The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is test taken by students in junior high and administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). It's a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test and determines the eligibility for the National Merit Scholarship Program. . Note: Only students in eleventh grade are eligible to enter NMSC scholarship programs. PSAT/NMSQT measures your performance in specific areas such as critical reading, math, and writing PSAT/NMSQT consists of five sections: a writing section, two math sections and two critical reading sections. PSAT/NMSQT is 2 hours and 10 minutes long and consists of five sections.