Rapoport Academy Public School

Attention Meyer High Students:

Register today at www.Cappex.com., a free online college planning website.  When registering be sure to add your school counselor to your profile!

Sophomore & Junior Parents:

The PSAT Scores are in!  Your student will be recieving his or her scores sometime this week. Below are a few facts that may be helpful in understanding the score report.

What is the PSAT?

The PSAT is a practice SAT and was taken by the sophomores and juniors in October.

What does the score mean?

To convert a PSAT score to an SAT score you simply add a zero to the Selection Index.  The SAT is scored on a scale of 200-800 while the PSAT is scored on a scale of 20-80.

How do you improve your score?

Follow the recommendations on the score report

Visit My College QuickStart at www.collegeboard.com/quickstart for practice questions.

Take the PSAT again next year (sophomores) or the SAT this year (juniors).

Practice your math and reading skills.

SAT Test Dates & Registration Deadlines                          

       Test Date                       Registration Deadline

       December 5, 2009           October 31, 2009

       January 23, 2010              December 15, 2009

       March 13, 2010                February 4, 2010

       May 1, 2010                     March 25, 2010

       June 5, 2010                    April 29, 2010

For more information or to register visit:

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/reg.html

Do you qualify for a registration fee waiver? 

Visit http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/calenfees/feewaivers.html

ACT Test Dates & Registration Deadlines

       Test Date                           Registration Deadline

       December 12, 2009              November 6, 2009

       February 6, 2010                  January 5, 2010

       April 10, 2010                       March 5, 2010

       June 12, 2010                      May 7, 2010

For more information or to register visit:

http://www.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html.

Do you qualify for a registration fee waiver? 

Visit http://www.actstudent.org/faq/answers/feewaiver.html

Each institution has its own admissions process which usually includes an application and application fee.  Familiarize yourself with the admission process and deadlines for each school you are applying to.  The best place to get this information is the school website; however there are some other resources that may be helpful as well.

Apply Texas (Texas Common Application)

Visit https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/html/about.html  to get general information on Apply Texas.   

Visit https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/parms/c_univ_info.WBX to get information about the application process for Texas Colleges and Universities.

The Common Application

Visit https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/FAQ.aspx to get general information about The Common Application.

Visit https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Members.aspx for a list of institutions that accept The Common Application.

Visit https://www.commonapp.org/SearchEngine/SimpleSearch.aspx to get information about the application process for a specific College or University.