Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 14:22     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
I'm not exactly sure about the PSAT but I think the SATs are normed between administrations so that the scores are comparable between administrations.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 13:55     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
PSAT to PSAT. Sounds like HS forum.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 13:54     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.

My 10th grader has the first psat next month. What is Desmos??


It's the built in/online calculator. The test makers assume your kid will use it and set the timing accordingly. My kid wasn't using Desmos on the PSAT and he ran out of time.

Thanks! Kid has text-to-speech accommodation and needs to do some practice to get familiar with that capability, so I’ll make sure they practice with the calculator too.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 13:49     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.

My 10th grader has the first psat next month. What is Desmos??


It's the built in/online calculator. The test makers assume your kid will use it and set the timing accordingly. My kid wasn't using Desmos on the PSAT and he ran out of time.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 13:47     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Anonymous wrote:I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.

My 10th grader has the first psat next month. What is Desmos??
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 13:42     Subject: Re:PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
My kid just got 1410 on the practice , math was easier than probably the real test but just cant get above 670 for English
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 11:33     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.


thats still commended though, thats good!
so like 40 points less?


Yeah, 40 points less sounds right. He did get a good SAT score in the end (1540/1560 superscore), but he had to work at it!
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 11:30     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Anonymous wrote:I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.


thats still commended though, thats good!
so like 40 points less?
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 11:28     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
I forget the exact scores but I feel like DC got mid 1400's in the practice and then kind of bombed the actual test (720V/680M), so no NMSF.
Make sure your kid knows how to use Desmos - that was an issue for mine.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2024 09:18     Subject: PSAT Practice 1 vs real PSAT
Can someone compare who did it last year the difference in the score of one vs the other.