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[quote=Anonymous]If your child is ready for a longer test and you think it would build confidence, then take the PSAT 10.  If not don't. If your DC is a 99th percentiler, I'd say go for it. Lots of kids take the even longer/harder SAT in 7th for CTY and do fine without any trauma. There are a few trig related questions, but there's no reason not to tell your child to just randomly choose an answer and move on.  Otherwise, its all geometry and algebra.  EBRW is straight forward for good English students.

Don't sweat  the choice. It's just another bubble test and it  doesn't make a real difference, since there are no stakes involved and no one really cares how they do. PSAT 8/9 is a practice for a practice (PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT are the same) and PSATs only matter for merit scholarships to 3rd tier colleges.  DC took the SAT in 7th grade and gained lots of confidence, didn't take PSAT 8/9.  School required taking PSAT 10 and PSAT/NMSQT and DC did not put in any effort. Ended up with 1550+ on SATs.

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