The PSAT/NMQST (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is an abridged version of the SAT that is offered in mid-October. The test gives students exposure to SAT type questions and the testing environment. The test is usually taken by Juniors, but Sophomores and Freshman can take the test if space permits. Only Juniors can qualify for National Merit Scholarships. The test is co-sponsored by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

The test is 2 hours and 10 minutes in length and is broken down into 5 SEPARATE SECTIONS:

• Two 25-minute Critical Reading Sections
  Total of 48 questions
  13 Sentence Completion questions
  35 Passage Based questions
  
  
• Two 25-minute Math Sections
  Total of 38 questions
  28 Multiple Choice Math questions
  10 Student-produced responses
  4 Major Math Topics are covered – Numbers and Operations, Algebra and Functions, Geometry, and Data Analysis Calculators are allowed but questions are designed such that you do not need one.
  
  
• One 30-minute Writing Section
  Total of 39 questions
  14 Sentence Identification questions
  20 Sentence Improvement questions
  5 Paragraph Improvement questions
  There is NO Essay