1. 4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results Your Scores Your Skills Your Answers Critical Reading Mathematics Writing Skills Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Results Next Steps 3 Test Sections

2. Your Scores Percentile If you are a junior, your scores are compared to those of other juniors. If you are a sophomore or younger student, your scores are compared to those of sophomores. Score You can see your projected SAT score online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).www.collegeboard.org/quickstart Score Range

3. National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information The Entry Requirements section displays information you provided on your answer sheet. The Percentile compares your performance to that of other college-bound juniors. The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores. If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility requirements for the competition.

4. See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT. Your Skills You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).www.collegeboard.org/quickstart

5. Your Answers You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.

6. Your Answers: Student-Produced Responses Some of the math problems required you to grid in answers instead of selecting an option. For these questions, you will see the correct answer(s) written out.

7. SATACT No science sectionScience reasoning No trigonometry sectionMath sections include trigonometry Vocab is emphasizedVocab is less important Non multiple choice questions included Entirely multiple choice (except for optional writing section) 10 sections: 3 Critical Reading, 3 Math, 3 Writing and one experimental 4 test sections (5 with writing): English, Math, Reading, Science, Writing (optional) and Experimental Test (sometimes added and clearly labeled) Test length: 3 hours, 45 minutes3 hours, 25 minutes (including the 30 min optional writing section) Comparing the SAT and ACT

8. SATACT Scoring: Total score out of 600- 2400, based on adding scores from 3 subjects. Scoring: Composite score of 1- 36, based on average of scores from 4 tests. Guessing penaltyNo guessing penalty Sending scores: Most colleges require all scores to be sent. However, some schools participate in score choice. You decide which score is sent Comparing SAT and ACT cont.

9. Subject Tests What are the Subject Tests? Should I take a Subject test? How many Subject tests should I take? Does it matter what subject I take? Do I need the Subject Tests in addition to the ACT? How are the Subject Tests structured?

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