<p>Suzy100, D takes her PSAT on Wednesday, the 16th. The high school gives the test to all 9, 10, 11 graders (I have no idea what the seniors do during this time).</p>
<p>Our HS offers it on Saturday, but S sometimes works weekends and then there are soccer sectionals and it’s homecoming. So we found another area high school that has it on the Weds morning and allowed him to sign up. Actually we got on wait list at a private HS near us that gives leftover tests out once their kids sign up and have a more distant public HS as a back-up. Find out tomorrow which one.</p>
<p>My D will also be taking it on Saturday, Oct 19.</p>
<p>I agree, Suzy - I much prefer them taking it at school on the Wednesday. Our 9th, 10th, and 11th graders all take it too. I think until a couple years ago, the 9th graders took the PLAN but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>SlackerMom - are you in Maryland?</p>
<p>Over the weekend I was telling my D that since our cutoff was 223 this year, she should aim for 228-230 just to make sure. She looked at me with “Are you out of your mind?” face, I had to drop the topic. Ugh…</p>
<p>suzy - ours is on Wed as well.</p>
<p>Until this year it was optional and on Saturday. This year the district is having all Juniors take the PSAT and all Sophomores take the PLAN on Wednesday. I think it is great that our district changed how they are doing these two tests.</p>
<p>Our school has all juniors take the PSAT on Wed and the sophs have the option to take the PLAN on the Sat before. The school pays for the PSAT and the students pay for the PLAN.</p>
<p>mihcal - yes, i was like what, 2 additional questions wrong and she drops from 230 to 216!? (if i give her credit for the wrong-bubble answer) sneaky sneaky national merit people. and yes, keepmecrusin - the whole “put your game face on” might be just what she needs…</p>
<p>as for the wine, slackermom, will do!</p>
<p>I would like to welcome twotall and to give a big congrats to everyone’s current ACT scores and PSAT scores from last year. Great job!</p>
<p>Slacker I like the wine theme I think we need to keep it going!</p>
<p>Mine took the PLAN last year and will be taking the PSAT on Saturday the 19th.</p>
<p>No game today- bad weather. I am also happy to report on her good mood right now. I am thankful for the little things!</p>
<p>She took a real PSAT in July ( at 10:00 at night) and got a score that can be NMF depending on the year- not this years score but possibly last years or the year before. I am hoping that with some studying and with taking the test early ( not 10 pm) that maybe it can happen, but if not it’s perfectly ok. I have not spoken to her about it at all- we only discuss the other two tests. Whatever it is, it will be fine. </p>
<p>I think I just may have a glass of wine with my dinner!</p>
<p>At BHG’s school, all 9th, 10th & 11th graders sit the PSAT on the Wednesday testing date. Tenth & 11th graders sit the April ACT annually, and 9th graders sit for the PLAN test.</p>
<p>Congratulations on all the awesome test schools!</p>
<p>Interesting how every school does it differently, ours requires all sophs to take the PLAN the 1st week of school and all Jrs and sophs take the PSAT on Wednesday. Cost is included in the school fees (D is in private school)
Funny, the grass is always greener, I was wishing for PSAT to be Saturday so D could have a couple of extra study days.</p>
<p>All Juniors at D’s school sit for the PSAT on the Wednesday.</p>
<p>I’m jealous of all of the Sept ACT parents. Congrats! Wish we were in your shoes!</p>
<p>PSAT on Saturday 10/19 here. Wednesday option is available by prior arrangement, but I think it’s at a different school. PSAT is only offered to 11th graders and costs $30. 10th graders are offered PLAN ($35) and a mock-PSAT by Princeton Review ($10, I think). I’ve heard that the PR mock exam is a bit harder than the real CB test, and that most kids see their scores improve. Hoping that happens for my D!</p>
<p>At D’s school, 10th and 11th graders take the PSAT on Wednesday the 16th. </p>
<p>Mom2twotallgirls, I was also scratching my head about the drop from 230 to 213 based on 2 additional incorrect answers. So I pulled out D’s prior year testing sheet and realized how greatly each incorrect answer affects the score. </p>
<p>Can someone pass that wine?</p>
<p>Maryland has high cutoff scores. That’s where we are. If we move 10 min. away, the score drops 23 points!</p>
<p>Yep, FromMD I’m in Maryland. When I saw that cutoff score, I just laughed (inside, not aloud). One of D’s friends had told me that he would never qualify (he is the straight A’s, high class rank, toughest classes, regional orchestra type) and now I know why.</p>
<p>So absolutely no expectations or pressure for D on the PSAT. It really is just a practice test.</p>
<p>Our PSAT is a Saturday, 19 Oct only and costs $18. I initially thought all juniors took it, but it’s actually “limited seating” and “first-come first serve”, with Honors and AP students with high GPA’s “encouraged” to take the test. Sophomores who want to take the test can sign up with the permission of the school (D2 did last year, but I wasn’t aware of the special permission issue). They still don’t understand the potential scholarship money that is available to students through the NM process. The school only talks about the PSAT in terms of the $2500 scholarship and as a gauge for SAT performance. Sigh. :(</p>
<p>I’ll happily join in on the whole whine thing. Oh wait…you all meant something different.</p>
<p>LOL Wolverine maybe we need to call it a " whine bar."</p>