<p>What do you mean and what are you referring to?</p>
<p>Your PSAT this year needs to be over 200 to be helpful</p>
<p>Did I not tell you that I was a … SOPHOMORE in NOVEMBER? I talked to some colleges they said don’t worry to much about the score, to just do my best because the school’s that care more about a number than a student is not worth the time.</p>
<p>Why are YOU YELLING??? Didn’t you say you were a sophomore LAST YEAR??? My kids got PSAT’s around 200 in their SOPHOMORE YEAR. Just trying to tell you you need to up the score <strong>significantly</strong> next month, buckaroo.</p>
<p>Woah, you’re a parent and that’s how you talk to other kids, that’s a shame. I’ll be taking the PSAT two more times and the SAT and the ACT soon. But I think I’ll leave this site, some of the parents here are bad apples.</p>
<p>I was responding to your YELLING. It is rude to YELL at posters, which I was demonstrating in response. Now chill.</p>
<p>If you are a junior, you will be taking the PSAT one more time- in October of this year.
If you want guidance, ask for it and be appreciative of honest, realisitc feedback. Some posters get upset, rude or defensive if they don’t hear what they want to hear. Hope you aren’t one of them.</p>
<p>I repeat- your PSAT needs to be over 200 this year to be helpful. This is the last time you will take the PSAT and this is the one that counts. My statement was clear. Your reaction was a bit, shall we say, over the top.</p>
<p>It isn’t very realistic, I talked to about 5 other college counselors that sad along the lines of the same thing. They have never let me down. I got into my first choice high school with full scholarship. I think I’ll just close my account and find another website. </p>
<p>Also this ‘honest’ ‘help’ isn’t very kind, nor is it helpful when you insult the student. </p>
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<p>Suit yourself. No one insulted you. We simply gave you suggestions. Your response was rude. And if you think you are taking the PSAT 2 more times— good luck to ya. Oh, and you cant “close” an account.</p>
<p>Woah. Also, you aren’t very encouraging. And the ‘rawness’ comes out as rude. Btw who asked what your son scored? This forum is to ask for help not to hear you brag about your child. And maybe instead of saying just do it, why not suggest things? I’m also curious as to… how are parents helpful in this?</p>
<p>All I said (see post 20) was that your score needed to be over 200 to be helpful. Why you overreacted so dramatically in the subsequent post is unclear. I then gave their scores to clarify to you that your EXCESSIVE response about your score being from soph yr was irrelevant. Good day to you. Enough.</p>
<p>Oh-- and btw, it wasn’t one son who scored over 200 their soph year, it was both sons :D</p>
<p>Now take a deep breath and relax. And try to smile.</p>
<p>That’s what I’m talking about, who cares about what they scored?! Are they good students? Are they good people because they want to and not because it looks good on a piece of paper? Do they challenge and further explore prejudice and the everyday things around them? Will they be more to the campus of a school than a couple of numbers and statistics?</p>
<p>LOL. Sorry you so totally don’t get it. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>At the risk of getting your hackles up again, let me explain.</p>
<p>You posted your PSAT scores from last year (post #19)</p>
<p>Erin’s dad said that wouldn’t be helpful for some of the schools on your list (Oberlin, Kenyon, Bates, Grinnell) (#20)</p>
<p>You asked him what he meant (#21)</p>
<p>I responded that you would need a PSAT of over 200 this year, when the PSAT matters, to be helpful (to your application to these schools) (#22)</p>
<p>You went BALLISTIC (#23) and posted a rude, yelling response. Got it?</p>
<p>Yeah… so I got into Clark, New Paltz, Stony Brook, Wesleyan, Oberlin, Cornell, Kenyon, Sarah Lawrence, Connecticut College.</p>
<p>I got into Oberlin, Kenyon, and waitlist at Grinnell but I already withdrew. :)</p>