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Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader (not in dc area but in Va) got a perfect score on verbal according to her teacher but when I checked it was a 720, not 760. The range shows 1440 max. Is the test scored / weighted different in different areas? I can’t figure this out. FWIW we do live in a “poor” area so maybe that’s it.

Sounds like they took PSAT 9, where highest score is 1440 or 720 per section.

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader (not in dc area but in Va) got a perfect score on verbal according to her teacher but when I checked it was a 720, not 760. The range shows 1440 max. Is the test scored / weighted different in different areas? I can’t figure this out. FWIW we do live in a “poor” area so maybe that’s it.

Anonymous wrote:PSAT is just one time test. Your kid won’t take it in senior year. Why do you need prep classes?

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Anonymous wrote:DS got 1480 on PSAT/NMQNT. He’s a junior. SI comes to 220.
Have they already announced state cutoff for VA? I got some info but not sure if that’s for class of 2027.
When would the cutoffs would be announced?
I am happy with his score but he was asked by some friends if he would qualify as a semi finalist.

What does SI stand for?

Answering my own question from a 5 year old Reddit post, Skypetutor says:

PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index (SI) score formula = [2(Verbal score out of 760) + (Math score out of 760)] / 10
For example, a perfect score of 1520 on the PSAT would earn you a 228 selection index.

2(760) + 760 = 1520 + 760 = 2280

2280/10 = 228

A score of 1440 with a perfect 760 on Verbal and 680 on Math would earn you a 220 selection index.

2(760) + 720 = 1520 + 720 = 2240

2240/10 = 220

Conversely, the very same composite score of 1440, with a 680 on Verbal and a perfect 760 on Math, would only earn you a 212 selection index.

2(680) + 760 = 1360 + 760 = 2120

2120/10 = 212

As you can see, the distribution of Math and Verbal scores matters quite a lot, given that Verbal scores have twice the weight.

And why is verbal weighted more? Seems silly and doesn’t make sense.

The verbal was double weighted a few years back because boys scored much higher than girls on the PSAT when the math and verbal were weighted equally.

SATs solution was to double weight the verbal to raise the scores of girls to a similar level as boys scores.

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Anonymous wrote:DS got 1480 on PSAT/NMQNT. He’s a junior. SI comes to 220.
Have they already announced state cutoff for VA? I got some info but not sure if that’s for class of 2027.
When would the cutoffs would be announced?
I am happy with his score but he was asked by some friends if he would qualify as a semi finalist.

What does SI stand for?

Answering my own question from a 5 year old Reddit post, Skypetutor says:

PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index (SI) score formula = [2(Verbal score out of 760) + (Math score out of 760)] / 10
For example, a perfect score of 1520 on the PSAT would earn you a 228 selection index.

2(760) + 760 = 1520 + 760 = 2280

2280/10 = 228

A score of 1440 with a perfect 760 on Verbal and 680 on Math would earn you a 220 selection index.

2(760) + 720 = 1520 + 720 = 2240

2240/10 = 220

Conversely, the very same composite score of 1440, with a 680 on Verbal and a perfect 760 on Math, would only earn you a 212 selection index.

2(680) + 760 = 1360 + 760 = 2120

2120/10 = 212

As you can see, the distribution of Math and Verbal scores matters quite a lot, given that Verbal scores have twice the weight.

And why is verbal weighted more? Seems silly and doesn’t make sense.

Also you multiplied the verbal score times 2 first. So it seems weighted equally?

? The verbal score counts twice as much as the math score. As for why, I don’t know.

Because verbal is/has always been more important than math, in college, in career, in life success.

- an electrical engineer

Anonymous wrote:Funny my daughter would love for the math to be doubled, instead of the verbal.