PSAT/NMSQT
The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is a College Board exam typically taken by U.S. high school students in 10th and 11th grade. It serves both as practice for the SAT and as …
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What you'll get access to
Scoring
- Correct answer
- +1
- Wrong answer
- 0
- Blank
- 0
Test structure
| Reading And Writing | 54 Q | 64 min |
| Maths | 44 Q | 70 min |
| Total | 98 Q | 134 min |
Key dates
National Merit Scholarship Program media announcement: Corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners
22-04-2026
National Merit Scholarship Program media announcement: National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners
13-05-2026
National Merit Scholarship Program media announcement: College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners
03-06-2026
National Merit Scholarship Program media announcement: College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners
13-07-2026
Testing window opens
01-10-2026
Testing date: Saturday administration
17-10-2026
Testing window closes
30-10-2026
National Merit Scholarship Program recognition: scholarship winners notified begins
Marzo 2026
National Merit Scholarship Program notification: Finalists not selected as Merit Scholarship winners
Maggio 2026
Per College Board, students do not register for the PSAT/NMSQT through College Board; schools and districts choose whether and when to offer it, so no national opening/closing registration dates are published. No official 2026 PSAT/NMSQT student score-release calendar was found on the official College Board PSAT/NMSQT pages during this search. The National Merit Scholarship Program dates relevant to the PSAT/NMSQT 2026 cycle are based on PSAT/NMSQT qualifying performance from the prior competition cycle and are the official downstream dates publicly available from NMSC.
Source: official ministry / exam body publications.
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