{"id":1462,"date":"2024-08-28T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2024-08-28T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:53:40","slug":"psat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/2024\/08\/28\/psat\/","title":{"rendered":"PSAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PSAT Exam is an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">optional practice test<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the SAT and is given each year in October.\u00a0 The PSAT is also the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Competition when students take it during their junior year.\u00a0 <\/span><b>The PSAT may be taken by <\/b><b>highly motivated and academically driven <\/b><b>10th grade students as a practice exam for those who choose to take the PSAT their junior year.\u00a0<\/b>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KSZeRD9xruXOdREhPoney0G8IR1chWbw_6BHTnqK3pE\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find more information on this optional test.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What is the PSAT\/NMSQT Exam?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PSAT is <\/span><b>Optional<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PSAT is an excellent way to practice and prepare for the SAT exam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PSAT is used for juniors to enter the National Merit Scholarship competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colleges may try to recruit you based on your scores.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What the PSAT\/NMSQT Exam is NOT:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not an entry exam for college programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a practice for the ACT<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not the Pre-ACT\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-ACT is free for 10th graders on Nov. 19th at their school.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PSAT Exam is an optional practice test for the SAT and is given each year in October.\u00a0 The PSAT is also the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Competition when students take it during their junior year.\u00a0 The PSAT may be taken by highly motivated and academically driven 10th grade students as a practice exam for those who&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/2024\/08\/28\/psat\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1462\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/lnscounseling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}