PSAT Score Calculator
Enter your Reading & Writing and Math raw scores (number of questions correct) to get your section, total, and NMSC Selection Index score ranges from College Board's real conversion table.
This is not a substitute for professional educational or admissions advice — it estimates a range from one released practice form's official scoring table.
Number of questions correct, 0-66.
Number of questions correct, 0-54.
(2 × Reading & Writing + Math) ÷ 10 — used by National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Shown as a range because the digital PSAT/NMSQT is adaptive: your exact score also depends on whether your Module 2 was routed easier or harder based on Module 1, which this calculator can't know from raw score alone. Real scores land inside this range.
How the Digital PSAT/NMSQT Is Scored
Your raw score on each section is just the number of questions you got right — no penalty for wrong answers. That raw score is converted to a scaled score of 160-760 per section using College Board and NMSC's official conversion table, and the two section scores add up to your total, 320-1520.
Like the Digital SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT has two modules per section, and your Module 1 performance decides whether Module 2 is the easier or harder version. That routing affects your final scaled score independently of raw score, which is why the same raw score can land at different points in the range depending on which module you saw.
Worked example
A student answers 48 of 66 Reading & Writing questions correctly and 36 of 54 Math questions correctly.
Reading & Writing raw 48 → scaled score 520-580
Math raw 36 → scaled score 450-510
Total: 970-1090
NMSC Selection Index: 149-167
Common mistake
Confusing the PSAT/NMSQT's 320-1520 scale with the SAT's 400-1600 scale — they are not the same scale shifted by a fixed amount. Both tests report scores on the same underlying 160-760-per-section metric used across the whole digital SAT Suite, but the PSAT/NMSQT's hardest questions top out easier than the SAT's, so a raw score of 66 (a perfect Reading & Writing raw score) converts to 760, not 800 — there is no PSAT/NMSQT path to an 800 on a section, by design.
Full Conversion Table
Every raw score from College Board and NMSC's official scoring guide, both sections.
| R&W Raw | Scaled |
|---|---|
| 0 | 160 |
| 11 | 180-280 |
| 22 | 340-380 |
| 33 | 400-440 |
| 44 | 490-550 |
| 55 | 600-660 |
| 66 | 760 |
| Math Raw | Scaled |
|---|---|
| 0 | 160 |
| 9 | 180-280 |
| 18 | 320-360 |
| 27 | 380-420 |
| 36 | 450-510 |
| 45 | 540-620 |
| 54 | 760 |
Source: College Board / National Merit Scholarship Corporation, "Scoring Your Paper PSAT/NMSQT Practice Test #1" (digital PSAT/NMSQT), © 2023 College Board, 2324-PN-772, fetched 2026-09-22. Enter your own raw scores above for every value, not just these samples.
Keep going
- The PSAT/NMSQT is built on the same digital SAT Suite scale, just topping out lower (760 vs. 800 per section); the SAT score calculator runs the same conversion for the full-length exam colleges actually use for admissions. SAT Score Calculator
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the PSAT scored the same way as the SAT?
Nearly. Both are digital, both are two-stage adaptive tests, and both report Reading & Writing and Math on a shared scale -- but the PSAT/NMSQT's section scores run 160-760 (total 320-1520) instead of the SAT's 200-800 per section (total 400-1600), because the PSAT is a slightly easier test aimed at 10th and 11th graders.
What is the NMSC Selection Index, and is it the same as my PSAT score?
No -- it's a separate number National Merit Scholarship Corporation calculates from your PSAT/NMSQT scores to do an initial screen for the National Merit Scholarship Program: (2 x your Reading & Writing score + your Math score), divided by 10, landing on a 48-228 scale. A high Selection Index is a prerequisite for National Merit recognition, but the cutoff itself varies by state and by year and isn't published in this scoring guide.
Why is my score shown as a range instead of one number?
The digital PSAT/NMSQT is adaptive: Module 1 of each section is the same for everyone, but your performance on it determines whether Module 2 is the easier or harder version. Two students with the same number of questions correct can land on different final scores if they were routed to different Module 2 difficulty, so a raw score alone can only tell you the range your real scaled score falls in.
Is there a penalty for guessing wrong on the PSAT?
No. Your raw score is simply the number of questions you answered correctly -- there's no subtraction for wrong answers, so leaving a question blank never helps you compared to guessing.
Does this use the real, current College Board / NMSC scoring table?
Yes -- the table behind this calculator is transcribed directly from College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation's official scoring guide for a released digital PSAT/NMSQT practice test (cited below), not estimated. The exact table can shift slightly between different real test administrations, which is also why your true score is a range here rather than one fixed number.
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