June 29th, 2009
ACTstudent.org has now posted the 2009-2010 test and registration dates. Registration for these dates opens in mid-July:
- September 12, 2009 (Regular registration deadline August 7) - US only
- October 24, 2009 (Regular registration deadline September 18)
- December 12, 2009 (Regular registration deadline November 6)
- February 6, 2010 (Regular registration deadline January 5)
- April 10, 2010 (Regular registration deadline March 5)
- June 12, 2010 (Regular registration deadline May 7)
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June 25th, 2009
College Board has now posted the 2009-2010 test and registration dates. Registration is now open for the following dates:
- October 10. 2009 (Regular registration closes on September 9)
- November 7, 2009 (Regular registration closes on October 1)
- December 5, 2009 (Regular registration closes on October 30)
- January 23, 2010 (Regular registration closes on December 15)
- March 13, 2010 (Regular registration closes on February 4) SAT only, no subject tests
- May 1, 2010 (Regular registration closes on March 25)
- June 5, 2010 (Regular registration closes on April 29)
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.
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June 22nd, 2009
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.
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June 18th, 2009
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:
- The SAT Reasoning Test and a combination of two SAT Subject Tests and/or two AP tests or
- The ACT or
- A combination of three SAT Subject tests and/or AP tests in three different subject areas.
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June 11th, 2009
The Poughkeepsie Journal, noting that attendance at college fairs is rising rather than declining, gives six great reasons to attend a college fair.
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May 28th, 2009
The Contra Costa Times reports that with the failure of the California propositions on Tuesday, May 19th, community colleges face steep cuts. College leaders stated that up to a quarter of a million students may be shut out of the college system.
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May 25th, 2009
The New York Times reports ”the economic downturn may not have disrupted students’ college choices as much as schools had feared.” More than a dozen top colleges indicated “that accepted applicants had committed themselves to attending next fall at about the same rate as last year.”
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