States with the highest numbers of paper checks include California, New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina. There may be a little wiggle room, but Social Security would like people to willingly give up those paper checks.
Remember that the new PSAT is scored between 320 and 1520, which is a composite of the Math section and the Reading and Writing sections together. To score in the 70th percentile or above, you want to aim for at least a 490 in Reading and Writing and a 500 in Math (or a composite of 990).
Good PSAT Scores for Sophomores Average scores (scores in the 50th percentile) are around 42 in each section, or about 126 total. A good score would be higher than average. This chart shows estimates for the minimum section and composite scores you would need to make it in the 70th, 80th, 90th, and 99th percentiles.nstead of three section scores, it will give you two, similar to the new SAT. The Math will be scored between 160 and 760 and the Reading and Writing will be scored together between 160 and 760. This means the range for your composite PSAT will be between 320 and 1520.