CAN COLLEGES SEE YOUR PSAT SCORES?

CAN COLLEGES SEE YOUR PSAT SCORES?

YES! APPARENTLY WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE PSAT YOU RELEASE THE RIGHTS FOR YOUR PSAT SCORES THEN THE COLLEGE BOARD SENDS YOUR PSAT SCORES TO COLLEGES (READ THE FINE PRINT). THE COLLEGE BOARD OF COURSE SELLS THE SCORES TO COLLEGES. SO IF YOU DO WELL ON YOUR PSAT YOU MIGHT START GETTING ALL SORTS OF LETTERS FROM COLLEGES. HOWEVER, DO REMEMBER THAT COLLEGES DO NOT USE PSAT SCORES FOR ADMISSIONS PURPOSES. YOU STILL MUST TAKE THE REAL SAT I AND OR THE ACT AND THOSE ARE USED FOR ADMISSIONS PURPOSES.

FEBRUARY 2009 ACT REPORT

FEBRUARY 2009 ACT:

THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH A NORMAL ACT EXCEPT FOR THE SCIENCE SECTION. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO REPORT. AS YOU KNOW, THE ACT SCIENCE SECTION HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY HARD THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THEY SOMEWHAT MODIFIED IT. SOME TESTS IT SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS. LARGE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS REPORTED SCIENCE BEING LONG AND DIFFICULT AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FINISH. OTHERWISE, THE ACT ENGLISH, MATH, AND READING SECTIONS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PRETTY FAIR. I HAD 50% OF MY STUDENTS THIS TIME SCORE ABOVE 30 WHICH IS OF COURSE MIRACULOUS AND I AM MOST GRATEFUL.

JANUARY 2009 SAT I REPORT

JANUARY 2009 SAT I REPORT:

THIS SAT I SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT. SCORES WERE LOWER THAN NORMAL. STUDENTS REPORTED THAT THE READING WAS VERY BORING AND DIFFICULT. FIRST TIME TEST TAKERS OF COURSE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE TEST (THIS IS VERY NORMAL FOR FIRST TIME TEST TAKERS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE TEST). PRETTY MUCH SEEMS THAT MATH SCORES WERE A LITTLE BETTER ACROSS THE BOARD THAN READING SCORES. HOWEVER, I DID HAVE A FEW STUDENTS SCORE UNUSUALLY HIGH. A FEW OF THESE DID HAVE EXTENDED TIME.

PSAT FOR SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMAN?

PSAT FOR SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMAN?

ONE OF MY GOOD CLIENTS HAS RECENTLY ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. IN THE YEARS BEFORE 2000, MOSTLY THE PSAT WAS ONLY GIVEN TO JUNIORS. HOWEVER, NOW MANY, MANY SCHOOLS ARE GIVING IT TO NOT ONLY SOPHOMORES BUT ALSO FRESHMAN? IT IS PROBABLY SILLY TO GIVE SUCH A TEST TO FRESHMAN, BUT NOT A TERRIBLY BAD IDEA TO GIVE IT TO SOPHOMORES. AT LEAST IT WILL GET THEM THINKING ABOUT THE SAT I AND FUTURE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. I BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION YOU ANSWER WHEN REGISTERING FOR THE PSAT CAN BE USED BY COLLEGES. THE PSAT REGISTRATION FORM SAYS THAT MUCH. SO DON'T BE SUPRISED AFTER YOU TAKE YOUR PSAT IF YOU BEGIN GETTING LETTERS FROM COLLEGES. NATIONAL MERIT DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOUR JUNIOR PSAT SCORES COME IN AND IS BASED ON THOSE.

WHAT IS THE SAT I SCORE SELECTION SERVICE THAT BEGINS MARCH 2009?

WHAT IS THE SAT I SCORE SELECTION SERVICE THAT BEGINS MARCH 2009?

IT IS CALLED SCORE CHOICE. THIS IS GREAT NEWS! THE SAT I HAS DECIDED TO ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR TEST SCORES AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO SEND THAT PARTICULAR TEST SCORES TO ANY COLLEGE. SO FROM NOW ON, YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH SCORES YOU WANT TO SEND THE PARTICULAR COLLEGES. THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE! PREVIOUSLY, THE SAT WOULD SEND EVERY SINGLE SAT SCORE YOU EVER TOOK TO ANY COLLEGE YOU REQUESTED SCORES BE SENT TO. NOW, YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE. SO, I RECOMMEND YOU DO NOT SEND ANY SCORES IN ADVANCE TO ANY COLLEGES. JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU GET YOUR SCORES BACK. MORE INFORMATION ON THIS CAN BE FOUND AT:

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/policy