ACTstudent.org has now posted the 2009-2010 test and registration dates. Registration for these dates opens in mid-July:
College Board has now posted the 2009-2010 test and registration dates. Registration is now open for the following dates:
The dates for the PSAT/NMSQT are either Wednesday, October 14th or Saturday, October 17th. A student must register for the PSAT/NMSQT at a local high school since the test is administered by high schools and not through test centers. Each high school chooses only one test date, either the 14th or the 17th. Check with your local high school in the fall.
Curious as to what score can qualify as a National Merit Scholar Semifinalist for your state? Here are the cut-off scores which qualified students from the Class of 2008:
PSAT/NMSQT (CR + M + W)
| Alabama | 209 |
| Alaska | 213 |
| Arizona | 211 |
| Arkansas | 201 |
| California | 217 |
| Colorado | 213 |
| Connecticut | 217 |
| Delaware | 219 |
| District of Columbia | 223 |
| Florida | 212 |
| Georgia | 214 |
| Hawaii | 213 |
| Idaho | 204 |
| Illinois | 213 |
| Indiana | 213 |
| Iowa | 209 |
| Kansas | 212 |
| Kentucky | 208 |
| Louisiana | 206 |
| Maine | 211 |
| Maryland | 221 |
| Massachusetts | 223 |
| Michigan | 209 |
| Minnesota | 213 |
| Mississippi | 202 |
| Missouri | 211 |
| Montana | 207 |
| Nebraska | 207 |
| Nevada | 208 |
| New Hampshire | 215 |
| New Jersey | 221 |
| New Mexico | 208 |
| New York | 219 |
| North Carolina | 214 |
| North Dakota | 202 |
| Ohio | 211 |
| Oklahoma | 207 |
| Oregon | 213 |
| Pennsylvania | 214 |
| Rhode Island | 212 |
| South Carolina | 210 |
| South Dakota | 203 |
| Tennessee | 213 |
| Texas | 215 |
| Utah | 202 |
| Vermont | 216 |
| Virginia | 217 |
| Washington | 215 |
| West Virginia | 200 |
| Wisconsin | 208 |
| Wyoming | 200 |
| U.S. Territories | 200 |
| Outside the U.S. | 223 |
By taking the PSAT, a student can get an idea of a potential SAT score by adding a “0″ to the end of the PSAT score. For example, a PSAT score of 185 is equivalent to an SAT score of 1850.
The Bryn Mawr Now reports “Bryn Mawr College, hard on the heels of an admissions year bringing a record number of applications, has completed a review of what enables success in its highly selective undergraduate college. Finding that subject-oriented tests are often more informative than other standardized tests at Bryn Mawr, it has opened more options for tests submitted with applications.”
Students will now be able to submit results from:
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