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The SAT & ACT and You!
AGENDA1The PSAT/NMSQT2The SAT & ACT: Truths,Misconceptions and Comparisons3What Now?How The PrincetonReview can help!Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW2
WHAT IS THE PSAT?Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW3
SectionPSAT ISALMOSTIDENTICALTO SAT 15 minutes shorterFewer QuestionsNo EssayDifferent Scoring ScaleSATTime perPSATTime perQuestions Section Questions SectionReading5265 minutes4760 minutesWriting andLanguage4435 minutes4435 minutesMath – nocalculator2025 minutes1725 minutesMath –calculator3855 minutes3145 minutesEssay(optional)150 minutesN/AN/ASAT is a registered trademark of the College Board, which is not affiliated with The Princeton ReviewPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW4
PSAT SCORINGPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxMATHEVIDENCE-BASEDREADING AND WRITING160 – 760TOTAL320 – 1520princetonreview.com160 – 760800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW5
PSAT AND SAT SCORINGSATPSAT 10 & PSAT / NMSQT32020040015206008001000120014001600SAT National Average 1090Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW6
1,500,000 JUNIORS WILLTAKE THE PSATOUT OF 1.5 MILLIONSTUDENTS WHOTAKE THE PSAT,7,400 ARE AWARDEDNATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS50,000 RECOGNIZED16,000 SEMIFINALISTS15,000FINALISTS7,400Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW7
WHAT ARE THE SAT AND ACT?TRUTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONSPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW8
All schools accept either theSAT and/or the ACT. Colleges have nopreference. You may take both tests, orjust one of them.Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW9
WHAT DO THESE TESTS MEASURE?Admission tests.TrueFalse measure intelligence? can be used to award aid? reflect your GPA in high school? predict your college GPA? can be prepared for? should be prepared for? test what you’ve learned in HS?Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW10
TESTSAT-AGLANCEACT is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc., which is not affiliated with The Princeton Review. .Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxFormatContentareasACTSATExclusivelymultiple choiceMostly multiplechoiceEnglish, Math,Math, Reading,Reading,WritingWriting, ScienceScoring persection1 – 36200 – 800Timing2:55 (3:35)3:00 (3:50)# -2REVIEW11
ACT SECTION-BY-SECTIONEnglishMathReadingScienceWriting (optional essay)45 minutes60 minutes35 minutes35 minutes40 minutes75 questions60 questions40 questions40 questions1 essayTotal with Writing3:35215 questionsPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW12
SAT SECTION-BY-SECTIONReadingW&LMath (No calculator)Math (calculator)Essay (optional)65 minutes35 minutes25 minutes55 minutes50 minutes52 questions44 questions20 questions38 questions1 essayTotal with Essay3:50154 questionsPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW13
SAT SCORINGMATHEVIDENCE-BASEDREADING AND WRITING200 – 800TOTAL400 – 1600200 – 800ACT SCORINGPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxENGLISHMATHREADINGSCIENCEWRITING eview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW14
HOW DO THE SCORES COMPARE?Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW15
WHAT IS A GOOD SCORE?Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW16
WHICH TEST SHOULD I TAKE?Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW17
SAT QUESTIONS REQUIREMORE TIME TO UNDERSTANDAND ANSWER.ACT QUESTIONS TEND TO BEMORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW18
BOTH ESSAYS AREOPTIONAL.WE RECOMMEND TAKINGTHE ACT AND SAT WITHTHE ESSAY.Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW19
THE ACT HAS ASCIENCE SECTION,THE SAT DOESNOT.IF YOU’RE A TRUESCIENCE-PHOBETHEN THE SATMAY BE BETTER.Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW20
PREPARATION ANDPLANNING ARE KEYPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW21
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PREPand we can help!Take a classBuy a prep bookTake a practice testPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxSelf-prep onlineWork with a tutorprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW22
GETTING INTO COLLEGE ISABOUT MORE THAN TIONSZPresented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW23
QUESTIONS?Leah Murnane Leah.Murnane@Review.comprincetonreview.com & ncetonRevThePrincetonReviewSAT and AP are trademarks registered and owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this product. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation which were not involved inthe production of, and do not endorse, this product. All other tests are registered trademarks of their respective owners. None of the trademark holders are affiliated with The Princeton Review or these products. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with PrincetonUniversity.Presented by: xxx xxxPresented by: xxx xxxprincetonreview.com800-2REVIEW800-2REVIEW24
How The Princeton Review can help! Presented by: xxx xxx 800-2REVIEW Present d by: xxx xxx princetonre view.com 800-2REVIEW 3 WHAT IS THE PSAT? Presented by: xxx xxx 800-2REVIEW Present d by: xxx xxx princetonre view.com 800-2REVIEW 4 Section SAT Questions Time per Section PSAT Questions Time per Section Reading 52 65 minutes 47 60 minutes Writing and Language 44 35
