PSAT PREP AND STUDY TIPS

Here My best study Tips: Flashcards, Get enough sleep to focus, Chew Gum, Study partner, And remember not to push yourself. I hope this helps you!!

Hi,

The PSAT does not really determine a lot and will not be used for collage applications. The only real thing it is used for is the National Merit Scholarship.

I just took the PSAT and it was a little different this year. It was all online. There is two English and two math sections. MAKE SURE BY TEST DAY YOU CAN GET INTO BLUEBOOK!!

Here are some tips:

Apps: Knowunity- they have some basic test prep

ChatGTP- honestly, ask it to create some questions and quiz you over. If you don’t know something it can explain.

Quizlet- find some basic PSAT prep questions.

Study options: telephone- call or FaceTime somebody and ask questions

Teach it: If you can teach it to someone else, then you know it.

Flashcards: if there is something yo struggle at, look at it a bit more.

Other tips:

- If you can, bring a graphing calculator.

- Sleep, Sleep, Sleep!!

- eat a good breakfast, I promise it will help.

You’ll do great!!

the PSAT isn't really important, I wouldn't worry about it. I got like an 1270 on mine, and then went on to get 1450 on my SAT. Keep in mind that colleges don't accept the PSAT, and that it's harder than the SAT.

I would definitely use bluebook practice tests, but aside from knowing what's on the test, I'd focus on not making mistakes ON the test-usually that's what causes lower scores. I'd review each section thoroughly and run out the clock on practice tests to accurately simulate a max score.

Hey! As someone who took the PSAT and went up from 1230 to 1400 after wasting a year doing nothing and then only about 1 month of minimal studying, I recommend you do the following:

- Understand that the PSAT will not determine much unless you are going for the scholarship (NMSQT for Juniors only). Knowing this should help take the pressure off for test day.

- Realize that this is still a great practice for what the actual SAT exam day might be like. This exam can help you identify weaknesses so you have time to target them before the SAT.

- Avoid using practice questions that don't come directly from the College Board. I did this the second time I took my PSAT and got the same score as when I took it freshman year because all it did was confuse me. I didn't go up any points because the practice questions I had used were designed differently than the official ones. This meant I had gotten used to the wrong format of questions and threw me off my game on test day. Therefore, ONLY USE OFFICIAL QUESTIONS (even if they look the same, trust me just read from College Board)! Use Bluebook and Khan Academy as they are the only ones that provide official-style questions. (If you find others let me know, but these are the only two that I am aware of.)

- If you struggle with test-taking strategies I advise you to get the SAT Prep Black Book. Even if you don't struggle with it, the information there is pure gold. I normally don't like telling people to spend money, and you most definitely don't need it to do good, but if you're a person like me who needs to understand how things work to do good on them, then this is it. You can find it on Amazon for ~30 dollars, buy it used for cheaper, or try to find a free digital copy online. I barely cracked it open before my last PSAT but it definitely helped me and now I went up 100+ points. I want to take it more seriously come SAT time to hit a 1500.

- If you struggle with content, look at Khan Academy and take notes to essentially relearn what you forgot. Since you've already learned it before, it should come back quickly. (For me, this meant going over math formulas I forgot and reviewing Geometry Theorems, for you it can be anything else depending on your struggles.)

- Make sure you give yourself time to study. I recommend studying 30-45 hours total before you take the SAT exam. For the PSAT, you can stick to around 30, but, again, to REALLY take advantage of this test I advise you to treat it like the actual SAT. Therefore, if your schedule allows, try to hit 40-45.

Then make a schedule. For example, if you want to hit 40 hours before the exam and you only have about 3 months, you can study for 2 hours each Saturday and Sunday. Four hours a week for 13 weeks takes you over 40 hours, but accounting for weekends where you might be too busy, it balances out. You can use this schedule, adjust it, or make a completely different one based on what works for you.

This is a less stressful version of the SAT exam. To study for it, think of it as if it were the SAT, this way you make the most of the exam and also get a head start on studying.

Hey! Im currently studying for the SATs, but i really like the blue book practice tests. They offer them for both PSATS and SATs, but they are times and structured just like one you would take on the real exam. Also, Khan academy is great for individual lessons. Another thing Id recommend if you're comfortable with it is tutoring. I'm currently doing classes on Varsity Tutors. Hope this helps!

Hi I know this is late but for next year you should use Khan Academy. It got me from an 800 to a 1020. On the website you can study different skills you need to work on and it really does help.

I would definitely use the bluebook practice and pre tests aswell as Quizlet flash cards. They definitely helped a lot but personally I would not stress the PSAT. Good Luck!

Each section for me at least was mostly multiple choice (thank god). Math was mostly algebra 2, with some geometry and a little algebra 1. English was mostly filling in the blank for a sentence and picking which word would work best, occasionally summarizing and deciding what the writer was trying to convey.

For me the way that helped me prepare for it was take practice tests and each time I took it I always aimed to get a higher score than what I got before. Another thing is that I watched Youtube videos about the PSAT and different ways to manage your time while taking it! For me the 2 English parts each had 27 questions and it was a lot of grammer and reading passages and answering questions. The 2 Math parts consisted of 22 questions each and it had Algebra,Geometry, and Trigonometry. Good Luck and I hope you do well!!

Consider exploring whiz.study a complimentary website designed to help you prepare for the SAT.

Try practicing what you learn in school or watching YouTube tutor videos. Bluebook, the app you'll take the digital PSAT on, has practice exams, so try that too. The PSAT is composed of two Reading and Writing modules and two Math modules. Without breaks, it should take about 2 hours and 15 minutes.

I'll suggest to do as much practice as you can and go for SAT suite bank.