<p>My kid hasn't received her PSAT scores yet (big public school...they're going to give them out sometime in January) but she received a 210 as a sophomore and likely did better as a a junior this year. Over the last few days, she's received a good number of college mailings that start out as "Based on your PSAT scores, we know you're interested in an intellectual community where yada yada" and I'm just curious: Do all colleges have access to these scores (or does College Board have a list of, say, all takers over 200 and they sell it to colleges?). Or is it just a shot in the dark that colleges send to all students?</p>
<p>CB sells the names (with, presumably, score ranges) and your kid gets the mailings if s/he opted in to receive them.</p>
<p>thx OhMom…that’s really interesting.</p>
<p>Follow-up question, they <em>don’t</em> do this with SATs, right?</p>
<p>Yes they do. </p>
<p>[Student</a> Search Service - Introduce Yourself to Colleges](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>Student Search Service and SAT – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>…and they were sued for selling a little too much info, apparently:</p>
<p>[ACT</a> and College Board Sued for Selling Student Information | Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/11/01/act-and-college-board-sued-selling-student-information]ACT”>ACT and College Board Sued for Selling Student Information)</p>
<p>Both SAT and ACT scores are used for targeted mailing/emailing campaigns by colleges. You will be inundated with mail/email if your student does well. However, it can be an interesting way to learn about schools you hadn’t thought about before so take it for what it’s worth.</p>