How is the PSAT test different from the SAT exam?
The PSAT test is a mini-version of the SAT. For most students, it serves as a practice test. The PSAT test takes two hours and ten minutes. The SAT I takes three hours. You have to answer fewer verbal questions and math questions on the PSAT test than you do on the SAT; however the questions are on the same level of difficulty. The PSAT test also serves as a preview of the SAT II: Subject Test in Writing. The writing skills section of the PSAT has the same kind of multiple-choice questions as the SAT II. There are just fewer of them.
