From counselors at lists.onenet.net Wed Sep 13 14:20:42 2023 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:20:42 -0500 Subject: [Counselors] PSAT Message-ID: Hello, all. Those that give the PSAT, can you tell me why/what are some benefits? We have been giving it to top 5 juniors for several years as a National Merit Scholarship qualifier but haven't had one qualify in a very long time. The last 2 years we have not got any results back from them; I have called, left messages, emailed, but no response. Just wondering if anyone else has a similar experience...? -- Hope McGuire K-12 School Counselor Laverne Public Schools 580-921-3610 *"An education is not so much about making a living as making a person."* *-Tara Westover* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Fri Sep 15 13:59:36 2023 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:59:36 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] PSAT Responses Message-ID: Hello, all. Those that give the PSAT, can you tell me why/what are some benefits? We have been giving it to top 5 juniors for several years as a National Merit Scholarship qualifier but haven't had one qualify in a very long time. The last 2 years we have not got any results back from them; I have called, left messages, emailed, but no response. Just wondering if anyone else has a similar experience...? * I like to give it because it's a mini-version of the SAT. For some students, the SAT is a better test for them than the ACT. If they are strong in math, it's a good test for them. There is not a science section on it, so if they struggle with science on the ACT that's a good way to solve that issue. So, it's a cheap way to try the SAT. I think in the last few years, they quit mailing results. Results should be in your College Board account. While the National Merit Scholarship qualifier is a long shot, I've had a few over the years. I've also had some who were recognized by College Board for scoring high in certain categories, such as a rural school or a minority group. * You can get the results from the College Board Website. They don't mail them out. We do SAT for state testing so we do PSAT with all of our Juniors. For us it is useful because it gives us a score and lets the students know what areas they need to work on for the SAT test when they take it. * We had a student get in the running and was honorable mention. I believe, if they are close to being a National Merit qualifier, you hear from them. JSB :) * You have to log in to PSAT and print your own results now...they no longer send them in the mail. I test the top 20 juniors and have had 1 qualify in the last 5 years * This is pretty straight forward, but I offer it to 10th and 11th grade, this year I have 14 who signed up. They parents do pay for this test. The thing is, they can't ever come back and say that I didn't give their child the opportunity.....that's why I will always offer this test. Hope you all have a great weekend! Sabrina Wood Coordinator of Student Preparation for College Readiness Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 swood at osrhe.edu https://www.okhighered.org/student-prep/ 405-225-9257 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From counselors at lists.onenet.net Mon Sep 18 16:27:57 2023 From: counselors at lists.onenet.net (OSRHEStudent Prep PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:27:57 +0000 Subject: [Counselors] PSAT Responses #2 Message-ID: Hello, all. Those that give the PSAT, can you tell me why/what are some benefits? We have been giving it to top 5 juniors for several years as a National Merit Scholarship qualifier but haven't had one qualify in a very long time. The last 2 years we have not got any results back from them; I have called, left messages, emailed, but no response. Just wondering if anyone else has a similar experience...? * For high achiever students that would use it, the access they get to the Collegeboard BigFuture website is impressive. It has a lot of resources especially if students are considering looking out of state. * We test all sophomores and that gives us a base score to help predict who should likely take it again as a junior. But now we give it to all juniors anyway (we test all 10th and 11th). By having a 10th grade score, we can get a rough idea of who might have a shot at National Merit junior year. For juniors, I'd recommend opening it up to let any interested junior take it instead of limiting it to only your "top 5 juniors." How are you determining that? By top 5 in the class? Or are they taking the PSAT in 10th grade and you're looking at those scores? National Merit semifinalist is determined by the top 1% PSAT test scores in the state. So depending on how other students in the state test, the cutoff score (selection index) varies year to year. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: