ACT Test Preparation Classes
PSAT
What is the Preliminary Scholastic
Assessment Test (PSAT)?
The PSAT, also known as the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test is a verbal and
math practice test to prepare for the SAT test
generally taken in spring of your junior year.
The test is used to determine eligibility for
scholarships awarded by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation. The PSAT also helps
you practice for the SAT, which is required for
admission to some colleges and universities.
The PSAT has all the question types and tests
the same knowledge as the SAT; it’s no easier,
no harder. All techniques and strategies that
apply to one test apply to the other. However,
the PSAT has fewer sections, and it takes two
hours and 10 minutes instead of the SAT’s
three hours and 40 minutes.
The PSAT has five sections:
• Two 25-minute verbal sections consisting of
48 multiple-choice questions pertaining to sentence
completion and critical reading – just like
the SAT.
• Two 25-minute math sections consisting of 28
multiple-choice questions and 10 student-produced
responses.
• One 30-minute writing skill section including
39 multiple-choice questions dealing with identifying
sentence errors and improving sentences
and paragraphs.
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