostic states that a perfect score is somewhere in the hundreds. Is the diag test just scored differently than the actual PSAT?</p>

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<p>The Barron’s PSAT tests don’t give you a table to convert your *raw scores<a href=“e.g.%2040%20on%20CR”>/i</a> to scaled score. </p>

<p>In case you were wondering, a raw score of 40 in CR translates to a scaled score of ~68 on the real PSAT.</p>

<p>So you are on the a good start for CR :)! I say take the PSAT, even if you haven’t covered all of geometry, if simply to get a feel for the test itself.</p>