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11th grade students will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT on October 12, 2022. 

 

About the PSAT

 

The Preliminary SAT, also known as the PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test), is a preparatory version of the SAT exam.  If you earn a high score on the PSAT your junior year, you could qualify to receive a National Merit Scholarship-$180 million dollars in merit scholarships are awarded to students each year!  Testing your skills in reading, writing, and math, the PSAT is 2 hours and 45 minutes long.  Unlike the SAT, the highest score possible on the PSAT is 1520.

 

Here is how the test breaks down:

Evidence- Based Reading

60 Minutes

Approximately 48 Questions

World Literature, Social Studies/History, Science

Writing and Language

35 Minutes

44 Questions

Expression of Ideas, Standard English Conventions

Math

25 Minutes (No Calculator)

45 Minutes (With Calculator)

47 Questions

Algebra, Data Analysis and Problem Soving, Advanced Math