PSAT 2007
PSAT/NMSQT stands for Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. It's a standardized test administered by high schools that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test. The PSAT/NMSQT measures:
- critical reading skills
- math problem-solving skills
- writing skills
Reasons for taking the PSAT/NMSQT are: to receive feedback on your strengths and weaknesses on skills necessary for college study, to enter the competition for scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (grade 11), to help prepare for the SAT- you can become familiar with the kinds of questions and the exact directions you will see on the SAT, and to receive information from colleges when you check "yes" to Student Search Service.
Test dates are Wednesday, October 17 and Saturday, October 20. You must sign up at your high school or at another high school in your community. Contact your high school counselor or principal to find out about registering for the test, paying the test fees, and learning the correct date, time, and location that your school will give the test in October. Also, contact your guidance office for a copy of the Official Student Guide to the PSAT/NMSQT to help you prepare before test day.
The 2007 PSAT/NMSQT is $13. (Note: Schools sometimes charge an additional fee to cover administrative costs.) Fee waivers are available to schools for students in eleventh grade from low-income families who can't afford the test fee. See your counselor for more information about fee waivers. SCIENCE BOUND can also pay test fees for those whom payment presents a hard-ship. See your SB teacher for information.
Schools that will be administering the PSAT in Des Moines, Iowa:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161180
School Address:
2600 South West 9th
Des Moines, IA 50315-1998
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Saturday, October 20, 2007
CASADY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161201
School Address:
1801 16th Street
Des Moines, IA 503141902
This school has not yet registered for the 2007 PSAT/NMSQT.
DOWLING HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161190
School Address:
1400 Buffalo Road
West Des Moines, Ia 50265-1699
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
DES MOINES PUBLIC SCH CENTRAL
School Code: 161185
School Address:
1800 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309-3399
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
EAST HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161195
School Address:
815 East 13th Street
Des Moines, IA 50316-3499
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Saturday, October 20, 2007
HERBERT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161203
School Address:
4800 Aurora Ave
Des Moines, IA 50310
This school has not yet registered for the 2007 PSAT/NMSQT.
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161205
School Address:
501 Holcomb
Des Moines, IA 50313
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
SCAVO HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161202
School Address:
1800 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
This school has not yet registered for the 2007 PSAT/NMSQT.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 161215
School Address:
4419 Center Street
Des Moines, IA 50312
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Saturday, October 20, 2007
VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
School Code: 164625
School Address:
3650 Woodland Ave
West Des Moines, IA 502662198
Giving PSAT/NMSQT on Saturday, October 20, 2007
