Though the test is like the SAT in structure and timing, the two are scored differently. A perfect score on the PSAT is 1520, ...

For high school sophomores and juniors, sitting for the PSAT is a vital opportunity to practice for the all-important SAT-- and for juniors, to also possibly earn scholarship funds. This fall, the ...

The Preliminary SAT is a three-hour practice version of the SAT and a National Merit Qualifying Test. The purpose of the PSAT is to prepare for the SAT, but there’s also an incentive for doing well on ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

High school students who struggle on college-readiness tests solve the simplest arithmetic problems as quickly as higher-achieving students, but they use very different brain processes to do so, ...

This fall, the PSAT will primarily be held on Wednesday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 16. If you are registered, make the most of it with this step-by-step timeline for the final week of prep. Seven ...