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About the PSAT and SAT
About the PSAT and SAT
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How is the PSAT scored?
Each wrong answer on the PSAT counts as one point toward your raw score.
Remember, there’s no penalty for guessing on the PSAT, so answer every mult
Each correct answer on the PSAT counts as one point toward your raw score.
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What are the PSAT sections?
(ONLY) Science
Math (with a calculator) and Math (without a calculator)
Evidence-Based Reading
Writing and Language
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What is the purpose of the SAT?
to determine if the student is passing high school
provide colleges with one common data point to compare applicants
to measure a high school student's readiness for college
to see who gets the lowest scores
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What is the PSAT?
practice version of the SAT exam
practice version of the ACT exam
it's the middle school SAT exam
practice version of the BAT exam
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When should I take the SAT?
Summer only
Junior or Senior year of high school
Freshman year
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The math portion of the exam will test your ability to...
complete math without a calculator.
Algebra, Data Analysis and Problem Solving, Advanced Math
Only everyday math
complete math with a calculator.
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How long is the SAT?
Without the essay, 4 hours.
With the essay, 3 hours and 50 min.
With the essay, 4 hours.
Without the essay, 3 hours.
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The evidence-based reading portion of the test will test your ability to...
catch grammar mistakes within the passage.
read a passage, think critically about its main ideas, and key details.
answer related questions to the passage.
read the passage.
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How is the SAT scored?
If you take the Essay, you will receive a separate score.
Each section of the SAT is scored on a 200 to 800 point scale.
The highest possible SAT score is 1600.
Your total SAT score is the sum of your section scores.
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The writing and language portion of the will test your ability to...
figure out the context clues.
understand the summarization of the passage.
to identify and fix grammatical errors as well as revise words and phrases
