Does your student deserve a National Merit Scholarship?
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation uses PSAT scores to qualify semi finalists who then compete for scholarships. In addition, such recognition can be used to secure additional scholarship money from other institutions. Many students do little to prepare for this exam because they believe colleges and universities ignore PSAT scores. However, educational institutions look closely at PSAT scores when considering grants, financial aid, and additional scholarships for those who enroll. Additionally, strong PSAT performance indicates readiness for other standardized tests like the ACT/SAT.
We will work on these topics and skills
Reading
- Command of evidence
- How authors support claims
- words in context
- Analysis of history/social sciences passages
- Analysis of science passages
- Evaluate hypotheses
- Interpreting data
- Writing and Language
Mathematics
- Command of evidence
- How authors support claims
- words in context
- Analysis of history and social sciences passages
- Analysis of science passages
- Evaluate hypotheses
- Interpreting data
- Writing and Language
Writing and Language
- Command of evidence
- How authors support claims
- words in context
- Analysis of history/social sciences passages
- Analysis of science passages
- Evaluate hypotheses
- Interpreting data
- Writing and Language
Key Content Changes
- Problems grounded in real-world contexts
- Focus on sequences of sentences and paragraphs
- Synthesizing information from multiple sources
- Ratios, percentages, and proportional reasoning