HappyGrace Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 We'd appreciate it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) Be prepared for an endless wait while the proctor gets students to fill in their personal information. It took forever to get the actual test started. Take a watch. Edited October 14, 2016 by regentrude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Make sure your watch does not have an alarm set that will interrupt the test. Bring a calculator that is approved and be familiar with how to use it if it's new to you. Depending on the school, be prepared for chaos. No one seemed to know what was going on when we did it last year. I know I should be training my student to take care of things on hero own, but that day I physically walked her in to the school office to figure out where she was supposed to go and then walked with her to the designated classroom and spoke with a teacher there to make sure everything was set for her to do the test. Erica in OR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANURSEPRAC Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 My daughter's school had all the kids fill out the registration today. So hopefully the chaos will be limited. She is taking the PSAT 8/9 as an 8th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Make sure that the calculator batteries aren't so old that they die in the middle of the test. *sigh* I felt so bad. Dress for different temperatures -- such as short sleeves but take a sweater or jacket. You never know if the room will be too warm or too cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Give your student your state's home school code before he leaves so he knows what to enter in that box if the test administrator does not. I found it here. I hope it's current! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Give your student your state's home school code before he leaves so he knows what to enter in that box if the test administrator does not. I found it here. I hope it's current! I'm sending mine with the code, but according to the latest info, it is no longer needed as there isn't a spot for it. (There is a spot to mark, "homeschooled.") 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I'm sending mine with the code, but according to the latest info, it is no longer needed as there isn't a spot for it. (There is a spot to mark, "homeschooled.") Huh. I hope that makes it _easier_ to get the score reports this year. IIRC, I had so much trouble getting my sons' scores last year and had to keep trying different "school codes"... CA's home school code, national home school code that, I guess, is usually used for SAT's, the code of b&m high school where the boys took the test,.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Consider setting up a new college-email only address. We've been swamped with emails from various colleges. This would have made it so much easier. Don't forget the snack, water bottle, and jacket. Encourage children to actually eat the snack because it is a long test. You don't want to run out of energy 3/4th of the way through. And, yes, memorized that homeschool code. Our local private school is where most of the kids here take the PSAT - and they are have you use their school code. You still get the results, but you have to wait for the school to call you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I'm sending mine with the code, but according to the latest info, it is no longer needed as there isn't a spot for it. (There is a spot to mark, "homeschooled.") I read that in the supervisors manual and the school's co-ordinator said he had called up and been told that too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pronghorn Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 My daughter just took it this morning, and she used the CEEB code that I sent with her. She also says snack/bathroom break is only five minutes, so she didn't get time to eat more than a couple of bites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) My boys took it this morning and said that they filled in the home school code, too. Send it with your student, just in case s/he needs it! Edited October 15, 2016 by yvonne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 My ds didn't need the code. He just had to grid in homeschooled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetC Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 You do not need it. If you fill in the homeschooled box on the form, you do not to fill in any other information in box 22 where the school code goes. You can read the test supervisor's manual online: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10/k12-educators/test-day-procedures At the end of the supervisor's manual is a sample test form. You print this out and go over it with your kid if you like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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