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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAT should be higher than PSAT. [/quote]

OP here. Do you have any reasoning about that? I know that's the case if you take the PSAT first, but that's clearly due to practice and increased learning. But what about taking the PsAT after or a one to one comparison. That's what I'm trying to figure out.[/quote]
NP. The tests are designed by College Board to approximate each other, in theory, even though PSAT has a lower ceiling. Due to the lower ceiling, the approximation doesn't work out very neatly at the high end of the scoring range.

However, scoring for the digital test seems more inconsistent than for the paper one. My kid took the digital got a 1560 on the August junior year SAT and then a 1430 on the October PSAT. My other kid took the paper test and got a 1550 on the August junior year SAT and a 1480 on the October PSAT.

Others may find they do better on the PSAT than the SAT even taken around the same time.

You are doing the right thing by prepping for a fall SAT now. The prep will also work for the PSAT.

Among the official digital practice tests, the lower numbered tests are easier than the higher numbered ones. Tests 4-6 are the closest approximation of the real digital test. Caveat, I can't speak to the difficulty or scoring of the more recently-released digital tests.[/quote]

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