1. PSAT? Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

2. Why take the PSAT?
$180 million dollars in scholarships awarded to Junior students
Even if you do not ultimately qualify for a scholarship or if you are not a Junior yet, taking the PSAT has several benefits:
The PSAT is great practice for the SAT. Both require you to use your critical thinking skills to answer multiple–choice questions within a fixed amount of time. The more comfortable you are with this format, the better your SAT scores will be.
Opens doors to college – Your PSAT results can give you a general idea of how well you'll do on the SAT; therefore, your score can help you select colleges where your scores best fit
The PSAT score report can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, so you know what to work on as you prep for the real thing. Are there algebra concepts you need to review? Did you miss picking up points because you ran out of time?
Your PSAT score report can provide you with FREE, PERSONALIZED tutoring tools available online based on YOUR test results (Khan Academy)

3. Show Me the (Potential) Money
Winning a National Merit Scholarship is no easy task. Each year, approximately 50,000 students (out of 1.4 million juniors) qualify for recognition based on their high PSAT scores. Around 34,000 of these students receive Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. While these letters don't include a scholarship check, they look good to admissions offices and can be listed on your college application.
The remaining 16,000 students or so—those whose scores put them in the top 99th percentile in their state—become National Merit Semifinalists. Of these, around half win scholarships after submitting their high school records, as well as recommendations from teachers and a personal essay. Some students win a $2500 scholarship from the National Merit Corporation, while others may win larger awards from colleges hoping to attract top scorers.

4. PSAT Test Breakdown

8. No advanced math section
PSAT 8/9
9th grade
Max Score 1440
No advanced math section
PSAT/NMSQT
10th & 11th grade
Max score 1520

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11. PSAT? NMSQT? WHO? ALL 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students
Junior students can become eligible for the $180 million dollars in scholarships
awarded each year
The PSAT is great practice for the SAT.
The more comfortable you are with this format, the better your SAT scores will be. The SAT will be offered to ALL Junior students April 5th, 2017.
The PSAT opens doors to college – Your PSAT results can give you a general idea of how well you'll do on the SAT; therefore, your score can help you select colleges where your scores best fit.
The PSAT score report can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses for SAT.
You will know what to work on as you prep for the SAT your Junior year.
Your PSAT score report can assist with identifying your AP potential
Your PSAT score report can provide you with FREE, PERSONALIZED tutoring tools available online based on YOUR test results
(Khan Academy)
PSAT? NMSQT?
PSAT = Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test NMSQT = National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
WHO? ALL 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students
WHEN? Wednesday, October 19th
WHERE? HLR