PSAT

Overview

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a two hour ten minute exam administered to all high school students in the fall of their junior year.  In addition to serving as a "practice" for the SAT, it also serves as the primary means to qualify for a National Merit Scholarship.

The exam consists of the following three sections:

• Critical Reading: two 25 minute sections featuring both critical reading and sentence completion questions
• Math: two 25 minute sections comprised of both multiple choice and student produced response problems
• Writing: one 30 minute section which tests grammar rules through the use of sentence correction, error identification and paragraph improvement questions

Dates

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