I think for our kids the high school got them, and mailed them to our house to arrive on the day after winter break started. VERY frustrating, as they had them well before that. But that is what they always do... so "in December" can vary a lot, I think.
I honestly don't remember if we got a direct mailing eventually from the College Board... someone else could probably tell you.
Our school does a "PSAT night" in January to give out the score reports to those families that attend & go over options to improve PSAT/SAT scores in the future (Princeton Review usually sponsors the event)... For those that don't attend, the score reports are given out in homeroom the following day... If you have previously established an account at "My College Quick Start" portion of the College Board's website, and your previous PSAT results are on there - your Oct 2012 PSAT score will automatically get picked up there around the middle of January 2013... Obviously many students (my daughter who is a junior this year & 211 as a sophomore) would like to get the scores as soon as possible... We plan to ask the school in early December if they will check it for us then, rather than sit on them until the January date...
