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Agenda The PSAT National Merit/Merit- Based Aid Improving Test Scores Testing in College Admissions Your Testing Timeline Q&A

The Four Pillars of College Admissions Test Scores Grades Strength of Schedule Academic Curiosity

Why did I take the PSAT? It’s a predictor of how you will do on the SAT. It’s good practice for the “experience” of taking standardized exams It determines your eligibility for a National Merit Scholarship At some high schools, your junior year PSAT score goes on your transcript

Your Scores The PSAT has 3 sections: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing. Each section is scored on a scale. An average score in each section is 50. Selection Index The sum of all three scores. (158) Get an estimate of your SAT score by adding a zero to your selection index number. (1580)

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

Where could your scores take you? SchoolAverage SATAverage ACT Boston University Columbia University Georgetown University McGill University New York University Northwestern University UCSB UCLA USC University of Michigan University of North Carolina University of Texas at Austin Washington University (St. Louis) Scores are not just about getting in. High scores can help you get $ for college. 7

Your Scores = Money Strong PSAT, SAT, or ACT scores can turn into money for college. Most scholarship, grant, and merit-based aid awards include test scores as part of their decision making process.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information The Entry Requirements section displays information you provided on your answer sheet. The Percentile compares your performance to that of other college-bound juniors. The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores. If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility requirements for the competition.

National Merit Scholarship National Merit ® $2500 Scholarships Every Finalist competes for these single payment scholarships, which are awarded on a state representational basis. Winners are selected without consideration of family financial circumstances, college choice, or major and career plans. Corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards Corporate sponsors designate their awards for children of their employees or members, for residents of a community where a company has operations, or for Finalists with career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage. These scholarships may either be renewable for four years of undergraduate study or one-time awards. College-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards Officials of each sponsor college select winners of their awards from Finalists who have been accepted for admission and have informed NMSC by the published deadlines that the sponsor college or university is their first choice. These awards are renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study.

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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 Next Steps

Testing in College Admissions All colleges accept the SAT or ACT without preference. It’s worth trying out both to see if you perform better on one over the other. Have you heard that the SAT is changing? Class of 2017 and 2018 »Why? o Market Share o Common Core Alignment

Class of 2016 Jr/Sr Year Testing Timeline March/AprilTake the SAT or ACT MayAP Exams! JuneTake 1-3 SAT Subject Tests, if needed SummerStill need improvement? Spend the summer preparing for the ACT or SAT September/OctoberTake the ACT or SAT NovemberSpeak a second language fluently? You can take Language Listening SAT Subject Tests in November.

Class of 2017 Find the Selection Index from your October 2014 PSAT: If your SI is 154 or higher, take the current SAT. (It will be offered 4 times in your junior year.) SAT If your SI is between 145 & 153, & your highest subscore is Writing, take the current SAT SAT

Class of 2017 Find the Selection Index from your October 2014 PSAT: If your SI is 144 or less, take the ACT ACT If your SI is between 145 & 153, and writing isn’t your highest subscore, take the ACT ACT

Class of 2017 Have you tried the ACT? Which one plays to your strengths? The ACT isn’t changing. You can study for and take it throughout 11 th and part of 12 th grade. ACT If possible, take the CURRENT version of the SAT. It’s available through January of your junior year. SAT

Class of 2017 Junior Year Testing Timeline September/OctoberTake the ACT, current SAT, or PSAT NovemberSpeak a second language fluently? You can take Language Listening SAT Subject Tests in November. WinterSee if you can improve your SAT score even further in January or ACT in February MayAP Exams! JuneTake 1-3 SAT Subject Tests, if needed SummerStill need improvement? Spend the summer preparing for the ACT or the new SAT Senior YearOne last chance to try the ACT or the new SAT

Class of 2018 Junior Year Testing Timeline September/OctoberTake the ACT, new SAT, and/or PSAT NovemberSpeak a second language fluently? You can take Language Listening SAT Subject Tests in November. Winter/SpringSee if you can improve your SAT score even further in January or March or ACT in February or April MayAP Exams! JuneTake 1-3 SAT Subject Tests, if needed SummerStill need improvement? Spend the summer preparing for the ACT or the new SAT Senior YearOne last chance to try the ACT or the new SAT

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