Talk:PSAT/NMSQT

message: where did you find the minumum selection index by state?
I'm trying to find out the minimum for Minnesota.
172.162.25.97 22:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Minimum selection index

message: Whats this about 7th graders taking the test? Prove it, you cant say that.
It's a well known fact that seventh graders take the PSAT. I for one took it in the eigth grade, so it isn't so far-fetched to believe that seventh graders take the test.TheKid 20:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ages of Students?

message: Cheating is actually quite easy.  Going back to a previous section is usually undetected, as well as using the calculator when you're not supposed to O.O
Well, I recently took a test and i think the security is low. on the back of the answer sheet is all that stuff you're not supposed to fill in, what if someone filled in a point circle just enough for the computer to notice? Would people catch it what with all the tests that they have to grade? i don't like the idea of posting this, but someone has to say it!P.S. no, i never did this. if i did, they would have caught it. they have to be careful to watch me, or i doodle on the answer sheet. they'd notice me if i even thought about doing this.
EDIT.. I wouldn't reccoment doing this, but you do make a good point. The problem is that there is only one monitor, and twenty to fourty students per room. It's important to remember that cheating is just not worth it. Getting caught and potentially ruining your future is completely wasteful.
:It was perfectly possible to cheat, whether by just copying off of people, or ignoring the timers, or whatever. Fortunately for myself, I've never had anyone worth cheating off of in my class. I must say, this article did help me calm down after receiving my letter about being a semifinalist tonight. Actually though, that section strikes me to be original research. We should really work a citation into it somewhere. --tjstrf 04:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  cheating 

message: The link to verbal under the word critical reading doesn't go anyplace useful. mickey 01:02, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  broken link 

message: What is the source on that? I am curious, seeing as it is the 13th and I still have yet to receive my results... - Jarn 04:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind, I found it. However, it would have been nice to have the source cited ;). It is http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/tests/psat/news.html in case anyone wants to know. - Jarn 05:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source on the Dec. 4 to 8? 

message: I'm trying to figure out what scores become part of the 55,000 people they chose for the NMS. The average score for juniors, I was told, is about 150, and the curve it makes is pretty normal (bell curve). So all I would need then is the standard deviation for the scores, which I don't have. Does anyone know where I could find this information, or anything more specific than what the college board says? → JARED (t)  21:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statistics 

message: I've received my scores already, about a week ago. So CB has already sent them out, at least to some schools. → JARED (t)  20:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be correct. I received my scores and letters from the colleges I selected indicating that they had received my scores a couple weeks ago as well. --tjstrf talk 20:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: Students may take the test during any year -- as allowed by the student's school -- but it is only the test results from the junior year (assuming a student on a four-year high school plan) that count toward consideration for the National Merit and Commended Scholar listings and scholarship consideration.  
MNPH 03:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year 

message: What's up with the black scholarship bubble? Isn't  that slightly racist?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.218.242 (talk) 23:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This bubble is for Blacks entering the National Achievement Scholarship Program, a scholarship that only African Americans are eligable.  Since Blacks tend to be disadvantaged and are often less likely to receive other scholarships, this helps to even the playing field and gives Blacks a fair chance at a scholarship.  Dragon 280 (talk) 17:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not true. The "bubble" was created during a time of segregation. It exists today but it isn't just a matter of being "black". You're held to the same standards as the others. There are also similar scholarship programs for every ethnicity(including white ones) YVNP (talk) 17:50, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The black Scholarship Bubble 

message: A sum total of 2 errors in the entire test coupled with a dismal GPA produced no scholarship whatsoever back in 2002.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadieu (talk • contribs) 00:55, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bullshit 

message: someones should add a section about how it tended on twitter with 700k tweets talking about questions and making memes... idk it was pretty funny EoRdE6 (talk) 18:27, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just undone the vandalesque jokes inappropriately made in the introduction. You can consider adding a section for the phenomenon as long as it follows the rules, although it probably won't belong for some reason or another(someone with a more encyclopedic knowledge of WP: could probably point out why). For now, this page needs to be watched for in case more vandalism occurs. KarkityVantas (talk) 02:53, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll keep an eye out for it... has this problem once a year... EoRdE6 (talk) 15:27, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Twitter Jokes 

message: “Popular culture
The PSAT has been administered every fall since 1971...”
Confusing.  When was PSAT developed?  First administered?  First administered on a large scale?  I took the PSAT before 1971. 
AndersW (talk) 22:50, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Since 1971?