Stop guessing what to study. This 12-week plan starts with an honest diagnostic that maps your Reading and Writing and Math skills into solid, shaky, and missing — then spends the middle weeks drilling exactly the gaps that map found, with an AI tutor that diagnoses before it teaches and never just hands you the answer. Along the way it covers what the PSAT actually is, how it feeds into National Merit, and how it previews the SAT. The last three weeks are full, timed practice with a review of every single miss, ending in a dress rehearsal and an honest score. No official test content, no score or National Merit guarantees — just a real plan and a coach that keeps you honest.
This is a deep, digital guide: a "Never used an AI chat assistant? Start here" section walks complete beginners from zero to ready in about five minutes — no paid plan needed, any free modern AI assistant works. From there, you lead one ~60-minute session each week; every session is fully scripted, so no test-prep or AI expertise is required going in. - An orientation that sets the weekly rhythm and the one rule that makes this work: review every miss until you can explain the "why," not just the right answer. - 12 weekly sessions, each with a plain-language concept explanation, a concrete worked example, a minute-by-minute session plan, a guided AI-tutor focus (diagnose, teach, quiz) with copy/paste prompts at every step, a "show me" checkpoint, common mistakes to watch for, and practice. - Four rescue prompts in the front matter — a diagnose-first Socratic starter, a rescue prompt for when you're frustrated, a plateau-breaker for when a section score stalls, and a guardrail that bans answer-dumping and grade inflation. - A personal gap map you build in week 1 and revisit in week 12 to see exactly what moved.
Sophomores and juniors preparing for the PSAT/NMSQT and National Merit who want a real plan instead of a random stack of practice questions. It's self-directed — built to be run by the student — though a parent can help hold the timer during practice sections and track the weekly rhythm.
A raw chatbot will answer whatever you paste in, which feels productive but teaches you nothing about your actual weak spots. This pack ships what a chatbot alone lacks: an up-front diagnosis that tells you what to study first, a structured 12-week progression instead of random practice, real timed practice under section time limits (not untimed noodling), and a forced review of every miss for the underlying cause — content gap, misread, or timing. A prep book gives you the same questions regardless of what you actually need; this pack adapts to your gap map.
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