Check Your PSAT Score

The PSAT is a practice test for the SAT that gives you an indication of how you may score when you take the SAT. The test also helps identify strengths and weaknesses to help you prepare and study for the SAT. To check your score, go to the website so you can analyze the total score, the reading and writing score, and the math score. Then you can look for areas of strengths and weaknesses, along with questions missed.

Steps

Checking Your Scores Online

  1. Wait six to eight weeks after you take the exam. The PSAT scores are released a couple of months after you take the PSAT. The PSAT is given in October, so the results are usually available the beginning of December. Schools generally get the scores a week before they are released online.[1]
  2. Find the access code on your exam score report. Your school will give you an exam score report. This report contains an online access code that can be used to find your score online.[2]
  3. Create an account with the College Board website. Go to the College Board website and create a free account. To create this account, start by clicking on the signup link on the website’s main page. Then click that you are a student.[3]
    • You will have to enter your full legal name, date of birth, parents’ names, school names, and other basic information.
    • You will also have to create a username and password.
  4. Enter the access code on the College Board website. Once you have created an account, you can log in to the College Board website. Enter the access code provided on your score report, and you will be able to check your score.[4]

Analyzing Your Score

  1. Check your total score. The total score is the score you get when you add the reading and writing to the math scores. The total score can range between 320 to 1520. This score helps you get an idea of how you would score on the SAT.[5]
    • You can use the percentile of this total score to see how you compare to other students who took the test.
  2. Check the reading and writing score. This is one of the two sections on the PSAT. You get a score that ranges from 160 to 760. Knowing this score can help you determine if reading and writing is your strength or if you need to focus on it before the SAT.[6]
  3. Check the math score. The math score is the second of the two sections. The score ranges from 160 to 760. Checking this scores helps you determine if you will do well on the math section of the SAT or if you need some more prep before taking it.[5]

Evaluating Other Information on the PSAT

  1. Look at your national percentile rating. The national percentile rating gives your standing compared to everyone else who took the PSAT on the same day that you did. The number is the percent of people you made the same or a higher score than.[5]
    • For example, if your national percentile rating is 92nd percentile, that means you scored the same or higher than 92% of the students who took the test on that day.
    • You will compare yourself to the national percentile of others in your grade level. If your are younger than a sophomore, you will compare yourself to the sophomore percentile.[4]
  2. Determine your strengths and weaknesses. The PSAT is used as practice for the SAT. The breakdown of the PSAT shows you which questions tested which skills and what specific areas the questions covered. The PSAT uses a green, yellow, red system to let you know your strengths and weaknesses. Your areas of strength are in green. Areas that need work are in yellow and red.[7]
    • This can help you figure out which areas you should focus on as you study for the SAT.
    • For example, you may learn that you need to focus on vocabulary, algebra, or geometry. You may also learn that you need to go through certain sections faster so you finish.
  3. Check which questions you got correct. The PSAT breakdown allows you to check which questions you got right and wrong. The PSAT test booklet will be returned to you, so you can go over questions you missed and see what the correct answer is.[7]
    • The report will also show you the difficulty level of the questions, along with the specific area it measures.
  4. Check your college readiness benchmark. The PSAT also gives you a score indicating your college and career readiness based on your PSAT performance. The bar is divided into three colors: red, yellow, and green.[6]
    • Red means you are not ready and need to strengthen your skills. Yellow means you are close to the benchmark but not quite there. Green means you have met or exceeded the benchmark.

Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://blog.prepscholar.com/when-do-psat-scores-come-out-results-release-schedule
  2. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/collegeboard/2016/01/12/how-to-access-understand-and-use-psatnmsqt-scores/#7faff68d50eb
  3. ↑ https://www.collegeboard.org/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://collegeadmissions.testmasters.com/can-i-check-my-psat-scores-online/
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/good-psat-score
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.compassprep.com/understanding-your-new-psat-report/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/about/scores/score-report-help#troubleshoot-missing-scores

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