<p>zoosermom - I understand your anxiety, but didn't your DD do amazingly well on her PSAT last year? If so, she probably doesn't need any tutoring for the SAT. Please relax :) .</p>
<p>And yes, csshsm, it would make sense for Collegeboard to post the scores online, and I'm not sure why they don't.</p>
<p>zm, she sounds like an amazing kid. Please don't shoot (or stab) yourself. ;)</p>
<p>Zoosermom:</p>
<p>We're here for you ... and likewise, I'm sure we'll need you on occasion. Hang in there!</p>
<p>Our school used to pay for the PSAT test and would administer it during school hours. When that was the case, I had no problem with how they handled the score distribution. But since then, they've cut that line item from the budget. Now our kids take the test on Saturday and the parents are the ones writing the check. Therefore, I think the scores should be mailed directly to the students. Last year D's GC had nothing to comment anyway.</p>
<p>Alas, I don't have a pitchfork.</p>
<p>At my S's large public hs, a relatively small percentage of students take the PSAT in Soph. and/or Jr. year. S said about 70 took it this fall, out of about 1350 students in the two classes.<br>
Most kids here take the ACT because that's all the local schools want.</p>
<p>With my D four years ago I had to find out about SAT IIs on my own. No mention of them was EVER made at the school, even though D was the top student and eventually the val.
Very frustrating.... GC's here think the 2 local schools should be good enough for anyone. Swimming upstream here....
No sign of PSAT scores here either. Who knows if they are sitting in a box in the office.</p>
<p>My son is taking the SAT's this Sunday. It would be nice to know his weaknesses (if any ;) ). I think I'll email son's GC or else stop by the school to see if I can pry the PSAT score out of them.</p>
<p>zoosermom, your D did great last year and will do even better this year, I am sure of it.</p>
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Our school used to pay for the PSAT test and would administer it during school hours. When that was the case, I had no problem with how they handled the score distribution. But since then, they've cut that line item from the budget. Now our kids take the test on Saturday and the parents are the ones writing the check. Therefore, I think the scores should be mailed directly to the students.
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Same here and I totally agree. My D even took it at another school! She emailed her counselor yesterday to ask when they'll get their scores back, but she hasn't received a reply. I think maybe she ought to bring the GC some chocolate tomorrow. ;)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Oregonianmom, chocolate is a great idea. Let me know how it goes.</p>
<p>I'm sure D did just fine, but she's an entire Regents behind in math because she came out of a small parochial school. There are some topics she hasn't gotten up to yet and we thought we'd see what they are and have them addressed.</p>
<p>D2 (7th grade) is taking SAT this Sat. and the score will be out right before Christmas.</p>
<p>Honestly, zm, just have her take a blue book practice SAT test and analyze the data. I think the PSAT is overrated as a predictor of the SAT. It was not a great predictor of my D's SAT performance, that's for sure. </p>
<p>And the SAT math is a qualitatively different from the math they do in school so it won't matter if your D is "an entire Regents" behind. If she knows her Geometry and basic Algebra the rest of it is stuff she'll just have to learn specifically for the SAT. The SAT doesn't really test their knowledge of trig, logs, or calculus, for example.</p>
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AND, the only college type mail he's gotten recently was from the ROTC saying that based on his scores, he would be a good candidate. Does that mean he bombed???
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<p>What a rude and ignorant thing to say.</p>
<p>Zoosermom, good luck. My son's counselor swears they don't have the scores yet. He took the PSAT last year as a sophomore when he was in Math B. He said there were a bunch of problems that they learned how to do about a week after the PSAT. He got a 59 in math. I'm really hoping this year's math score is a lot higher. That wasn't that much higher than his 8th grade SAT math score.</p>
<p>Now that I've cooled off about the dig at ROTC students, I'll share my PSAT stress!</p>
<p>I miss last year when I didn't know what the PSAT was, my son took it when a teacher encouraged him to and it dropped out of our minds until the scores came back. We thought the test was purely SAT practice until he went to school the next day to congratulations from all his teachers. So, I looked up information about the test and found College Confidential. Hard to believe that was a year ago. </p>
<p>I see that other Texas students have gotten their scores. When will mine?!</p>
<p>Another Texan with no scores here. My GC said that the school hadn't received them yet, but he's been known to lie about these things - could this be true?</p>
<p>The College Board mails out the results in tranches. Last year, the results were a long time coming. The package of results were bounced all around the school district before they finally came to rest at the high school.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how much of a correlation there is between early (Freshman year) PSAT scores and Junior year scores? When is the best time to get a SAT tutor? My 9th grade son, judging from his first PSAT attempt, will need A LOT of help in the CR and W sections.</p>
<p>SW Connecticut, got score this week (junior). 205 (he's pretty happy but miffed that big bro became a Finalist...I am VERY happy, as his score improved a lot). His soph score was 175. He took a school-sponsored PSAT prep class (cheap) during the month before the test. Interestingly, his Math score for Soph and Jr is the same: 61--but his reading jumped from 58 to 74 and writing from 56 to 70. He's a humanities guy and math is not his strong suit, although he does okay (Calculus as Jr, not AP Calc). He is a very slow--but thorough worker--and said he just didn't have enough time with the math.</p>
<p>Just thought I'd mention the change between soph and jr years and the fact that he had a PSAT prep class (not a nationally-sponsored course).</p>
<p>Gosh, I'm sorry you took it that way, I certainly didn't mean to take a "dig" at ROTC, I just meant that it was the ONLY piece of college related mail my son has gotten. He hasn't received ANYTHING else at all, not one piece. This worries me.</p>
<p>Does that clarify that I wasn't trying to insult ROTC? </p>
<p>Does that mean he bombed the test? Are other people's kids getting mail from colleges?</p>
<p>ag54: It probably means your son was smart and checked the box asking not to have his email address forwarded to colleges. The ROTC email was probably not related to his PSAT.</p>