PSAT scores are out in NY and NJ today. No College Board account here yet and I’m confused: Does kid set it up and if so how would parent access it to know scores? Any advice appreciated.
Either student or parent can set it up. It’s set up in the student’s name/email address. There is a feature to add a parent email address for duplicate notifications. This is one account, IMO, that is important enough for the parent to have full access (login & password).
Very helpful. Thank you. Last question: Do you use student’s email address as username? (This is an account I want to set up right from the beginning,)
You don’t have to. I think my S19 sign in is simple, his 1st initial, last name, grad year. Make it something you’ll remember easily over the course of several years.
Thank you!
In addition, I recommend getting a separate, dedicated to college-stuff-only email, different from high school email address.
Your child will start getting college-related spam whether or not she chooses so in PSAT. You do not want that mixed with regular school emails.
For the email address, use generic convention as above, do not use unprofessional nor political words in email address.
Also, that email would be used for CollegeBoard and in the future for signing up college tours and local college info sessions and for application correspondences as well as Naviance and Common Application.
I would suggest that you set up the account under your email (or an independent one), if possible. My daughter’s high school had them do it under their school email account, so I never had access to it without convincing her to give me the log-on information. Since she was never enthusiastic about signing up for the SAT, we almost missed some important deadlines.
Do NOT use your kid’s school email account. Most high schools ask that you don’t use this account for college purposes. PLUS…the week after your kid graduates, that account will be closed. You may need that college board account in subsequent years for refiling of the Profile, for example. Or to send the SAT scores again if your kid decides to transfer.
I would suggest setting up a dedicated Gmail account. But whatever you do…put the log in information for the CB someplace where you won’t lose it!
Schools give students email accounts??? Wow we are in the dark ages here.
Everyone else gave good advice, I just had to comment on that. I’m still shaking my head in amazement. What do the students do with the emails? Why not just use their gmail (or whatever) accounts?
My kid was more than happy to set this up under my email account. She doesn’t want emails and rarely checks her account.
@ScarletRobin This cracked me up:
D20’s school used to give email accounts but stopped because the kids weren’t using them. Now they have moved on to some other social media platform. Parents can log in, but I rarely do.
Some school emails are set up so that students can’t get email from external addresses. NEVER use a school email for anything important. (I use mine to sign up for some things that I know are kind of spammy, though.)
Crap…I used D21’s school email!!! Hopefully there’s a way I can go in and change that?
Our schools do NOT permit students to use outside email accounts in school for any reason. Too much chance for spam, and junk. The students MS and HS get school email accounts. These are used by the students to email papers, reports, emails to their teachers when working from school. They are told to use the school email from elsewhere for school related things as well…so,the staff can reply. No outside emails. Nothing is done on paper anymore.
@NJWrestlingmom Yes, you can create a new separate gmail account for college purposes and go change the CollegeBoard account setting.
Our school went full on a google system. All the students and teachers were given gmail with masked address, schooldistrict.org (that does not work after graduation.) Their homework gets turned in by uploading to google docs or presentation. Feedback on papers are given by tracking on the google docs. The teachers use more features such as tracking and counting the homework turn-ins, etc. New world here.
Wow. We really are behind the times. Only one teacher uses OneDrive for submissions, some others use Turnitin, most are paper only. Heck, his elementary school had a strict “no email communication with teachers” policy.
I guess it’s strange to me because of that. And honestly, Gen Z doesn’t use email, even outside of school.
You might want your son to get used to reading email. Much of the communication with regards to college admissions comes that way. In addition, once in college, he will most definitely be using a college email account, and that is where lots of info is sent.
Maybe gen z doesn’t use email much for their own communication… it it’s a skill they better well use decently before they start their college applications.
I agree that it is good to set up an email account just for College stuff…that way, if your student agrees, you can help monitor it for important emails.
@thumper1 I wasn’t referring to my son. He does just fine with email. I just know the struggles my coworkers have on a daily basis trying to interact with Gen Z. It seems to change every few years what works best. For a while was Facebook. Now it’s just straight texting.
@payn4ward it has a lot of controversy regarding data privacy and, essentially, commercial marketing in schools. As ubiquitous as it is, Google is still a brand and promoting brands to kids is still controversial among some. I don’t love it. But the teachers are pretty careful to ensure privacy and not receive assignments via Google, just post them.