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<li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">I have opted not to give it to our students. We take the PreACT and the ACT.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoPlainText" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">I ask students last year and there was no interest so I didn't offer it.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">I was just pondering this same question!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoPlainText" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do they understand the connection between PSAT and National Merit as well as other scholarships?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">I had the same problems for years so I just quit offering it.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#C00000">Question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#C00000">Has anyone decided to Not offer the PSAT to their students?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#C00000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#C00000">I am struggling with getting students to take it and the ones wanting to take it really struggle in their courses.
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