SAT Registration for 11th Graders: The Joys of 333791

Registering for the SATs is mostly a series of clicks on http://sat.collegeboard.org, but if there’s one piece if information that you definitely need to include, it’s that of MVA! This isn’t a school pride thing: if you don’t properly include the school’s information, Mr. Frick will not get a copy of your SAT score report, which means he won’t be able to mail/fax/email it to a school should they need it. That means you’d probably have to pay the CollegeBoard $10.50 to send it, and why should they get any more of your money than necessary? Input MVA’s info correctly, and save your $10.50 for Ashby’s chocolate chip cookies or some crappy Drake song on iTunes.

Here’s what you’ll see on the initial registration screen once you’ve logged into CollegeBoard:

Click on the “Find your School” link, which will then take you to a screen where you can search for your high school. You can search for the school by typing in the name, the city–which is New York, NOT Manhattan!–and state, OR you can input our school code: 333791. You’ll need to know that code for all of your applications next fall, so you might as well commit it to memory right now! Here’s what you’ll see once you search for the school:

Click “Select,” and then you’ll be take back to the main registration page!

The school info is now in all caps, which means it’s official. And now you’re ready to continue registering!

The rest of the SAT registration process is fairly straight forward, but for your first registration, you will be asked to build your “CollegeBoard Profile” by answering a bunch of demographic and interest questions, such as your family background and what you want to study. Though many of the questions are not required to register for the SAT, it is encouraged that you fill out the survey so that schools, scholarships, and programs that might have something you’re interested in can email you.

Even if you’re registering for May and June, take care of this now instead of waiting, as seats at the most convenient testing locations fill up fast!

If you have any questions, please email or see me before/after school.