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My College QuickStart

Free personalized planning kit

When your students take the Preliminary SAT®/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), they're taking a big step toward life beyond high school. How can you help them look past their scores toward their future? How can you help them assess their skills, understand their academic needs, and make sense of their interests?

My College QuickStart is an online college and career planning kit available free of charge to all students who take the PSAT/NMSQT. It is powered by their responses to the test and provides personalized information that helps students take their next steps toward college:

  • My Online Score Report—an enhanced score report that allows students to review each test question, their answers, and the correct answers with answer explanations
  • My SAT Study Plan—a customized SAT study plan based on students' PSAT/NMSQT test performance, highlighting skills for review and practice
  • My Personality—a detailed personality test that helps students learn about themselves and discover majors and careers that fit their strengths and interests
  • My Major & Career Matches—extensive information about majors and careers, including insights about what to expect and what courses to take now
  • My College Matches—a starter list of colleges based on students' home state and indicated choice of major

Students can access their accounts starting in mid-December. To sign in, students need:

  • The access code printed on the upper right corner of their PSAT/NMSQT score report
  • A College Board student account (Students who do not already have a College Board account will be prompted to create one. It typically takes less than two minutes to create a free account.)

My College QuickStart Resources

Several resources are available to help educators implement My College QuickStart in the classroom as well as to encourage student use at home.

Resources include:

  • Lesson plans to lead students through specific sections of My College QuickStart
  • Guided exercises for students on how to set up their accounts and connect with or without an access code
  • Implementation guide for educators that includes best practices
  • Resources for communicating to parents
  • Access to a guided tour

Take a tour of My College QuickStart and then show your students how to sign up for this free customized college planning kit.

Customized Entry Pages

HIGHLIGHT

Several My College QuickStart resources are available for educators, including an implementation guide, quick reference sheet, lesson plans and more.

Review the Implementation Guide to learn best practices.

Print this quick reference sheet and share tips with students, parents, and colleagues.

Use the ORA Personality Profiler lesson plan to help students learn about their personality types.

Take the My College QuickStart tour.

My College QuickStart Demo Account

Explore My College QuickStart with a demo account and see what your students can do.

1. Access the demo with just one click (note: you will not see current test data)

2. Or login to the demo with your SOAS access code (printed on your school's Roster of Student Scores and Plans) to see this year’s test questions and answers. See the links in the Resources section on the right side of the page.

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