Roll call, please? Who has a student taking the PSAT next week?

[Halftime Hope]

my dd will, as a junior (aack!). She does not feel prepared...it's been a heavy year already for her.

 

Val

[threetreasurs]

I have one taking the PSAT next week - she seems to be not that worried about it???? Maybe she should be?

[Quiver0f10]

My 15 yo is taking it as a junior. Edited-he is a 10th grader this year NOT a junior! LOL

Edited October 9, 2008 by Quiver0f10

[Miss Marple]

I have a 10th grader taking it for the first time. We're spending some time studying, but not like we will next year.

[MIch elle]

He has not studied for it. He doesn't have time!

 

His school has them take the PSAT or SAT's every yr. in high school.

[Lisa L. in MI]

Ds is a 10th grader taking it for practice.

[Jan in MO]

My dd is taking it this year as a junior.

 

Jan

[Moira in MA]

I also have a junior taking the test. She isn't too worried by the test, just the time it will take out of her overly busy schedule.

 

~Moira

[Pamela H in Texas]

my dd is taking it as a junior.

[MaryM]

Scary but my 14 y/o is taking it as a junior on Wednesday....

[LinRTX]

My daughter is taking it on Wednesday as a sophmore, so it is just a practice for her.

[Grace is Sufficient]

My 15 year old son will be taking it Wednesday. Only one of us is nervous about it... but I'm doing a good job of hiding it from him!

[Renee in NC]

My 10th grader is.

[Guest Katia]

My 16yo is taking it as a Junior. She is not stressing and neither am I. We are not 'teaching to the test' and she is going in cold. However she does is what she does. No problem.

[coopers5]

She will be taking it Wed. also "for real."

She did really well last year for practice and has taken one practice test at home so far again this fall. She plans to also take the practice one just sent to us by the test administrators where she'll be taking it.

 

It really is good to prep. Have your children sit down with a practice SAT book (some of them have PSATs in them, but if not, it's ok, just use SAT).

It makes a world of difference.

Have them time themselves, the whole nine yards. It makes a difference.

[Cedarmom]

My son is. He is a junior, I didn't realize he could have done a pracitice one last year. When he registered, they gave a booklet. In the booklet, there were practice questions. He has been going over them. He feels fairly confident he can do well, but he is a good test-taker.

[FloridaLisa]

Ds, a junior, will be taking it. Boy, the tests really start from here on out! AP, SAT-II, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, ACT . . . oy!

 

Lisa

[Blue Hen]

DS took the PSAT last year for practice, no prep work at all. This year he has prepped a little. He's read through the two PSAT prep books I purchased, done a few of their practice tests, and has gotten into the habit of visiting Number2.com for about 15min a day for the past several weeks.

 

If he is worried or concerned about next Wednesday he isn't letting on about it. He is really, really busy with his other courses so that might be it too. He's also taken the SAT several times through JH-CTY, done quite well so that might be helping him not be too worried. Or he just might not be sharing

 

Carole

[MicheleinMN]

Dd (14) a sophomore is taking it for the first time this year.

 

Michele

[readwithem]

dd taking it as a junior, we moved over the summer and the local ps has been so accommodating. We've already discussed doing AP there in May, the asst. principal gave us a student guide, and they've told us exactly what to do, what to bring, etc. for next Wed. Such a breath of fresh air - last year wasn't as bad as some here, but the school had never had requests from hs'ers according to the gc:glare:

[Kareni]

Boy, the tests really start from here on out! AP, SAT-II, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, ACT . . . oy!

 

National Latin Exam, National Greek Exam, ... the fun never ends!

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Sylvia in CA]

Yes, our 10th grader is taking it. No time for practice.

 

Sylvia

[Caroline]

My eighth grader is taking it to practice for the magnet school admissions process in the spring. I am proctoring it. (I teach public school.)

[mcconnellboys]

My junior year son is taking it, also. Hope all goes well for everyone!

[lwilliams1922]

my 12 yo is taking it.

 

She is quite comfortable taking the reading writing portions. There is no stress and I just looking for an increase from year to year. I have a goal that i would like to see her hit but I havent even let her know that number. I want her to relax and not stress.

 

She didn't care for the prep books, so at this point I have her use a weekly online vocab game.

[Alyce]

We have the attitude that he'll try to do his best. I found with dd it gave us a better idea of how she would do on the SAT. My son has been studying for the SAT so I think that will help him with the PSAT.

[Michelle in MO]

on Wednesday! She's a junior this year; last year she had time to study (we were homeschooling) but this year she doesn't have time---not with homework in the evenings and our 30-min. commute each way, every day!

[Heather in Savannah]

Even though she cannot qualify for the Merit Scholarship (Immigration status), I look upon this as good practise for the SAT's. It's cheap as well.

[Ria]

How's this...I can't decide! My 16-yr old, a junior, has already taken the SATs (last spring). I know, based on the past few years' scores, that he won't be a Merit finalist. He could easily be a commended scholar, like his older siblings, but honestly, that meant nothing in terms of college scholarships. If colleges give scholarships it will be based on the SAT, not the PSAT. Money is tight, the economy is bad...I just don't know that taking the PSAT would do anything.

 

I think we'll probably skip the PSATs and have him retake the SATs in the next few months.

 

Ria

[djkapp]

My three daughters -- freshman, soph, and junior -- are all taking it. My junior has done some fairly serious study as she was close to the TX cutoff as a sophomore. The other two are just taking the test for the experience.

 

Best wishes to all of your students!

 

Yvonne

[AngieW in Texas]

My 10th grader is taking it at the ps on Wednesday.

[Anne in Hawaii]

He's a little nervous. He's done some test prep, but not a lot.

[SheWhoWaits]

My ds is. Since he already took the SAT in 7th grade to get into a gifted and talented program, this should be a breeze for him.

[BabyBre]

Ds is in public high school where PSAT was offerered to freshmen last year, so he went ahead and took it after I verified that he had however many chances to take it and each time his score would only go up, not down. Ds is a terrible test-taker, so the more chances he gets, the better.

 

He just took it for the second time last week as a sophomore. Our ps offers it free to all sophomores and maybe juniors and seniors, too. I'm not sure.

[momzilla333]

My 10th grader is testing Wed. mostly for practice. Not doing much prep, but we do have a dvd set.

[Gwen in VA]

Best wishs to all of the students taking it -- for clear thinking and for a nondistracting testing environment. I do pray that the results are helpful to each and every student!

 

:grouphug:

[Catherine]

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