1. PSAT ® SCORES BACK SESSION
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PSAT ® SCORES BACK SESSION

2. MINUTE PSAT CONSULTATION.
AGENDA
What is the PSAT/NMSQT?
How did I do?
So now what?
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FOR YOUR FREE 30-
MINUTE PSAT CONSULTATION.
Set agenda with your audience. Remind them they can receive a free 30 minute test/scores consultation if they text “CONSULT” to !

3. WHAT IS THE PSAT? 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).
Example: If the SAT is MLB, the PSAT is Little League. Good practice and it gives you a sense of the game, but its not the big leagues.
-Cost is $15 per student/ only offered on 2 dates in October. Most schools handle the registration process…
-Sophomores and Juniors take this exam…Sophomores only use it for practice
-Mention that the PSAT is used as the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Program – but that we’ll get into more details about this a little later in the presentation.
Keep in mind, admission tests provide broad comparative information to colleges. Admissions tests for colleges are kind of like clothing on your first date. It gives a quick picture of the person. It’s not 100% accurate, but it is a point of view. The better that initial impression, the better chance you have.

4. PSAT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO SAT ®
Section
SAT Questions
Time per Section
PSAT Questions
Reading 52
65 minutes 47
60 minutes
Writing and Language 44
35 minutes
Math – no calculator 20
25 minutes 17
Math – calculator 38
55 minutes 31
45 minutes
Essay (optional) 1
50 minutes
N/A
The content on the PSAT and the SAT is similar and the only real differences are:
The PSAT is about 15 minutes and 15 questions shorter than the SAT.
The optional essay isn’t on the PSAT.
Therefore this is GREAT practice for the SAT.

5. PSAT SCORING MATH 160 – 760 EVIDENCE-BASED
READING AND WRITING 160 – 760
TOTAL – 1520
total
sections (2 section scores added up to get total score out of 1520
Strange score scale, because it’s creating a “Vertical Learning Ladder” to SAT. Planning to create additional tests to project how a student would do on the SAT. PSAT , SAT , PSAT 8/9 is
Total score is a sum of evidence based reading/writing + math

6. Highest possible total is 1520.
Your College Board PSAT Score Report…
Each section is scored and then they are added together to get the total score.
Highest possible total is 1520.
YOUR PSAT SCORE REPORT FROM COLLEGE BOARD!
The most important thing is in the middle! The total score total – sections
Strange score scale, because it’s creating a “Vertical Learning Ladder” to SAT. PSAT , SAT , PSAT 8/9 is
Total score is a sum of evidence based reading/writing + math
Percentile. Percentile = comparison to everyone else that took the PSAT nationwide.
1200 = magic number. SAT
1000ish = average
PSAT and the SAT are on the same scale!
Bars – red to yellow to green. “College and career readiness benchmarks”

7. Your College Board PSAT Score Report…
The College and Career Readiness Benchmark shows how close the student is to mastering that content section on this test, based upon their grade level.
Bottom of page 2. More College Board benchmarks.
Test scores: slightly useful, because it breaks apart reading & writing/language. Can tell you where a student’s strength lies between the sections
Cross test scores: not very helpful. Mostly noise.
Subscores: some more useful than others.
Bottom left corner: test taking disclaimer. These are approximate scores within a range.

8. Your College Board Score Report…
NEXT STAGES: Very important to spend a few minutes reviewing this area since it recommends what the student should be working on to improve!
Left: areas of strength
Right: areas of focus (where student needs to improve)

9. Your College Board Score Report…
ANSWER KEY: Again, make sure folks understand the value in this information!
Left most column: question #
Next: Correct Answers
Your answer: check, omitted, U unreadable
Difficulty: no OOD on the test. Math there is a ROUGH OOD
Subscore: which subscore that particular question correlated with

10. WHICH TEST SHOULD I TAKE?
ACT ®
SAT ®
Format
Exclusively multiple choice
Mostly multiple choice
Content areas
English, Math, Reading, Writing, Science
Math, Reading, Writing
Scoring per section
1 – 36
200 – 800
Timing
2:55 (3:35)
3:00 (3:50)
# of Questions
215
154
WHICH TEST SHOULD I TAKE?
ACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc., which is not affiliated with The Princeton Review..
Go through the differences between the ACT and SAT – Many students take both so be clear to not promote one over the other. There is a “best test” for each student…

11. PREPARATION AND PLANNING ARE KEY
We’ve talked about when to take the test. Whether you take the SAT, ACT, or both, you should prepare.
The SAT (AND ACT) doesn’t show anything other than how well you take these tests – they’re skills based and you can learn these skills!
Regardless of whether you take the ACT, SAT, or both, you must prepare
Junior year is the most rigorous academic year:
AP Exams
SAT Subject Tests
Homework
Extracurricular Activities
The earlier you start planning, the better.

12. SAT STRATEGY: PACING 540 26 correct 58 attempted 32 incorrect 26 6105 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 58 26
610
580
30 correct +4
20 guesses 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 58 30 34
Understanding and conveying pacing strategies helps foster stronger test takers. It’s one of the things we teach at The Princeton Review. Notice on the SAT, 58Q, The bunny (fast) attempts every questions and is very inaccurate – 26 correct, 32 incorrect.
The turtle (slow and steady wins the race) takes his time, aims for accuracy and does not even attempt all questions. The turtle guesses a random Letter of the Day on the last 20 questions. With more time per questions, Turtle does not make careless errors because he has much more time per questions. Turtle gets 30 correct - plus on the 20 guess, he gets another 4 correct (34 total correct).
Comparing scores, Bunny gets a 540 and Turtle gets a 610. That’s a big difference. You can get more points by answering fewer questions! The key here is that you need to get those questions CORRECT.

13. ACT PACING 20 30 correct 60 attempted 30 incorrect 30 24 225 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 30
ACT
PACING 24 22
45 attempted: 35 correct +3 10
incorrect
15 guesses 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 35 38
Understanding and conveying pacing strategies helps foster stronger test takers. It’s one of the things we teach at The Princeton Review. Notice on the ACT, 60 questions, The bunny (fast) attempts every question and is very inaccurate – 30 correct, 30 incorrect.
The turtle (slow and steady wins the race) takes his time, aims for accuracy and does not even attempt all questions. The turtle guesses a random Letter of the Day on the last 15 questions. With more time per questions, Turtle does not make as many careless errors because he has much more time per question. Turtle attempts 45 questions and gets 35 correct, plus on the 15 guess, he gets another 3 correct (38 total correct).
Comparing scores, Bunny gets a 20 and Turtle gets a 24. That’s a big difference. You can get more points by answering fewer questions! The key here is that you need to get those questions CORRECT.

14. (This will be our target.)
SAT Math Sample Problem
Question #15
Let’s make: a = 3 and b = 2
a + b 2 ( )
3 + 2 ( )
Which if the following is equivalent to ?
3 + 1 ( ) 2 A)
a2 + b 2 C)
a2 + ab + b2 2 2 4 ( ) 2 B)
a2 + b2 4 D)
a2 + ab + b2 4
= 16
(This will be our target.)
Run through this Plugging In SAT Sample Math Question.
You can review how to set up this problem at: T6S3Q15 - 

15. ( ) SAT Math Sample Problem Question #15 b a + 2
Let’s make: a = 3 and b = 2
a + b 2 ( )
= 16
(This will be our
target.)
Which if the following is equivalent to ? A)
a2 + b2 2 2 =
= = 11 C)
a2 + ab + b2 2 = 2
= 9+3+2
= 14 2 B)
a2 + b2 4 = 4 =
9 + 4 4
= = 10 D)
a2 + ab + b2 = 4
= 9+6+1 4
= 16
As you finish this sample problem, stress the importance of the technique “Plugging In” but also that this used simple math concepts.

16. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL MERIT ® SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST (NMSQT)?
National Merit is a registered trademark of National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which is not affiliated with The Princeton Review.
Let’s talk a bit about National Merit Scholarships. In order to qualify, you must score within top 3 percent of juniors in your state. Approximately 1,500,000 will take the test nationwide. Out of that, only about 50,000 will be Recognized (September 2017). Out of that, 34,00 will be nationally commended and only 16,000 will be selected to be a semi-finalist (September 2017). Then only 15,000 finalists (February 2018). Out of that, there will only be 1,200 special scholarship recipients, and 7,400 merit scholarship winners. You won’t find out until the spring 2018 if you’ve won any money.
Note: When mentioning the National Merit scholarships, presenter must state that each state in the country has a different cutoff score for National Merit Commended recognition and National Merit Semi-Finalist recognition.
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE:
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Hispanic Scholarship fund
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
United Negro College Fund
Every year, the National Hispanic Recognition Program recognizes about 5,000 of the 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT. It’s is an academic honor that can be included on college applications. It’s not a scholarship, but colleges do use this program to identify academically exceptional Hispanic/Latino students.

17. 1,500,000 Juniors will take the PSAT
50,000 Recognized
16,000 Semi-Finalists
15,000 Finalists
7,400
Out of 1.5 million students who take the PSAT, 7,400 are awarded scholarships
Stress the point that only the top 1% of Juniors taking the PSAT will receive National Merit recognition. Even if you DON’T win actual scholarship money, having the recognition of being within that category of top-performing students is a fantastic achievement and should/will be shown on their college applications!

18. 40%
NMSC SELECTION INDEX
NMS selection index: *=student is NOT eligible.
NMSQT- Junior year is the year it “counts”
NMS Selection index is NOT the PSAT score. It’s a number that is used to determine if you qualify for national merit scholarship. This is the way the score is calculated:
Reading + Writing/Language + Math = 8-38, these scores are added up and multiplied by 2.
Range: , Old NMSQT Trying to keep it in the same range.
CA happens to be one of the highest scoring starts in the country. Anything over 211 is competitive.**
Must score within top 3 percent of juniors in your state in order to be selected.
1,500,000 will take the test nationwide. Out of that, only about 34,000 will be commended/recognized (September 2016). Out of that, only 16,000 will be selected to be a semi-finalist (September 2016). Then only 15,000 finalists (February 2017). Out of that, only 1,200 special scholarship recipients, 7,400 merit scholarship winners. You won’t find out until the spring 2017 if you’ve won any money.
Not a lot of $, but it’s a lot of prestige. If you have a high score here as a sophomore, you should consider prepping for the PSAT.

19. MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
THE RIGHT COACH
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
One of the biggest points I want you to take away from me today is that THESE TESTS REQUIRE SKILL and WE CAN TEACH YOU THIS SKILL. Every day, I talk to parents and students who are confused by the fact that despite being an excellent student, they’re not doing well on these tests. With the right coach and training, you can learn to ace these tests. These exams are coachable.

20. MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
THE RIGHT PREP
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Good test prep teaches:
Familiarity with the test
Common traps and how to avoid them
Confidence
Go through common mistakes we see.
Common mistakes:
Answering questions too quickly
Careless errors
Doing work in your head
Misreading the problem
Don’t understand what to do

21. GETTING INTO COLLEGE IS MORE THAN TEST SCORES
GREAT GRADES Z
3.8
GREAT TEST SCORES
1450
GREAT APPLICATIONS
We’ve spent a lot of time talking about the ACT and it’s just one piece of the puzzle. Getting into the school of your dreams includes three key elements:
Great grades and great applications play a role, too. I'm going to spend some time talking to you about how we can help you strengthen each part of your application.
It’s not one or the other – it’s all three working together

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Our program works and we have thousands of success stories across the country. Our goal is to help you get your highest score possible by teaching you the skills and strategies to score high on these tests. We liken preparing for these tests to running a marathon - you wouldn’t wake up one morning and run 26.2 miles without the proper training. You need to train for this test – it’s a test which requires endurance. You don’t take four-hour exams in high school and you need to practice, practice, practice. And our results speak for themselves (go through results).
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