Sophomore PSAT score - need advice

Peachmarmalade
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:57:38 +0000

It’s definitely possible. I got a 197 sophomore year, and have yet to get my scores this year as a junior, but I estimate that I am going to get around a 210-220. Also, I didn’t study much prior to it.
If I did study, I would have started in the summer of sophomore year, but your daughter can start now by learning vocab. if she is weak on that part. You can usually find past PSAT tests online by google, and use these for practice or just use the regular SAT.
In fact, I would recommend just using SAT tests instead out of the Blue Book for practice. I found that raising a score just comes with practice.
I haven’t studied many of the “strategies” except writing rules, because I feel that if you practice enough, then you can develop your own personal test taking strategies that come naturally to you.

For example, I got a 610 on Math on my soph. PSAT, and on 2 recent SAT practices, I got 760 on both.
This increase was unexpected, but after practicing a little bit with real tests, everything suddenly clicked, and I kind of found out my own ways to solve most problems.

Practice makes perfect! Good luck to your daughter, she has plenty of time!