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Understanding Your Child’s PSAT Score

Excelsior Admissions Consulting

Breaking Down the Score Report Like the SAT, the PSAT has two sections: Evidence-Based Reading/Writing and Math. The PSAT is scored out of 1520 (while a perfect score on the SAT is 1600). The National Merit Scholarship Corporation compares a student’s score to the eligibility score for that student’s home state.

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What do Your PSAT Scores Mean?

Marks Education

Marks Education breaks down what your PSAT results mean and how you can use them. This month, most high school sophomores and juniors will receive the results of the PSAT they took in October. For many juniors, receiving their PSAT results marks the beginning of a concerted push to get ready for the SAT or ACT.

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What Is a Good PSAT Score? The Definitive Guide

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

What is the PSAT? If you’re the parent of a high school senior, your child is likely focusing on the ACT or SAT , the standardized tests that are a crucial part of college admissions. But if you’re the parent of a freshman, sophomore or junior, there’s another standardized test on the horizon: the PSAT (Preliminary SAT).

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College Admissions Glossary of Terms

Admissions Village

Historically Black College or University (HBCU): In Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress officially defined HBCUs as institutions of higher learning that were accredited and established before 1964, and whose principal mission is the education of Black Americans. Colleges typically do not have graduate students.

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To Test or Not to Test?

Admissions Village

This week, Yale announced that they will require testing but that they are flexible on which type of testing, SAT, ACT, AP, or IB exam score. Yale has said if you want to submit AP scores in lieu of SAT or ACT scores they would like to see all of them. I want to thank my colleague Meg Joyce for co-writing this blog post with me.

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The 7 Best Test Optional Colleges: A Quick Guide

AdmissionSight

As a high school student, you’re probably no stranger to big tests like AP exams, the PSAT, or the SAT and ACT. Here’s some good news: more colleges than ever are making the SAT and ACT optional. The rise of the best test optional colleges is changing the game, giving students new ways to stand out in the admissions process.

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The PSAT and Merit Scholarships: What You Need to Know

Top Tier Admissions

What is a “good” PSAT score? What is the point of the PSAT? And are there other merit scholarships out there? The College Board PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test), taken October of sophomore or junior year, is more than just a warm up for the SAT or the ACT. Who selects winners?

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