PSAT score calculator: raw to 1520
Enter how many questions you got right in each section and see your estimated section scores, total, Selection Index, percentile among juniors, and exactly how many more correct answers reach your next target.
36 of 54 correct · section score 160–760
28 of 44 correct · section score 160–760
Enter how many questions you answered correctly out of 54 in Reading and Writing (both modules together) and out of 44 in Math. There is no penalty for wrong answers on the PSAT, so only correct answers count.
Estimated total
1160
Likely range 1100–1220 · about the 83rd percentile
- R&W
- 590
- Math
- 570
- Index
- 175 out of 228
Your next milestones
- 1200+4 more correct answers
- 1300+12 more correct answers
- 1400+22 more correct answers
An estimate from a curve modeled on released practice tests, not an official score. Real scaled scores depend on the exact test form and its adaptive second module. Index is the National Merit Selection Index, (2 × R&W + Math) ÷ 10.
How PSAT scoring works
- How is the PSAT/NMSQT scored?
- Each section — Reading and Writing, and Math — is scored from 160 to 760, and the two add up to a total from 320 to 1520. Only correct answers count; there is no penalty for a wrong answer, so never leave a question blank. For National Merit, the section scores are also turned into a Selection Index from 48 to 228.
- How is the Selection Index calculated?
- Double your Reading and Writing score, add your Math score, and divide by ten. A 700 in Reading and Writing and a 680 in Math gives (1400 + 680) ÷ 10 = 208. Because Reading and Writing counts twice, a point there is worth twice as much to your index as a point in Math.
- How accurate is this calculator?
- It is an estimate. College Board converts raw answers with a scale specific to each test form, which also depends on whether you were routed to the easier or harder second module. This calculator uses a curve modeled on released practice tests, so treat the result as a close guide with a range of about 30 points either way per section.
- How many questions can I miss and still get a 1400?
- Not many. On this estimate a 1400 takes about 49 of 54 in Reading and Writing and 39 of 44 in Math — roughly five missed questions in each section — though the exact number moves from form to form. Move the sliders to see how different combinations add up.
- Why do the top scores need almost every question right?
- The scale is steepest at the ends. Near the top, each question separates students who are all very strong, so a single question can be worth up to 15 points. In the middle of the scale, each question is worth about 8 to 10.
Aiming for National Merit? See how the Selection Index cut-offs work.
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