Parents of the HS Class of 2020 (Part 1)

DS’s PSAT score is out there on Naviance. 1370, 33, 32, 36. The reading and writing is the same total score as last year. I don’t think he can make the commended at all. But I hope it goes well for goal of 1450 on SAT from this past weekend?

FYI, check out Naviance!

Someone on another thread got her scores from the counselor today. At our school the only way to get the scores is from the counselor or wait till 12/12.

I am refreshing Naviance hourly. One time (for my older child) they loaded SAT scores the morning they received the file, but that all depends on the administrative assistant and how busy she is that day :slight_smile:

I also don’t want to be ‘that parent’ because I know my D’s scores will be just average and the GC must be getting emails from kids/parents who are on the line for NMS. (we aren’t there).

@3scoutsmom I’m pulling for you! Any word on PSAT?

I work at my daughter’s school and don’t want to be THAT Mom. But also very anxious to see how she did. Is there a fingers drumming emoji?

@SincererLove wins the “most on the ball counseling team” award today!

Nothing on aeries or Naviance here yet…

@SincererLove The PSAT score your student achieved is an indicator of what can be expected on the SAT as well. Given no major additional studying, you should expect roughly a 1370 on the SAT as well. At least, according to CB.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true at the high end since the max’s are different. For example someone who gets a 1500 on the PSAT could easily get a 1600 on the SAT.

@KKreis
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I’m right there with you!

Agree with @VickiSoCal - my S19’s friend took fall SAT and PSAT last year. Scored around 1520 on SAT and a 1450 on PSAT. My S19 scored a 1480 PSAT and later a 1570 SAT.

Don’t shoot the messenger. Statistically, that is what is expected between the PSAT and SAT. Sample sizes of 1 are interesting, though, and prove anything can happen. I wouldn’t get my hopes up or down, either way.

@suzyQ7 Thanks! Unfortunately I am “that parent” and I’m already on thin ice with the school because of unrelated issues. I am soo glad DS20 is my third and last kid! I’m stalking Naviance and can only hope they put the scores up soon.

I don’t think our counselor will be posting it to Naviance. They don’t seem to do much with it, unfortunately. Seems like it could be a very handy tool if utilized fully.

Its not the counselor - its the school. The file is the exact same process as SAT, so if they load SAT scores into Naviance at your school, then they will (should be) load PSAT. Now the timing of that is the question. They can load it at any time - weeks and months later.

Yeah, I see the Oct 2017 score, but who knows when that was loaded. Could have been January!

i’m shocked our school has them up on naviance. My kiddo went down by 10 points from sophomore year. Oh well! He went down in the area where he really had to “go” – and rushed through so he could run out to the bathroom! just shows me that he WILL need to study and prepare for ACT tests. He’s not naturally brilliant like some others!

With D17, she did ask counselor as she had problem logging into CB account, and everybody was getting their PSAT, while her account was not accessible and CB customer service couldn’t help either. But theirs was the first year Selection Index and new PSAT were used. She got 1500 and later made NMS, one of the few ever from their school. The counselor (4 for 1400) knew her anyway.

She scored 1550 on SAT, only increase of 50 from PSAT (one try). DS studied some for SAT, unlike PSAT. But he complained that the studying caused him to overthink, we shall see. At least we can take SAT multiple times.

He improved 90 points from last year all in math. The writing section actually went down from 34 last year to 32 this year. Reading has similar increase, so his writing reading total is the same. Maybe overthinking is good in this case! :wink:

@bgbg4us : “Oh well! He went down in the area where he really had to “go” – and rushed through so he could run out to the bathroom!”

This made me smile.

Anyone else having flashbacks to early school performances and presentations where their kid just didn’t make it to the mic because of an urgent need to go…?

Feeling like an absolute fool… D couldn’t care less about PSAT but NSLI-Y decisions are supposed to be released today… Someone on the forum posted that semi-finalists last year saw a medical evaluation form on their portal before receiving their emails, so I checked the portal - no form. Several posters reported no forms on their portal, either, but one (semi-finalist last year), got one. I know I might be reading too much into this, and we won’t know for sure until she gets a formal email, but already hurting for my baby…

I’m going to resist email the GC today. But tomorrow is another day! Naviance still stale :frowning: