One of the questions, we often get at Academics Plus is: What is the difference between the SAT and the PSAT? So over the next few days, we will post blogs listing the differences between these two important exams.
The following is an excerpt from a short article written by Justin Dolecki over at the Princeton Review.
Prestigious Scholarships
Usually when you see the acronym PSAT, you’ll also see NMSQT along side it – which means National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. High scorers on the PSAT (95th – 99th percentile) may qualify for the prestigious National Merit Scholarships and Letters of Commendation. Qualifying for either of these looks great on college applications – one reason why a student may want to put in some study time for the PSAT. While the SAT is not used as an evaluative tool for this particular scholarship, most other scholarships will use SAT scores as a factor in their decisions.
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