I am set to take the PSB test in one week (super short notice.. recently moved across the country). Anyhow, I've been taking practice tests.. and have been doing fairly well in all subjects except science. For whatever reason, the science questions all look foreign to me. (I graduated high school 10 years ago.. so maybe that's why!) It's overwhelming me because it seems to cover a wide variety of science subjects, so I'm not sure where to start refreshing. Does anyone have advice on a good place to start studying? Any help is appreciated!!
Hi! I thought I'd update- for the one person following haha. I took the test today. I found the vocab, reading comprehension and math to be super easy. The time limit on the reading comprehension seemed kind of short, but I ended up finishing without rushing too much. The spelling was surprisingly difficult. I wasn't anticipating having any problems with that part, but I kept second guessing myself! The science wasn't awful. There were definitely questions that I had NO idea on.. but I would say more often than not, I was pretty certain on the answer.
There wasn't a whole lot of physics. More bio, anatomy and chemistry.
No calculators for math.. just scratch paper. It was mostly word problems, so the actual math was fairly easy once you figured out what they were asking for.
Im so glad that part is over! It's been a crazy couple of weeks.. I'm ready to breathe a little.
Overall, I feel pretty confident about it. It'll be interesting to see how I stack up against other people taking the test.
I got my scores today.. I got in the 99th percentile for math, reading comprehension, verbal, and academic aptitude. 86 for non verbal. 83 for science... and 32 for spelling
I don't think I'll have enough points to get in this year since I have to retake both my anatomies. I am glad I took it this year though! I feel good about my chances next year.. once I finish those classes and work on the subjects that I need to improve on (*ahem* spelling!!)
Those are still really good scores though! Good for you! You didn't happen to have a GPA of 3.5 in high school did you? That's extra points. And if you go to one of the informational sessions that's a couple more points. Did you have any classes you could get points for?
I actually have no idea what my GPA was in high school. I got good grades so it might be 3.5... I really don't know! I do have general psych, eng 11, and humanities that count towards points. But I think that still leaves me at low 300's.. and prior years, you needed about 340 to get in. But who knows.. we'll see! Have you scheduled your test?
Let me know how it goes! Oh, and I looked at the point sheet.. I think the 3.5 gpa only counts if you are currently a high school student.. which I definitely am not! Haha
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I'm taking bio 168 next semester too! And psych 241