The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is mostly a practice version of the SAT, but it can also lead to money for college through theNational Merit Scholarship Program. In addition to using yourPSAT scoreto compete for scholarships, many students use their...
Each PSAT section is scored on a 160 to 760 scale, which equates to a potential total score range of 320 to 1520. The reading section and the writing and language section are combined to create the EBRW score, or evidence-based reading and writing. Every correct answer counts as one poi...
or consistent, across forms. This process ensures thatno student receives an advantage or disadvantage from taking a particular form of the test on a particular day;* a score of 400 on one test form is equivalent to a score of 400 on another...
we’re looking for 1110–1210 for a junior or 1070–1170 for a sophomore. And this is going to put you in a range for a target score of 1190–1300 on the SAT. Again, this is if you do an average amount of preparation and make an average amount of improvement in your classes. Sch...
score is 1600). Your total PSAT score out of 1520 is the sum of your scaled section scores for Math and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW). Half of your total score is from the Math section, and the other half is from EBRW (which itself is a combination of the Reading and ...