UNDERSTANDING YOUR PSAT/NMSQT RESULTS
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR PSAT/NMSQT RESULTS
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Get to Know the PSAT/NMSQT
• The PSAT/NMSQT is highly relevant to your future success because it
focuses on the skills and knowledge at the heart of your education.
It measures:
-What you learn in high school
-What you need to succeed in college
• The PSAT/NMSQT measures reading, writing and language, and math skills
developed over many years.
• The PSAT/NMSQT does not ask for facts from literature, history, or science,
or for recall of math formulas, because it measures your reasoning and
critical thinking skills.
• You don’t have to discover secret tricks or cram the night before.
• There is no penalty for guessing.
• The test length is 2 hours, 45 minutes.
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What Are the Benefits of
Taking the
®
PSAT/NMSQT ? • Prepare for the SAT
®
• Get free, personalized Official
SAT Practice on Khan
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Academy
• Start getting ready for college
with college and career
planning tools
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• Enter the National Merit
Scholarship Program
®
• See which AP courses for
which you might be ready
• Get admission and financial aid
information from colleges
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4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results
Your Scores
Your Skills
Your Answers
Next Steps
3 Test Sections
Critical Reading
Mathematics
Writing Skills
Your Scores Score You can see your projected SAT score online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Your Scores (cont.) Score Range
Your Scores (cont.) Percentile If you are a junior, your scores are compared to those of other juniors. If you are a sophomore or younger student, your scores are compared to those of sophomores.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information
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What Is the National Merit
Scholarship Program?
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic
competition for recognition and scholarships that began
in 1955. Of the 1.5 million students who take the
PSAT/NMSQT, some 50,000 with the highest
PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores qualify for
recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
In September, these high scorers are notified through
their schools that they have qualified as either a
Commended Student or a Semifinalist.
Selection Index scores are calculated by doubling the
sum of the Reading, the Writing and Language, and the
Math Test scores. Students can find this score in the
middle of the top of page 3 of the paper score report. If
there is an asterisk after the number, the student is not
eligible for the competition during this test
administration.
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1,500,000 JUNIORS WILL
TAKE THE PSAT
50,000 RECOGNIZED OUT OF 1.5 MILLION
STUDENTS WHO
TAKE THE PSAT,
16,000 SEMI- 7,400 ARE AWARDED
FINALISTS
SCHOLARSHIPS
15,000
FINALISTS
7,40040% NMSC SELECTION INDEX
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information (cont.) The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores. If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility requirements for the competition.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information (cont.) The Percentile compares your performance to that of other college-bound juniors.
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation Information (cont.)
The Entry Requirements section displays information you
provided on your answer sheet.Your Skills
Your Skills (cont.) See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT. You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).
Your Answers
Your Answers (cont.) You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers (cont.) You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers (cont.) You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers (cont.) You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.
Your Answers: Student-Produced Responses
Your Answers:
Student-Produced
Responses (cont.)
Some of the math problems required you
to grid in answers instead of selecting an
option. For these questions, you will see
the correct answer(s) written out.Next Steps
Next Steps (cont.) What’s next? Use the access code on your report to log in to My College QuickStart, a personalized college and career planning kit. There you can: •Search for colleges •Get a personalized SAT study plan •Take a personality test to find majors and careers that fit you •See your AP Potential www.collegeboard.org/quickstart
My College QuickStart
My College QuickStart Log in to your personalized account at www.collegeboard.org/quickstart
ACT ® SAT ®
Exclusively Mostly multiple
Format
WHICH multiple choice choice
TEST Content
English, Math,
Reading,
Math, Reading,
areas Writing
SHOULD I Writing, Science
TAKE? Scoring per
section
1 – 36 200 – 800
Timing 2:55 (3:35) 3:00 (3:50)
# of
215 154
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QuestionsWHAT DO THESE TESTS MEASURE?
Admission tests.. True False
… measure intelligence?
… can be used to award aid?
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… reflect your GPA in high school?
… predict your college GPA?
… can be prepared for?
… should be prepared for?
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Department of Defense
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