What is PSAT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a standardized test administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in the United States.

Where to take the exams in Nigeria

Students registering for PSAT exam can only do so through a school which is a member of the College Board.

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Nigerian student

Over 70,000 students; in 140 countries participated in the PSAT/NMSQT at 1,308 secondary schools in 2011.

Students in Nigeria,whether American citizens or citizens of other nations, must make arrangements with a local school to register and take the PSAT/NMSQT test.

PSAT TEST DATES

A school can decides when to give the test to its students. But the exam period for each year is usually around October

Here at jsayprevarsity, we help students to sign up for the test, by

• Paying The  Test Fees on behalf of the student
• Receiving The Official Student Guide To The PSAT/NMSQT, Which Includes A Full-Length Practice Test

Benefit of t he PSAT

A high score on PSAT exam can bring to a student closer to top colleges in the USA who are always on the lookout for good students

Firstly the PSAT is the first interaction with the SAT test.  It gives a student the sense of the type of questions he/she will be asked on the SAT, the speed of the test, the endurance required, and lastly, the content that is covered in sat.  A test taker needs to prepare for the PSAT so that he or she can have a good experience with it and then prepare further more for a successful run on the SAT.

PSAT test format

Each of the three sections is scored on a scale of 20 to 80 points, which add up to a maximum composite score of 240 points

The test is composed of three sections:

 Math,

Critical Reading,

Writing Skills,

 The test is mostly multiple-choice, but there are 10 open-response math questions that require takers to enter their responses on a grid. Students are allowed to use calculators on the math sections

The PSAT includes multiple-choice questions on vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, algebra, geometry, and numbers and operations.  It covered this material exactly as the SAT does, but with half the number of sections.

The PSAT consists of five sub-sections.  There are two sections of Reading containing twenty-four questions each.  There are two sections of Math, one of which contains twenty questions, and one of which contains eighteen questions. Finally, there is a single writing section that contains thirty-nine questions. 

The SAT consists of ten sections. Three sections of Reading are comprised of two sections of twenty-four questions and one section of nineteen questions.  Three sections of Math are comprised of one section of twenty questions, one section of eighteen questions, and one section of sixteen questions.

Finally, the three sections of Writing are comprised of an essay, a section of thirty-five questions, and a section of fourteen questions.

The PSAT is scored exactly like the SAT. The test taker is awarded one full point for each correct answer, a quarter  is deducted of a point for each incorrect answer, and is neither awarded nor deducted any points for leaving a question blank. 

 The score is compiled by totaling up a raw score in each the reading, writing, and math sections and then converting those raw scores to scaled scores and adding them together.  The PSAT is scored out of a total of 240 points, equally distributed among reading, writing, and math.

The sat PSAT score is not factored into a student college application unambiguously and neither enlarges nor prevents a student from the schools they can apply to. 

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