Last Thursday, the freshmen, along with sophomores and juniors, took the PSAT. While the sophomores and juniors might be familiar with the exam, for the freshmen it was a new experience. At ILS, a student’s results on the PSAT can be used for placement in challenging classes the following year, a fact that builds pressure on students to do well on the test.
According to Google AI, Taking the PSAT as a freshman provides valuable benefits, including early practice for the SAT/ACT, helping to familiarize you with the test format, timing, and question types. It also establishes a baseline for tracking your progress, identifies areas for improvement, and can help guide your high school coursework and AP course recommendations.
How did the freshmen feell about the PSAT?
“The second part of reading was way harder than the first one for sure,” said Victoria Morera.
Many other freshmen shared similar thoughts like Victoria, saying that the first reading section was significantly easier than the second one. But for most students, they felt pretty confident they did well on both sections of reading.
“I thought the first section was easy, but hard the second part was really hard part but I think I did fine,“ freshman Alfredo Tawk.
Most freshmen thought the same thing that the first section was easy. But for the second section some said it was easy, and others said it was hard. This is probably due to people’s different levels in math.
“I feel like I had enough time to do the test not in a rush,” said Julian Alvarez.
Each section had around 30 minutes to complete. For most students, they thought they had enough time to do the section without being in a rush to finish.
“Overall, I think it was hard but not like impossible,” said Camila Hamud.
Freshmen strengths and weaknesses in areas played a rule in this. Many freshmen after didn’t think they completely bombed it, but it was still challenging. Good luck to everyone who took it, and make sure to check your scores which should be released in a month.
