Any tips for the psat?

[Pwnon]

I'm enrolling in a psat prep class tomorrow, and I am a sophomore in high school. So, any tips or insight? I'm new to the college scene, and I'd like some pointers.

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[Jairo]

learn how to do multiple choice

aka learn how to narrow your choices down to 2

[Tokerovin]

If you are smart/a decent test-taker you will probably do just fine without studying that hard.

[SlayerZ99]

you dont even need tips for the psat

[devildogelite]

General SAT tips, if you have no idea what the answer is don't answer it. Also I never really saw them as something to study for. They build on so much stuff you need to have learned already. Also good SATs mean college is super easy to get into, a good SAT score can makeup for pretty much everything else.

[Oasis]

You take the PSAT to become familiar with it for the SAT.

Tips for the PSAT amounts to:

1. Take the PSAT.

[Daswiruch]

General SAT tips, if you have no idea what the answer is don't answer it.

I am curious to what this means.
Please tell why.
Edit: aka why?

[SlayerZ99]

I am curious to what this means.
Please tell why.
Edit: aka why?

you get points off for gettign answers wrong

[Biohazard]

you get points off for gettign answers wrong

youd still get points off for not answering them, right?

[Mr Man]

youd still get points off for not answering them, right?

no, you don't get points off, you just don't get points

[TheABELBOTO]

http://sat.collegeboard.org/scores/how-sat-is-scored

also, like a wise man once told me, do your research and exploit any and every flaw known

[Daswiruch]

you get points off for gettign answers wrong

\thank

[SlayerZ99]

any current freshmen will get to take the new SAT and I think Sal Khan is helping out. Correct me if im wrong though

[otto-san]

It's better to skip a question entirely than to get it wrong (in most cases).

I think for the mathematics section, it's different, but it should be clearly delineated to you before the test. You get credit for what you attempted. All it is is a basic, general test. If you can take a test in any subject, you'll do fine. It doesn't count against you or anything, so you should just do your best and see how good that is.

[Mr Man]

any current freshmen will get to take the new SAT and I think Sal Khan is helping out. Correct me if im wrong though

Yeah, but it's too late for anyone older than freshmen, and OP says he's a sophomore. I'm a junior, so there's absolutely no chance for me. That's what I don't get about whoever is in charge of this, every time they make a change for the better, it won't take effect until everyone currently in school has graduated.