Grace is Sufficient Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I've seen a discussion on here before about colleges contacting students after they take the PSAT... I have two questions: First, can you select schools to have the scores sent to, or is that only the SAT? Second, is it correct that you have to indicate that you want to receive the mailings, and if so, do you guys recommend doing so? Thanks a bunch, Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 My dd took the PSAT last year, as a junior. In April, if a student is in the top 50,000 scorers (usually a score of 200+ out of 240), the NM corporation will sent the scores to two colleges the student chooses. Otherwise, I don't believe the exact scores are sent to colleges, just the names of those who scored in a certain requested range. Students must indicate that they want mailings (snail or email) from schools. It has been fun to look at all the literature, but it didn't help my dd choose her college. I do not recommend allowing emails. Your child will get a ridiculous amount, because they are cheap to send. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in MD Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 And only then to the two... The schools that your child applies to as a sr will never see their PSAT scores, only SAT or ACT. The only time that may be different is if you choose to send them a copy in order to participate in some sort of special summer program and your child has not yet taken an SAT or ACT. The reason you start to get junk mail from schools is the form the kids fill out indicating what fields they are interested in and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I had never heard of the college, or even knowing that small, women-only LACs existed. I ended up applying, getting accepted, and I ended up loving it! It can be good, if your dc doesn't have a strong idea of where to go for college. You might get some places that you wouldn't have thought to apply to. OTOH, if the dc pretty much has a few colleges picked out, I suppose it wouldn't be necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace is Sufficient Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 He has no strong leaning at all, so it may be that getting the emails will at last get him thinking about it. Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Students must indicate that they want mailings (snail or email) from schools. It has been fun to look at all the literature, but it didn't help my dd choose her college. I do not recommend allowing emails. Your child will get a ridiculous amount, because they are cheap to send. GardenMom :iagree::iagree: Let them send the info--It's fun reading, but e-mail is too much junk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin in DFW Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I'm confused. Does the student indicate on the test itself where they want scores sent should that be done...or...does this get done later??? Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 THe only choice in the PSAT is whether you want mail or email or not. Not which school gets a score. Only if they are one of the absolutely best test takers will they contact you about sending scores anywhere. The only choice now is yes to mail no to mail yes to email no to email. Oh and colleges do get selective lists and they are not only selected by majors. I don't remember since it was so long my older took it but it may also be by GPA or by score levels. Like they wouldn't know your child's score but a school could maybe request scores that have math > 70, or some such criteria. That way the highly selective colleges aren't wasting paper or people who got a math score of 34, let's say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace is Sufficient Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 I'll change my thinking. We'll say yes to snail mail and no to emails. Hopefully that will get us enough contacts to encourage him to think about the whole thing a bit more! Thanks to everyone. I had some definite misunderstandings about how it works. Blessings, Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in MD Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 in the mail box far more interesting than the junk spam in the inbox. Plus....we could NEVER get the email to turn off. It was kind of annoying at times. Seriously though, the good thing about the junk mail is you may run into interesting schools that you wouldn't know about otherwise, right? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Should have clarified...I applied to college back in the pre-computer days...no e-mails, only nice, paper brochures. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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