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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD went up 330 points from sophomore year PSAT to SAT this year without intense studying or prep.[/quote]
I'm confused by this.  The PSAT and SAT aren't scored on the same scale. what do you mean?[/quote]

[b]Yes but theoretically a person that scores a 1200 on PSAT would score same on SAT on the same day[/b].  The difference is the cap 1520 vs 1600 not an issue except if you are in the top .01%.
DD went from roughly 1100 to low 1400's between sophomore PSAT and SAT junior year.[/quote]

I don't think so.  My kids took the SAT in September and PSAT in October (I think).  Just a month later and their SAT was definitely much, much higher. 
https://blog.collegevine.com/psat-to-sat-score-conversion-predict-your-score/
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Oh SAT was higher and taken earlier. Curious what difference was if you wouldn’t mind sharing.[/quote]
NP.  The Oct 16, 2020 PSAT had a really bad curve, so bad that Compass Prep wrote an article about it.  (Maybe that's why your kid's SAT was higher.  My kid's PSAT dropped from the PSAT the year before.  He went on to score 180 points higher on the SAT just afterward.)
https://www.compassprep.com/major-drop-in-psat-scores/[/quote]

That's interesting mine went up 130 points from prior year and 100 points up again SAT just afterwards but DC's SAT scores stagnated between freshman and sophomore year.[/quote]

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