Junior Class Meeting Agenda

• Plans After High School - WOIS, Career Center

• PSAT results - what do they mean?what next?

• SAT/ACT - dates and prep

• Junior Year Timeline

• Handouts/Test Results/Questions

WOIS - Washington Occupational Information System

• Explore careers

• Discover the demand in the job market for specific fields

• Make educational plans

• Find the training programs and the right schools

• Website - WOIS.org/site key for SC - eca312

Career Center

• College Visits at TAP and Lunch

• SAT/ACT/AP test prep books available for check out (save$$)

• College ranking materials and special guides for specific programs including art schools, historically black colleges, schools with religious affiliation, and much more!

**It is never too early to start meeting with your counselor regarding your plans for after high school

4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results

4 Major Parts of Your PSAT/NMSQT Results

Your Scores

Your Skills

Your Answers

Critical Reading

Mathematics

Writing Skills

Understanding Your

PSAT/NMSQT Results

Understanding Your

PSAT/NMSQT Results

Next Steps

3 Test Sections3 Test Sections

Your Scores

Percentile

If you are a junior, your scores are compared to those of other juniors.

If you are a sophomore or younger student, your scores are compared to those of sophomores.

Score

You can see your projected SAT score online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).

Score Range

National Merit Scholarship Corporation Information

The Entry Requirements section displays information you provided on your answer sheet.

The Percentile compares your performance to that of other college-bound juniors.

The Selection Index is the sum of your critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores.

If it has an asterisk, you do not meet all of the eligibility requirements for the competition.

See how you did on each skill. The same skills are tested on the SAT.

Your SkillsYour Skills

You can try hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill, online in My College QuickStart (www.collegeboard.org/quickstart).

Your AnswersYour Answers

You will get your test book back with your PSAT/NMSQT results, so that you can review the questions.

You can also review each test question in My College QuickStart.

Your Answers: Student-Produced

Responses

Your Answers: Student-Produced

Responses

Some of the math problems required you to grid in answers instead of selecting an option. For these questions, you will see the correct answer(s) written out.

What’s next?

Use the access code on your report to log in to My College QuickStart, a personalized college and career planning kit. There you can:

•Search for colleges•Get a personalized SAT study plan•Take a personality test to find majors and careers that fit you•Plan College Visits - Mid Winter and Spring Breaks

www.collegeboard.org/quickstart

Next StepsNext Steps

Schedule your College Testing - 2011–2012Test Date Registration Deadline

ACTFebruary 11, 2012* January 13, 2012 April 14, 2012 March 9, 2012 June 9, 2012 May 4, 2012

SATJanuary 28, 2012 SAT &Subject Tests December 30, 2011 March 10, 2012 SAT only February 10, 2012 May 5, 2012 SAT &Subject Tests April 6, 2012 June 2, 2012 SAT & Subject Tests May 8, 2012

Next StepsNext Steps

How do I prepare? PLAN, PSAT, Prep classes . . .

COMPASS TEST - Required for all Community and Technical Schools(Spring of Senior year at College)

ASVAB - Military Aptitude Assessment

Four Year College Testing:** Enter colleges to receive your scores to avoid additional fees!ACT w/Writing - www.actstudent.org

may meet subject test requirementsMax score is 36/ Five subject areas(PLAN is the practice test for ACT)

SAT - www.collegeboard.org/max score is 2400/Three test areasSAT Subject Tests - required for some selective colleges. (piggyback on AP Test prep)

SAT Prep Classes at SC - www.SATPrep.org (425) 823-1370

TESTING

Before you leave -

Pick up a Junior Year Timeline/Resource Handout

PSAT Results (alpha)