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What We’ll Discuss Today Your PSAT Exam Results The Changes to the SAT The ACT College Admissions/Testing Timeline Your Testing Options How can The Princeton Review help you? TEXT UniPSAT to to receive a personalized consultation on your PSAT!

Your Score Report… Each section is scored and then they are added together to get the total score. Highest possible total is 1520.

What is the PSAT? It’s a “pre-SAT” Doesn’t count towards your college admission. Practice for the real SAT. High PSAT scores can qualify you for a National Merit ® scholarship (among others).

Did you know that the SAT has Changed? Let’s walk through the differences between the current SAT and the New SAT. TEXT UniPSAT to to receive a personalized consultation on your PSAT!

General Format and Scoring ChangeOld SATNew SAT SECTIONS 3 subjects Math Critical Reading Writing Skills (essay included) 2 Areas Math Evidence-Based Reading and Writing *Optional essay not included in other scores SCORING Total score out of – 800 for each subject Composite score out of – 800 for each of the 2 Areas

General Format and Scoring 1440 PSAT 10 - PSAT / NMSQT 240 PSAT 8/ New SAT

The new PSAT is almost identical to the new SAT. Section New SAT Questions Time per Section New PSAT Questions Time per Section Reading5265 minutes4760 minutes Writing and Language 4435 minutes4435 minutes Math – no calculator 2025 minutes1725 minutes Math – calculator3855 minutes3145 minutes Essay (optional)150 minutes

Answers ChangeOld SATNew SAT ANSWER CHOICES5 answer choices per question4 answer choices per question INCORRECT ANSWER PENALTY 1/4 point off for each incorrect answer on multiple choice questions No penalty for incorrect answers

58 attempted 38 attempted: 30 correct20 guesses+4 26 correct32 incorrect

Other Changes ChangeOld SATNew SAT GRAPHICS None other than graphs in math problems. Charts and graphical elements throughout the exam. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES Not featured.Will appear throughout the exam. CALCULATORS Permitted throughout the math sections. Permitted on only one of the two math sections. FORMATPaper and pencil onlyPaper and pencil

Other Changes… Graphics everywhere

What about the ACT? Let’s walk through the differences between the ACT and the New SAT. TEXT UniPSAT to to receive a personalized consultation on your PSAT!

General Format and Scoring ChangeACTNew SAT SECTIONS 4 Test Subjects English Math Science Reasoning Reading *Optional essay not included in other scores 2 Areas Math Evidence-Based Reading and Writing *Optional essay not included in other scores SCORING Composite score out of for each Test Composite score out of – 800 for each of the 2 Areas

Answers ChangeACTNew SAT ANSWER CHOICES4 answer choices per question INCORRECT ANSWER PENALTY No penalty for incorrect answers

ACT vs New SAT

New SAT vs ACT

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Admission tests..TrueFalse … measure intelligence? … can be used to award aid? … reflect your GPA in high school? … predict your college GPA? … can be prepared for? … should be prepared for? … test what you’ve learned in HS? What do the SAT, ACT and new SAT measure? What do the PSAT and SAT measure?

Pretty Predictable Questions on the SAT expect you to respond in a pretty predictable way. What do they want you to answer on this question? If a store raises the price of an item by 20%, then decreases the new price by 15%, what was the percent change in the price of the item?

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Introduction – Basic Strategy POE: What It Is and Why It Rocks Because the SAT & ACT are multiple choice exams, the correct answer will always be right in front of you. By using Process of Elimination (POE), you increase your chances of gaining points. Any time you can tell that an answer choice is wrong, cross it off! The wrong answers are there for one reason: to distract you and keep you from picking the right answer!

Process of Elimination What is the capital of Malawi? A)London B)Tokyo C)Paris D)Madrid E)Lilongwe

Ballparking For some questions, you can ballpark the correct answer without even solving the problem!

Pacing and POOD DO the questions that you have time for and aim for accuracy. DON’T waste time with questions that are too hard or too long.

Plugging In Basic Approach for Plugging In 1. Identify the variable 2. Plug in a number for the variable. 3. Work the steps of the problem. 4. Calculate the Target Value. 5. POE until one answer choice is left.

Plugging In

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