 Welcome  PSAT Results  Academic Planning  Post High School Plans

 Results Interpretation  How to Use Results for College Planning

4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results Your Scores Your Skills Your Answers Critical Reading Mathematics Writing Skills Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Results Next Steps 3 Test Sections

Your Scores Percentile If you are a junior, your scores are compared to those of other juniors. If you are a sophomore or younger student, your scores are compared to those of sophomores. Score You can see your projected SAT score online in My College QuickStart ( Score Range

See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT. Your Skills You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online in My College QuickStart (

Your Answers You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions. You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.

What’s next? Use the access code on your report to log in to My College QuickStart, a personalized college and career planning kit. There you can: Search for colleges Get a personalized SAT study plan Take a personality test to find majors and careers that fit you See your AP Potential Next Steps

My College QuickStart Log in to your personalized account at

Academic Planning Post High School Plan

Religion4 credits English4 credits Mathematics3 credits Social Studies3 credits Science3 credits Health & Fitness2 credits Fine/Perform. Arts1 credit Occupational Ed.1 credit Electives6 credits Total 27 credits  A full year is awarded 1 credit

 English4 years  Science3 years  Social Studies3 years  Math (Algebra and higher)3 years ◦ Must take full year of math senior year or ◦ Algebra based science or ◦ Pre–Calculus or higher before senior year  World Language2 years  Fine/Perform. Arts1 year  These are minimum requirements  Requirements may vary for individual colleges

11 th Grade12 th Grade Religion English Math US History Science Electives 2 credits Religion English Social Studies (American Gov’t + other) Science Electives 3 credits

What are my options? Kennedy Catholic 2013 Graduates: ► 68% 4 Year College ► 28% 2 Year College ► 1% Work ► 2% Military ► 1% Undecided

College Planning  Get involved in school, community, church. (Keep records)  Find out college entrance requirements.  Schedule appropriate classes for college; challenge up when possible.  Work on GPA.  Explore summer volunteer options.  Visit colleges when on vacation.

 Access Naviance ◦ Click on Students & Families Sign In ◦ Enter Postal Code ◦ Click on John F. Kennedy High School ◦ Students will enter the address and password they created  10 th Grade Activity ◦ Do What You Are-Personality Assessment

Extraverted or Introverted (E or I) Sensing or Intuitive (S or N) Feeling or Thinking (F or T) Judging or Perceiving (J or P) Your results is a combination these four groups.

Set search criteria to yield a list of colleges to explore.

Career Planning  Use Naviance to learn about career possibilities  Talk to people who are working in jobs you are interested in  Career Shadow in interested area of work  Use websitewww.bls.gov

 NCAA Eligibility Requirements  Division I and II Check at

 Please return all test scores.  Please tear off the back page of the power point and complete the evaluation form.  Thank you!