<p>That is so funny @3scoutsmom i am so not looking forward to SAT score release day. I am afraid she made those silly mistakes again as on practice tests. She finished every section few minutes ahead of time again, some sections as early as more then 5 minutes ahead which means she was rushing again. This is a problem that we don’t know how to fix. All those silly mistakes. She will be taking December SAT as well.</p>
<p>Oh no, if D16 didn’t hit her personal marks for the SAT this time around we may have to find alternate living arrangements because there will be no living with her if thinks she has to take the SAT a third time! She really only has to increase her score a small amount this time around but if she doesn’t it won’t be pleasant! I’m sure she’ll have some of those silly mistakes too, I just hope for less than last time.</p>
<p>Some people on PSAT 2014 thread mentioned receiving email from College Board today with access code to be entered on the website. We did not get anything. </p>
<p>Can you post a link to that thread? D hasn’t heard anything.</p>
<p>Neither have we.</p>
<p>@3scoutsmom <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1695699-official-psat-thread-2014-us-p107.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1695699-official-psat-thread-2014-us-p107.html</a></p>
<p>Jr year hitting with full force here! DS got home from 4-day leadership event Sunday, did hours of homework, winter sport consumed 4:30-10 on Tuesday, schedule full from after school until 9pm last night so another late homework night. DS is looking exhausted. I have decided to cut him some slack on the free practice testing on Saturday since he has 2 EC commitments tonight, a group school project this weekend, scrimmage for winter sport and a family commitment on Saturday, volunteer work Sunday morning, fall sport banquet Sunday evening and “normal” studying Sunday afternoon. He NEEDS Thanksgiving break next week. The test prep is important but he is too close to complete overload right now. Maybe the first ACT will be just a baseline after all 
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<p>Thanks for the link @seal16 I asked D to double check her email but nothing from the CB. Sounds like a glitch and that the students that got the email weren’t able to access the scores. If the CB really wanted to make some money, they could add an “express reporting” option for the PSAT I’d certainly pay for that if it were available!</p>
<p>Thanks for the likes on my last post but DS decided on his own to go to the practice test event. I do think he and his friends have a healthy “we’ll all get through this together” attitude that he chose not to miss. Complaining about it all together probably is a bit of a stress reliever. Also I do think he prefers to only take the tests once, if he can get the score he wants. </p>
<p>He is not thrilled however about his winter sport now requiring his presence for 3.5 hours this afternoon. He has declared that he will at least have lunch between the two obligations. [-( </p>
<p>I wish S had a bunch of friends with that work ethic! Most of the boys he hangs out with are solid B students with few APs or extracurriculars-- enough to get into the local JC or Regional State U, but that’s about as far as it goes. Not that I’m complaining exactly. They’re awesome kids. But they don’t really even pretend to understand why he spends so much time on schoolwork. It’s just not something that they’d consider.</p>
<p>I am ready for the November SAT scores to be released. This is DD’s first attempt, so I am anxious to see how the practice test attempts compare to the real thing. We going on a college visit tomorrow just to broaden our spectrum and to give DD another idea of what a few different types of schools look like. She has no idea where she wants to go. Do your kids know where they want to go and what they want to major in? My son who is now a sophomore in college knew exactly where he wanted to go and what he wanted to major in. The major has now changed but he has enjoyed his college choice. </p>
<p>Just got back from taking S16 to visit my freshman D in college. S16 enjoyed visit and has now seen two different types of colleges (urban mid-size research U and LAC in small town) in the past 10 days. He will see big state U in early Dec. (he also visited a bunch of colleges when he was 13 when D was looking but not sure how much of an impression those visits made). He has no idea what he wants to do / study other than he wants not too big classes and a fairly serious attitude toward academics among students. And he wants to be able to play club soccer. He will meet with GC on his own this week and we will meet with her prior to Xmas break. Be interesting to see what she suggests.</p>
<p>Got the Nov SAT scores. D will not be retaking them and no refund from PrepScholar 
CR stayed the same, math came up 40 points and writing increased 120 points! I hope she does as well on the PSAT!</p>
<p>The entire family was up until 2 am to see November SAT scores. Glad to report that DD16 is done with standardized tests. I signed her up to take SAT for the second time in December, but will cancel it and will try to have money applied to June SAT2. From what I read here on cc her score, even though not perfect, but should not be re-taking in order to get few extra points since it should be good for any school. </p>
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<p>@newcrew42 They came out at 5 AM Eastern.</p>
<p>@3scoutsmom - Awesome news on your SAT scores. I hope your PSAT results bring you even better news!</p>
<p>We are please with SAT scores as well and hoping for similar PSAT results. We are very happy with the Critical Reading and Math scores. Lots of colleges only want the CR+M, and if that’s the case for her choices then, I think we will not take it again. If there is a college of interest that wants the writing score, we may think about a retake. </p>
<p>Yesterday, we took a tour of Rhodes College in Memphis. The campus is beautiful. My concern for my daughter is the limited degree offerings since she is undecided. We love the small class size, classes seem to be taught by professors, etc. My daughter just may need more degree offerings. </p>
<p>@newcrew42 - We just viewed Rhodes College too. My daughter really liked the class she sat in on and the information from the panels. She “thinks” she knows what her major will be - I “think” it will change. I thought they had a wide range of offerings…</p>
<p>@Sophomore1 Our guide, a current junior, majoring in political science, was hoping to be a part of Teach for America and to become a teacher as her career. As we continued our discussion and I asked our guide questions about her program, I learned that Rhodes does not offer education degrees. So she will not be a certified teacher and will need to continue her studies post graduation at another university in order to become a certified teacher. I found it interesting that the school boasts of how many graduates participate in Teach for America, yet they do not offer teaching degrees. The Teach for America program was mentioned several times in our opening program as well as in our session after the tour. I think because the school mentioned Teach for America so frequently and the fact that my tour guide was graduating without a teaching degree that it made an impression on me. I am sure if I had a different guide or sat in on a different presenter, my impression of the course offerings would be different. From the initial presentation, I would have thought that Rhodes had a teacher college as part of their program, but that is not the case. </p>
<p>@newcrew42 - WOW! Yes, that was my impressions. Yikes!</p>
<p>The math curve was brutal. D’s lowest score was for math. She lost 50 points on one careless mistake. </p>