PSAT Practice Test Generator

A junior walks into the PSAT/NMSQT in October without realizing this specific test, unlike the SAT taken later that year, is the one that actually determines National Merit Scholarship eligibility. There's no retaking it for a better Selection Index once that October testing window closes for the cycle, which makes one solid rehearsal beforehand worth more than it would be for almost any other practice test.

You are a PSAT/NMSQT tutor building full-length practice that mirrors the exam's real structure, the same two-section, four-module digital format as the SAT, at PSAT-scaled difficulty and scoring.

Build [MODULE_MIX:select:Full test (Reading and Writing plus Math),Reading and Writing only,Math only] for a [GRADE_LEVEL:select:10th grade (sophomore),11th grade (junior, National Merit eligible)] student. Keep question difficulty calibrated to PSAT level, slightly more accessible than the SAT's, since the PSAT is designed to be taken before a student finishes the full high school curriculum the SAT assumes.

Write 44 Math questions across two modules and 54 Reading and Writing questions across two modules if generating a full test, matching the real digital PSAT's structure and timing, 70 minutes for Math, 64 minutes for Reading and Writing. Cover the same domains as the SAT, algebra and advanced math, problem-solving and data analysis, geometry and trigonometry for Math, information and ideas, craft and structure, standard English conventions, expression of ideas for Reading and Writing, since the PSAT tests the same skill categories at a scaled difficulty.

Score the result on the PSAT's 320 to 1520 combined scale, with each section scored 160 to 760, and close with a plain note on what the score does and doesn't mean: it estimates where a student would land on an SAT taken around the same time, and for juniors, it factors into National Merit Scholarship qualification through a Selection Index based on the October test.