UNDERSTANDING THE
PSAT
UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCORES
WHY ARE THESE SCORES
IMPORTANT?
• PSAT scores are used to predict your SAT scores.
• NMSQT Scores may qualify you to get scholarships for
college.
• Online Scores show AP Potential – use these
recommendations as a guide to begin considering which
AP courses would be right for you.
CONVERTING NEW SAT TO ACT
ILLINOIS COLLEGES SCORE PREFERENCES
IMPROVE YOUR SCORE
Create a College Board Account:
1. Sign in to current CollegeBoard
Account, or sign up for an account. If you
provided an email on your scantron, use
the same email address and click forgot
password to begin using your account.
https://student.collegeboard.org/
To sign up you will need the following
information:
Name, Gender, Birthday, email address
(use d218.net account), high school name
(HAROLD L. RICHARDS), expected
graduation date, and parent contact
information (email is optional –you do not
know your parent’s email- uncheck the
highlighted boxes –>)
2. Click “sign up” under My Organizer
3. Insert required information
4. Click the bottom box stating you agree
with terms and conditions.
• Linking your accounts will
further personalize your
practice: the practice
recommendations on Khan
Academy will be based on
your PSAT/NMSQT results
• All future scores from the
SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10
and PSAT 8/9
will also be sent to help
customize your practice
and recommendations on
Khan Academy.
• You will be able to jump
right into practice without
having to take any
additional diagnostic
quizzes or practice tests to
get personalized
recommendations.
WHY LINK COLLEGEBOARD
TO KHAN ACADEMY?