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15/f. Sophomore.

I took the PSAT about a week ago. There was only critical thinking/reading, math, and I'm not sure what the other section was called, but it was like grammer and choosing the right word. Are these the only subjects on the SAT? What about science? History?

On the math test, there was multiple choice, and then there was fill in. It was if you missed any math that wasn't multiple choice, it wouldn't count agaist you. How can it not count? What's the point of it?

One last question. What's a good score to get? A bad one? How many is it out of?

Any answers appreciated.
Thanks!!

On the SAT Test there are three parts Math, Critical Reading, and Writing. All three of those add to 2400 (perfect score).


Sciences, history (global and US History), and even foriegn languages are not on the SAT. They are on something called the SAT II which is somewhat like the SAT. There's basically a SAT II for everything- there's a SAT II in literature, and math. An example is there's an SAT II for biology, and SAT II for Spanish, an SAT II for world history. List goes on and on. The SAT II is like a specific subject test, instead of a reasoning test like the SAT.


If you don't fill in an answer, they just omit it meaning you don't gain or lose any points. The point is, if you don't really understand the question or are trying to guess an answer but are having a tough time, it's better to move on from that one question than waste time there. So if you had enough time you would go back to that question and try to answer. Make sense? In case there wasn't any time left, they'd just not use that question and omit it.

The best score you can get on one section of the SAT is 800. A perfect score for the whole SAT would be a 2400. Usually it depends on the person for a range of what a good score is. 600's are typically a really good score for each part though. Even getting a score in the 500's for a section is pretty good too (like 550). Also when you look at colleges they give you a rough range of what their incoming freshmen got on their SATs. It's a better judge in range for what you'd want to get on your SATs to get into a specific college.



Since you're a sophomore you might want to try to start studying for the SAT from now, so in case of anything you could boost your score points.



There's a website called www.collegeboard.com which gives you a good look on the SAT, SAT II, and even colleges. You might want to look at that to get a better idea of everything.


Information on SAT II-
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/SATII.html

Information on SAT-
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/SATI.html

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