2. Score Report Plus

3. Score Report Plus Each section— Verbal, Math and Writing Skills—is color-coded.

4. Your Scores 46........... 50........... 54 Ranges

5. Percentiles If you are a junior, you are being compared to other juniors. If you are a sophomore, or younger, you are being compared to sophomores.

6. 1............ 55........... 100 Ima higher than 54 juniors  Understanding Percentiles:  lower than 45 juniors

7. To estimate your SAT I score, add a “0” to your PSAT/NMSQT score: PSAT/NMSQT Verbal Score — 50 Estimated SAT I Verbal Score — 500 What SAT Ranges Can You Expect?

8. Review Your Answers Verbal

9. Math Review Your Answers

10. Student- produced responses Review Your Answers

11. Answer Summary Verbal

12. Improve Your Skills Verbal

13. How to Improve Verbal

14. National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) Programs Selection Index Percentile Entry Requirements

15. Your Educational Plans Your self-reported information Description of self-reported major Associated Skills Recommended High School Courses Other Majors to Consider Careers

16. After you take the PSAT/NMSQT: 1.Review your answers using the test booklet 2. Follow the suggestions for how to improve in the Improve Your Skills section

17. Taking the SAT I & II: The Taking the SAT I: Reasoning Test booklet includes: The Taking the SAT II: Subject Tests booklet includes: Content and format information Advice and sample questions Test questions and explanations Sample test and scoring key

18. Three types of Verbal questions: Analogies (19 questions) Sentence completions (19 questions) Critical reading (40 questions) SAT I: Reasoning Test

19. Three types of Math questions: SAT I: Reasoning Test Multiple-choice (35 questions) Quantitative comparison (15 questions) Student-produced response (10 questions)

20. Save time: Be familiar with the directions for the SAT I Math section in advance!

21. The PSAT/NMSQT is practice for the SAT II: Writing Subject Test multiple choice (40 min.) writing sample (20 min.)

22. Ima’s Writing Skills score = 44 Ima’s estimated SAT II: Writing Subject test score = 440

23. Colleges use SAT II scores for: admission to college or to special programs; placement or advanced standing in course work.

24. To get into college: work hard to get good grades take challenging courses

25. Two ways to register for the SAT: Online at www.collegeboard.com Use the form in the SAT Program Registration Bulletin