<p>Here are links for your school's counselor: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/tests/psat/news.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/tests/psat/news.html</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/entering.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.nationalmerit.org/entering.php</a> </p>
<p>But she should be able to find everything she needs to know about this issue on page 5 of the PSAT/NMSQT Official Student Guide: National Merit Program, which is just in the reverse pages (the pages that read forward from the purple cover) in this year's PSAT preparation booket. Read your fine manual is the politest thing I would be able to say to a counselor like that. DEFINITELY tell the principal and the school board about problems like that.</p>