PSAT/NMSQT INFORMATION
WHAT IS THE PSAT TEST?
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE PSAT TEST?
PSAT TEST PREP
- Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®)
- A rigorous, national assessment that measures the critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills your students will need for higher education and careers after high school.
- Gives valuable information for planning coursework, making recommendations for scholarships, and advising secondary plans.
- Provides AP Potential, which is data showing a student is 70% likely to get a 3, 4, or 5 on specific AP courses.
- Very important to take advantage of this opportunity if planning to attend a 4-year University.
- Students take the PSAT test during their sophomore and junior years of high school.
- The sophomore PSAT prepares students for taking the PSAT/NMSQT during their junior year.
- During the junior year, the PSAT is the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Competition.
- PSAT (Q A) HANDOUT 2021
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE PSAT TEST?
- Date: October 13, 2021
- Deadline: Sign up deadline is September 15, 2021
- Time: Testing begins promptly at 8:00 and typically lasts approximately 3 hours. Students need to check in no later than 7:45 to their testing room.
- Cost: The cost is $20.00
- Sign Up: Sign up online (starting August 20, 2021)
- Payment: Pay with cash or check with the bookkeeper or pay online using the Parent Portal (payment_options_-_directions_2021.pdf).
- Please make checks payable to Park Hill High School (PHHS)
- Application fee waivers are available to those who qualify. Please talk to your counselor with questions.
PSAT TEST PREP
- ZAPS PSAT TEST PREP
- THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL TEST PREP THIS YEAR- October 6 & 7 - 6:30-9:00 PM
- $95.00
- To sign up and pay for this workshop, please go to https://store.doorwaytocollege.com/seminarinformation/sat-seminar-details?id=10378.
- October 6 & 7 - 6:30-9:00 PM
- KAPLAN TEST PREP
PSAT Prep Live is the only free, live PSAT prep program available to students online, and features 16 hours of interactive test prep led our Prep Squad. Students can ask questions and learn key strategies that can help improve their scores. - KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a partner of College Board which does the PSAT test. They have FREE online test prep materials for the SAT which would also be appropriate to look at for the PSAT. If a student took the PSAT as a junior, they should log into their PSAT account through College Board and access Khan Academy.