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The PSAT and Beyond: What You Need to Know
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About Me
Name: Brendan GetzellCollege: UCSBSAT Score: 2400
About Me:
• Scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT• Has spent 5 years as a Revolution Prep instructor• 93% of former students rate him as an A or A+ instructor• A musician, currently at work recording an album
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Roadmap for tonight
1. Introduction to the PSAT
2. Interpreting your results
3. Going from the PSAT to the SAT
4. More tests: The ACT and SAT Subject Tests
5. Next Steps: Testing timeline and prep options
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Why does Testing Matter?
Standardized tests are the biggest “bang for the buck” part of the college admissions process.
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What is the PSAT?• Practice version of the SAT
• For Sophomores: the first exposure to college admissions testing
• For Juniors: A chance to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program
• For Everyone: A chance to find out “where you stand” so that you can get prepared effectively for the real SAT!
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The PSAT
Critical Reading 225 minutes
Math 225 minutes
Total Time:2 hours, 10 minutes
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• Each section is scored out of 80 points (240 total)• For each section, you receives score, a score range,
and a percentile rank.
Section Scores
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Answer BreakdownTotal Score (Selection Index)
• Selection index = sum of section scores = # of 240• Percentile = What percent of college-bound Juniors in your
state did you score higher than?• PSAT index SAT score: Add a zero. 156 PSAT = 1560 SAT
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Error Log
• Assess your strengths and weaknesses to determine where you need to prep.
• Use your online access code to get more details at collegeboard.com.
Skills Breakdown
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Detailed AnalysisQuestion-by-Question
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What is the National Merit Scholarship?
• Based on total PSAT score from Junior year.• Semifinalist – varies year to year, state to state –
somewhere between 201 to 221.• Requires a “qualifying” SAT score (2000+) by fall of the
Senior year.• Most Semifinalists become Finalists.• Roughly half of Finalists receive monetary awards.• Semifinalist or Finalist status is a big leg up in the college
admissions process.
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Going from the PSAT to the SAT
• 95+ percent content overlap between the tests • There are only three differences between the PSAT and SAT:
1. The SAT is slightly harder
2. The SAT has a 25-minute essay
3. The SAT is much longer (~4 hrs.)!
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The SAT Reasoning TestCritical Reading 125 minutes
Math 225 minutes
Writing 125 minutes
ExperimentalSection25 minutes
Writing 210 minutes
Critical Reading 320 minutes
Math 320 minutes
Total Time:3 hours, 45 minutes
Math 125 minutes
Essay25 minutes
Critical Reading 225 minutes
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SAT Scoring
• Three sub-scores (just like PSAT): Math, Critical Reading, and Writing
• Each sub-section is scaled from 200-800
• The national average for each section is roughly 500 (1500 total)
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SAT ScoringScoring •One raw score point gained for each correct answer•1/4 raw point taken away for each incorrect multiple choice answer•No penalty or gain for omitted questions or incorrect answers on grid-ins
Leaving Them Blank
Guessing Randomly
Using Process of Elimination
30 Questions 30 Questions 30 Questions
# Questions Correct 0 6 10
# Questions Incorrect 0 24 20
Positive Raw Points 0 6 10
Negative Raw Points 0 6 5
Total Raw Points 0 0 5
Total Scaled Points 0 0 30-50
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The ACT
• The ACT has four sections: English, Reading, Math, and Science.
• Each section is scored on a scale from 1 to 36
• The national average for each section is roughly 21
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The ACT
English45 minutes
Math60 minutes
Science35 minutes
Reading35 minutes
Total Time:2 hours, 55 minutes
Total Time with Essay:3 hours, 25 minutes
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PSAT vs. SAT vs. ACTPSAT SAT ACT
2 hours 15 minutes 3 hours 45 minutes 3 hours 25 minutes
no science section no science section includes science
no trigonometry no trigonometry Includes trig
multiple-choice only includes essay essay optional
guessing penalty guessing penalty no guessing penalty
math accounts for 33% of your score
math accounts for 33% of your score
math accounts for 25% of your score
questions follow order of difficulty
questions follow order of difficulty
random question order
“reasoning” based “reasoning” based content-based
Big challenge: tricky questions
Big challenge: tricky questions, length
Big challenge: time crunch!
PSAT vs SAT vs ACT
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SAT Subject Tests• Each test is one hour in length• Achievement-based tests, measuring knowledge
learned from college-level courses in the following areas:
• ENGLISH: Literature
• HISTORY: U.S. History, World History
• MATH: Mathematics Level 1, Mathematics Level 2
• SCIENCE: Biology E/M, Chemistry, Physics
• LANGUAGES: Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Japanese, Korean
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Testing Timeline
Sophomore Year
Junior Year
Senior Year
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Test Prep Options
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Revolution Opportunities
Upcoming Mock Exams• SAT: February 5th, $15 donation 9am-1pm
• ACT: March 12th, $15 donation 9am-1pm
Upcoming Group Courses• March SAT Course begins January 22nd Tuesdays 6pm-9pm
• May SAT Boot Camp April 30th and May 1st
• June ACT Course begins April 30th Tuesdays 6pm-9pm
Special offer attendees of this event expires on 1/31/11.• $50 off group course use promo code PSAT3GJ• $75 off hybrid course use promo code PSAT3HJ• $100 off tutoring package use promo code PSAT3TJ• $200 off Premium Instructor Online/Virtual Tutor use promo code PSAT3VJ
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Questions?