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.

College Night Slides

 

 

12th Grade College Night Slides

If you click the above, you should be able to download the slides from Tuesday’s 12th Grade College Night.

 

 

SAT and ACT Deadlines; Social Media

Not that any of you really need reminding, but the registration deadline for the October SATs is Friday, September 9th!  Register on the CollegeBoard: http://sat.collegeboard.org/home

For those of you considering taking the ACT, the October test is on the 22nd, and the registration deadline is Friday, September 16th!  To register: http://www.actstudent.org/regist/index.html

As mentioned in my email, I’m going to be maintaining a Facebook and Twitter page to better disseminate information this year.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/MVAFrick

Facebook: Search for “MVA College Gudiance” and friend away!

CEEB/College Code

If you happen to encounter a field on a website for relating to SAT registration, college application, or scholarships that asks for our school’s CEEB or “College Code,” the number you should enter is:

333791

You will be asked for this number many times in the coming months, so do your best to remember it!  If you have any questions, drop me an email!