Psat

[mentch_man]

Our PSAT scores came in today, and I was pretty excited. I got a 226, so I should be set for National Merit. The only problem is, somehow they didn't record all my information (like I'm a US citizen, in my junior year and whatnot) and so they said I'm not eligible for NM. There's an address that looks like it's for sending corrections in to, so hopefully this will work out, but does anybody have any experience with something like this? Is College Board pretty good about getting this fixed, or am I screwed?

[richter915]

fight for it son. Don't let them shaft you. You have the brains, right? So why not get the credit, recognition, and respect you deserve. Talk to your guidance counselor and all.

I'm not sure how the new PSAT works with the new fandangled SAT. What would your 226 correlate to in the old one? What is the PSAT out of?

[mentch_man]

I did talk to one of the counselors, and it seems like this should work out. He said they were very helpful, and even more so when they heard my score...

The PSAT is out of 240. I don't think they changed too much on it even though the SAT added the essay and all. A 226 is supposed to correspond with about a 2260 on the SAT, give or take a hundred or two, so hopefully I can pull that off as well. Haha, and thanks for the encouragement.

[preppyak]

I did talk to one of the counselors, and it seems like this should work out. He said they were very helpful, and even more so when they heard my score...

The PSAT is out of 240. I don't think they changed too much on it even though the SAT added the essay and all. A 226 is supposed to correspond with about a 2260 on the SAT, give or take a hundred or two, so hopefully I can pull that off as well. Haha, and thanks for the encouragement.
Yeah, I got taken to the house on the writing section when I took the PSAT's, thankfully my SAT didn't include that section. Good luck with NM

[Nick Lopez]

I should get my results back within the week.

[wyverna]

I should get my results back within the week.

Good luck.

[leafsacc]

good luck, those scholarships are pretty tough to get.

[ArTkY_]

Holy crap man! Congrats, that's a great score.

Good luck.

[Broken Parachute]

My PSAT score came in this week but I have to wait until Friday or maybe even Monday because my Counselar has to go to each class and hand them out in a Guidance Class we have once every other week. I'm in his very last class, so I get it last. Ugh.

[SuperWoman7700]

Our PSAT scores came in today, and I was pretty excited. I got a 226, so I should be set for National Merit. The only problem is, somehow they didn't record all my information (like I'm a US citizen, in my junior year and whatnot) and so they said I'm not eligible for NM. There's an address that looks like it's for sending corrections in to, so hopefully this will work out, but does anybody have any experience with something like this? Is College Board pretty good about getting this fixed, or am I screwed?

holy shit

[mentch_man]

holy shit
Yeah...you could call me a nerd. This was actually my fourth time taking the test, and I only improved one point from last year, if that gives you a clue about anything.

And to the others waiting for your scores, good luck!

[SuperWoman7700]

do you mind me asking how many you missed or omitted?

[richter915]

Yeah...you could call me a nerd. This was actually my fourth time taking the test, and I only improved one point from last year, if that gives you a clue about anything.

And to the others waiting for your scores, good luck!
four times??/ I took mine twice and did crap on both. SATs were never my good thing.

what do you plan on doing for the SATs though? Colleges will know every time you take the exam so you can't hide it and it doesn't necessarily look great if you take it more than 2 times.

[mentch_man]

do you mind me asking how many you missed or omitted?
I believe I missed one or two on writing, one on math and three in verbal, and omitted none. 'All or nothing' was my plan.

four times??/ I took mine twice and did crap on both. SATs were never my good thing.

what do you plan on doing for the SATs though? Colleges will know every time you take the exam so you can't hide it and it doesn't necessarily look great if you take it more than 2 times.
Well, the gifted/talented teacher at my high school gets junior high students to take the PSAT as practice, but it doesn't count until your junior year and won't hurt your standing. I'm planning on taking the SAT at the end of this year, and unless I really bomb it, I'll just take it once. I took the ACT at the end of the last year and did well, so with that and my PSAT I should be fine.

Has anybody else gotten scores in?

[ArTkY_]

I'm still waiting for mine... I'm anxious as hell.

[Broken Parachute]

I just thought of it though, 2260/2400 is amazing. Hahaha.

Congrats.

[richter915]

I'm still waiting for mine... I'm anxious as hell.
you most likely failed

fuckin terrorist

dude the most fucked up shit happened on Eid at my university this year...it was nuts.

[noodledancer]

Yeah...you could call me a nerd. This was actually my fourth time taking the test, and I only improved one point from last year, if that gives you a clue about anything.

And to the others waiting for your scores, good luck!
wow. i didn't take the psat seriously at all... but it clearly didn't hurt me in the end. hope everything works out with national merit.

[Nick Lopez]

What's a good score?

[richter915]

What's a good score?
good depends on the person...good depends on where you want to go in life.

what's your definition of good?

[Nick Lopez]

good depends on the person...good depends on where you want to go in life.

what's your definition of good?
Well, I don't know..Like, scores on the SAT that colleges think is a "good score". If that makes sense.

[ArTkY_]

you most likely failed

fuckin terrorist

dude the most fucked up shit happened on Eid at my university this year...it was nuts.
:(

haha, so are you!!! What happened?

[richter915]

:(

haha, so are you!!! What happened?
there was a Physics exam the day where Eid but that's not allowed because the university isn't supposed to give an exam on any major religious holiday. There're over 1000 Muslim students enrolled at my school so we have a large say in that ya know? So anyhow, we all petitioned and they scheduled a make up exam. I opted to take the exam the same night as Eid cause the only real thing I needed to do was go back home to pray. So I did that, came back to school, took the exam...and got a 96 (which is so much better than most of the class it's insane)...so the other Muslim students take the exam on the makeup night which was a week later. So they're taking the exam and someone pulls the fire alarm mid-exam. That causes even more hell to break loose cause everyone starts exchanging answers and shit. It was a huge mess...but it's kinda sad how low some people stoop.

[surreality]

hot diggity. what's your breakdown, like 80 70 76 or something? i remember i got 80 for math, 78 for reading, and like 60 or 65 for writing.

got a 1450 on the sats though, not bad.

[annn]

Holy shit 226?!
My school is pretty lame. They got our scores a week ago but won't pass them out till Jan.

[ArTkY_]

there was a Physics exam the day where Eid but that's not allowed because the university isn't supposed to give an exam on any major religious holiday. There're over 1000 Muslim students enrolled at my school so we have a large say in that ya know? So anyhow, we all petitioned and they scheduled a make up exam. I opted to take the exam the same night as Eid cause the only real thing I needed to do was go back home to pray. So I did that, came back to school, took the exam...and got a 96 (which is so much better than most of the class it's insane)...so the other Muslim students take the exam on the makeup night which was a week later. So they're taking the exam and someone pulls the fire alarm mid-exam. That causes even more hell to break loose cause everyone starts exchanging answers and shit. It was a huge mess...but it's kinda sad how low some people stoop.
That's pretty damn insane.

Yeah that's sad... good grade for you though, haha.

[heyRomanticA__x]

I got a 63 critical reading, 48 in math and 57 on the writing(?) for the PSAT. The math part is what killed me, I didn't have enough time for the last 7 questions.

[mentch_man]

I think I had a 78 in the first (reading or verbal, I don't remember which), 77 in math and then a 71.

[FreshyFresh23]

Lewiston, Idaho sucks man, i am sorry you have to live in that shit hole.

Note, my family lives in Boise, Idaho and i have relatives up where you are so i am speaking from experience. You guys also contain, arguably, the greatest concentration of ugly women i have ever encountered.

[Broken Parachute]

I got:
Critical Reading: 56
Math: 45
Writing Skills: 50

I guess it's not too bad for a Sophomore. I'm really hoping to do well in Junior year. Math killed me, too. I have a 96 average in Math too so I don't know how I messed up.

[mentch_man]

Lewiston, Idaho sucks man, i am sorry you have to live in that shit hole.

Note, my family lives in Boise, Idaho and i have relatives up where you are so i am speaking from experience. You guys also contain, arguably, the greatest concentration of ugly women i have ever encountered.
Hahaha that's pretty close to right, but from what I've seen not completely. Our girls basketball teams > every other team that I've seen. I'm just always glad though that I don't live in Nezperce or Kamiah or some other little place where everyone's related.

[Joanna187]

Well, compared to you, I did horrible, but compared to a lot of the kids in my school, I did alright I guess. 58 in Reading. I've always hated that part in any test I have ever had to take. 64 in Math. 65 in Writing. I heard that the SATS are easier than the PSATS, and if they are, I should be fine, but I don't know if I believe that.

[annn]

Well, compared to you, I did horrible, but compared to a lot of the kids in my school, I did alright I guess. 58 in Reading. I've always hated that part in any test I have ever had to take. 64 in Math. 65 in Writing. I heard that the SATS are easier than the PSATS, and if they are, I should be fine, but I don't know if I believe that.

hm. I thought the PSAT was about a million times easier than the October SATs.

[DroppedUrPocket]

I got a 9 billion.

[Rebs]

i got a 2170, pretty good, nothing all that exciting

[blankster07]

i got 182... i guess that's a decent score.. 87th percentile...

[Greg Dona]

Four times? Dang... I took it once. Don't worry about it; I got that National Merit deal since I got like a 224, 228, or something like that. It's gotten me nothing. I'm getting nothing to sweat over. If you can get a 226 you can get better money elsewhere. The main reason to get it is so that you can get full rides to state schools. For example, lots of schools like Texas, Texas A & M, and Oklahoma grant you automatic full rides.

[mentch_man]

Texas A&M gives full rides for National Merit? I'm thinking about aerospace engineering, and they're supposed to be pretty good in that. I'll have to look into that more.