<p>Like I said, I could care less about the PSAT except as a tool to give me an idea of which tier of colleges to be looking at. But I will be double checking with the Principal's office to be sure that Central Office didn't book anything else at the high school the morning of SATs. (I suspect they thought the little cheerleaders would just be in the fieldhouse, but apparently they were EVERYWHERE and VERY noisy. My D didn't even complain; I heard about it from other parents.)</p>
<p>HoHum -- can you give us the link to the page where you did this???</p>
<p>HoHum....where is "small print it says "Ask your school for it or log it without it" "???</p>
<p>Doesn't work. I typed in some numbers (address) and it came back and said that was incorrect - the access code should be a letter followed by numbers, with another letter at the end.</p>
<p>hohum--MY small print says must have access code from school!</p>
<p>Are you in an alternate universe? :)</p>
<p>I'm so sorry... I've tried to replicate what I did, but now when I log into QuickStart, it just goes directly to the PSAT scores without requiring the access code. Since I only did it once, here's what I remember. I logged in to QuickStart with my son's password and PIN. On the left of the screen was a big box asking for the access code. On the right of the screen was some fine print with a couple of options. One said, if you don't have your access code call your school or click here (or something like that.) When I clicked that I just filled in my address and the school code, and the PSAT scores appeared. Perhaps it's because I set up the QuickStart account several weeks ago?? This was the first time my son took the PSATs so he never had an account before this. Sorry I can't give more details.</p>
<p>I just got in to see D's complete score report (along with questions and anwers) using QuickStart. I DID NOT NEED AN ACCESS CODE either. I just typed in the user name and password, and then clicked on where it says 2008 PSAT.</p>
<p>Now I'm even more disappointed, though. She got several really easy ones wrong. I think it was a lack of concentration.</p>
<p>Still doesn't work here. I click on 2008 and it prompts me for an access code. I can see 2007 just fine.</p>
<p>It is bizarre that we are seeing different versions of the CB site. </p>
<p>I can log in just fine w/son's user name & password, but can't get beyond that without an access code.</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
<p>I can't get the 2008 scores yet either. Very frustrating. I have emailed the GC and requested the access code, but will have to wait until Monday. Sigh..............</p>
<p>We can't get the 2008 scores, either. </p>
<p>I have a question about the "access code." Is there one code per school, or is it unique to each student? Does anyone know?</p>
<p>The access code is unique to the student and it is case sensitive. I should have looked at the page more closely, looking for the "log in without it", because now that I have entered it once the PSAT scores are there each time I log in. Since the student has an account already, I don't see the point of the additional access code, except to further the withholding of info until the school decides it is the right time..</p>
<p>I believe it is unique to each student. At least the ones for my sons are different based on last years' score report.</p>
<p>a little off-topic, and perhaps premature, but does anyone know the mechanism by which colleges get our kids' scores (for the mailings) or do they simply request names of students who scored over an arbitrary number?</p>
<p>"She got several really easy ones wrong. I think it was a lack of concentration."</p>
<p>Not to be critical, but I'm wondering if parents being able to see the answers to every question is a good thing. I think our kids are under enough pressure as it is, and I know if I were taking a high-stakes test, and afterward DH or my kids could see the questions, my answers and the correct answers, and start asking me why I answered a certain question a certain way, I'd be pretty ticked off. Most questions are "easy" when you have the answer in front of you, and when you're under no time pressure! </p>
<p>I'm a pretty involved (my kids would say obsessed) parent about college admissions, but I have no intentions of looking at my kid's PSAT answers. It's her test, it's her score, and in the end, she'll be the one who has to live with whatever college accepts her - dream school or not - not me.</p>
<p>Good point, lafalum. When my S did the practice SAT at home I was of course the "grader" and was able to point out to him the couple of dumb grammar mistakes he made, in hopes that he wouldn't make them on the real thing. But after the real test is over, it's kind of pointless to um, point them out. :)</p>
<p>My D tried entering her access code for last year's PSAT, but it told her it was not a current year's access code.</p>
<p>I think it's okay for parents and kids to look at the tests together. I asked him if there were any patterns to what he'd gotten wrong so we just sat on the sofa and looked at it together. It was pretty relaxed and friendly. There was one grammar question where I agreed with him, at first, that nothing seemed wrong, but I was able to figure out that we were both wrong. (It was a matter of parallel construction - it was much more efficient for me to be able to tell him what the problem was.) Most of the time he looked at the problems and was able to see that he misread a question, or he hadn't known a word, or in one section he'd run short of time and made some tactical decisions about which questions to skip. It was pretty low key, and interesting for me to hear him. His older brother missed easy math questions on every SAT test, so we know that it's easy to do.</p>
<p>vernonphorn, colleges request mailing lists from College Board from the various tests. They are able to specify criteria for their list such as scores above a certain level, targeted zip codes, specified majors, etc. If you search around on the professional side of the College Board website, you can find the dates this information is released to colleges subscribing to this service.</p>
<p>owlice, the access codes are unique to each student. However, we were just able to look up my son's scores without having an access code. He previously had signed up to be sent an e-mail when scores were posted online, but had not created an account. So he created the account, and went to the My College Quickstart page. On the page where the access code is requested, there was small print saying something to the effect of "Click here if you don't have an access code." He did so, and had to enter his name, address, birthdate, e-mail address and high school ID code and after submitting that was brought to the screen where he could access his test scores.</p>