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THE TEST
The Preliminary SAT (PSAT) is a standardized test designed to measure your ability to do college work. You can take it as early as the ninth grade on a practice basis, but students take the exam “for real” early in their junior year of high school. The test consists of five sections, two verbal, two math, and one writing skills. You are given 50 minutes for each verbal and math section, and 30 minutes for the writing section.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION
The PSAT serves many important purposes. Most importantly, it is the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). NMSC is a non-profit educational organization which awards scholarships financed by more than 600 corporations, private foundations, colleges and universities. Earning a merit scholarship is impress to colleges and comes in handy since the average cost of private universities ismore than $40,000. Secondly, the PSAT offers you a chance to see how able you are at college work and which colleges you should apply to in your senior year.

PREPARE PSAT WITH THE BEST
Your plan to take the PSAT is your first real step in planning a college career. Make sure it’s the right step with a good test prep program. At Ivy Bound Test Preparation we have small classes that effectively teach the necessary techniques and materials for each section of the PSAT. 90% of our students obtain the qualifying score 210 or above.

In verbal, students learn more than 3000 words to increase familiarity with sentence completion and reading comprehension . In math students thoroughly review definitions, concepts, and formulae crucial for a top score. In writing students are taught all the required grammar rules as well as how to improve sentence and paragraph structure to maximize their scores on the writing section.

Students take practice tests monthly or weekly Test scores will be reported to parents directly..

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