I took the PSATs today also, but really, I did not think they were that hard at all. Each section was limited to 25 min, except the last, and I took about 20 or so in each section. So the difficulty is mainly in finishing before time is called.
I made it a point of mine to not skip
any questions of the 130 or so, and I accomplished that. Realize that you lose a quarter of a point for a wrong answer, but get 1 full point for a correct. SO, if you narrow it to just 3 answers, it's to your best advantage to guess. If you narrow it down to 2 answers, you're at a 50% chance of getting a full point, and a 50% of losing 0.25 points. Definitely why I didn't skip anything- I narrowed mostly all of them to 2 or 3, or 1 if I knew it.
*Waits until December for the results... I know I did well, so I want those bragging rights
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[Edit- Forgot to mention how much I hated the math section where "A if Column A is greater, B if Column B is greater, C if the 2 Columns are equal, or D if you can't tell." Math is like my strong point, but those particular problems took a lot more time than the regular pick an answer ones.]