Prepping for PSAT?

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason to study for the 10th grade PSAT is if you are going to use it as a qualifying score for some thing else this year.

Like what?

Not exactly the same, but DD had her 10th grade PSAT listed on recruiting profile for her sport, along with her GPA.

We have a strong test taker and are not taking the PSAT due to a desire to avoid college stress in 10th and enjoy just being in HS. Our school advised that 10th grade scores do not get reported anywhere. If, however, you host your own twitter or sports YouTube channel or whatever with all of your stats to get recruited, perhaps this is useful if you do well enough. Seems like sort of a very limited use IMO.

IMO this is a mistake unless your kid has a real reason to avoid taking the test. The practice helps. No need to stress about it.

Thanks. Child will have full test prep and tutor for the actual SATs and is a strong test taker. We value freedom from the college stress which is coming. Cannot imagine telling my child to not stress when spending 3 or 4 hours trapped in some cafeteria taking a test on a fall weekend. Seems like there is no other possible reaction; I am not saying kids are freaking out but seriously what do you expect? Taking such exams is by definition a stressful experience. My child will have plenty of time to practice when it will matter. So, I guess I am telling you that I think you are the one making a mistake?

Does your child really need such coddling or it this just your attempt at being a good parent?

Oy. Love DCUM. Yes, by not signing up for the PSAT we are coddling my 10th grader. They will probably live at home at 33 now.

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine to take it cold in 10th. It doesn't matter and isn't reported anywhere.

It is even probably useful "cold" as a baseline.

This is why I had my kid take it. It gave us baseline data.

Baseline? What does that even mean? I can’t with all the college stress and prep. Let them be in HS.

Piece of advice: they are more likely to have success in the college application process if they are engaged and happy figuring out who they are as sophomores instead of prepping for college (aka getting a “baseline.”) There is no upside to racing for test prep now.

This is such an odd comment. All kids take the PSAT in 10th. It isn't a race for test prep. No one preps for the 10th grade PSAT. They just take it. It's not a source of stress.

I think it would be more stressful to take the tests without getting some practice runs. So by opting out of the PSAT, the kid may be more stressed for the actual SAT. So good job with that.

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason to study for the 10th grade PSAT is if you are going to use it as a qualifying score for some thing else this year.

Like what?

Not exactly the same, but DD had her 10th grade PSAT listed on recruiting profile for her sport, along with her GPA.

We have a strong test taker and are not taking the PSAT due to a desire to avoid college stress in 10th and enjoy just being in HS. Our school advised that 10th grade scores do not get reported anywhere. If, however, you host your own twitter or sports YouTube channel or whatever with all of your stats to get recruited, perhaps this is useful if you do well enough. Seems like sort of a very limited use IMO.

IMO this is a mistake unless your kid has a real reason to avoid taking the test. The practice helps. No need to stress about it.

Thanks. Child will have full test prep and tutor for the actual SATs and is a strong test taker. We value freedom from the college stress which is coming. Cannot imagine telling my child to not stress when spending 3 or 4 hours trapped in some cafeteria taking a test on a fall weekend. Seems like there is no other possible reaction; I am not saying kids are freaking out but seriously what do you expect? Taking such exams is by definition a stressful experience. My child will have plenty of time to practice when it will matter. So, I guess I am telling you that I think you are the one making a mistake?

Does your child really need such coddling or it this just your attempt at being a good parent?

Oy. Love DCUM. Yes, by not signing up for the PSAT we are coddling my 10th grader. They will probably live at home at 33 now.

Pretty sure pp was referring to the fact that you are already planning on your kid getting full test prep and a tutor. Seems a bit backwards to skip the PSAT given that plan.

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason to study for the 10th grade PSAT is if you are going to use it as a qualifying score for some thing else this year.

Like what?

Not exactly the same, but DD had her 10th grade PSAT listed on recruiting profile for her sport, along with her GPA.

We have a strong test taker and are not taking the PSAT due to a desire to avoid college stress in 10th and enjoy just being in HS. Our school advised that 10th grade scores do not get reported anywhere. If, however, you host your own twitter or sports YouTube channel or whatever with all of your stats to get recruited, perhaps this is useful if you do well enough. Seems like sort of a very limited use IMO.

IMO this is a mistake unless your kid has a real reason to avoid taking the test. The practice helps. No need to stress about it.

Thanks. Child will have full test prep and tutor for the actual SATs and is a strong test taker. We value freedom from the college stress which is coming. Cannot imagine telling my child to not stress when spending 3 or 4 hours trapped in some cafeteria taking a test on a fall weekend. Seems like there is no other possible reaction; I am not saying kids are freaking out but seriously what do you expect? Taking such exams is by definition a stressful experience. My child will have plenty of time to practice when it will matter. So, I guess I am telling you that I think you are the one making a mistake?

It's not on a fall weekend. They take it during the school day. If your kid opts out, they will just be sitting around doing nothing while all their classmates take it.