PSAT Redux

Here's the final segment in this trilogy of posts on the PSAT.

Greg took the test Tuesday in school with the rest of the Juniors. He didn't feel like he did very well. (We'll see how good he is at self-evaluation when the scores are posted in December). I asked him why and the answer boiled down to two factors:

1. he didn't feel comfortable/confident with many of his answers
2. at lunch, after the test, he and classmates debriefed and some of his answers were different. When pressed he admitted that there was some debate among his classmates on these answers -- so Greg's weren't necessarily wrong.

My opinion is the 'uncomfortable' feeling came from not preparing enough. Several SAT prep experts I've read have emphasized the benefit of preparation over an extended period of time (months or a year (!) at the extreme). As you'll recall from the last post Greg spent a couple of days over two weekends. I think we'll learn from this when we turn our attention to preparing for his first SAT test in January.