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#58848 - 10/20/09 12:40 PM PSAT
Ania Offline
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Anybody took PSAT this past week?

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#58852 - 10/20/09 12:50 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Ania]
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DD15 did, but I'm already mentally subtracting a few points for each tenth over 98.6 she was (BT...Before Tylenol), and the starting expectation isn't very high, whistle . "Flu-like symptoms" are rampant here locally, and DD was hit last Thursday (Saturday test date). She was not the only sickly child sitting the test. As a sophomore, this was her "practice" year, so not that big of a deal.

It blows my mind that my son will take the SAT next month, yet have his scores back before her PSAT results, crazy .

Happy waiting!

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#58856 - 10/20/09 12:59 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Dottie]
aline Offline
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The little guy? Do early testers get a different window?

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#58858 - 10/20/09 01:04 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Dottie]
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We are sick here too frown

Ghost took it for practice as well. I bought him the Princeton Review a few days before and asked to just have a look through it and see what kind of a format this test is. He did it late Friday night and took him less than 5 minutes.
He said that this was very similar to SAT albeit shorter, and he felt the questions are of about the same difficulty. Is that so? I thought it was easier...
One good point I want to mention is that after all that testing for talent search he just really does not care about yet another test. I know that it would have been different had this test mattered for something, but Ghost was so relaxed, almost too much smile
Anybody else?

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#58864 - 10/20/09 01:56 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Ania]
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Registered: 09/02/08
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DD14 took it last week and she was sick too. No prep at all as the scores don't count this year. Yes, after taking the SAT and ACT I think she had low stress. How long does it take for the results?

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#58869 - 10/20/09 03:05 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Elisa]
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We were told "December" for results. I bought a practice book this summer, but it didn't get much use. On quick mom inspection though, I think I agree that the math at least is very similar to the SAT. Perhaps I'm just more familiar with SAT problems, but some of the math problems seemed harder...or at least "different". The writing apparently was all multiple choice. I thought when they said there was a writing section, they meant writing. (Like I said, the practice book didn't get much use, wink .)


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#58875 - 10/20/09 03:59 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Dottie]
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Registered: 06/25/08
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DD14 took it last week...she glanced through the practice booklet, then asked, "will the real test have harder questions?" According to her, it did. frown

I signed up for online notification of results, supposedly in mid-December. We shall see!

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#58951 - 10/21/09 08:58 AM Re: PSAT [Re: Emm]
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Our school did not tell us when the results will be available. I guess they will send them home, like the usual suspects ?
Anyone familiar with SSAT?

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#59012 - 10/21/09 03:58 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Ania]
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I'm not sure if my daughter took the SSAT or a different standardized test for admission to high school. There were several sections including science. Based on her scores, I would say it is much easier than the SAT.

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#59036 - 10/21/09 09:26 PM Re: PSAT [Re: Elisa]
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SSAT is used for admission to private schools.
Anybody else has any experience with it? We are discussing boarding schools here yet again...

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