PSAT/NMSQT stands for Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™. It also gives you a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs when taken in your junior year. The test is only given once in October. Then test results will be sent to the high school in December. Students will be notified when their test results arrive.