Dates & Fees
PSAT/NMSQT: When it's administered, what it costs
Each year the PSAT/NMSQT is given on the third Saturday of October and the preceding Wednesday. Schools choose one of these dates to test. Fees are kept as low as possible, and fee waivers are available for students in eleventh grade who cannot afford the test fee.
Test dates
PSAT/NMSQT test dates for the next three years are:
- 2008: Wednesday, October 15 and Saturday, October 18
- 2009: Wednesday, October 14 and Saturday, October 17
- 2010: Wednesday, October 13 and Saturday, October 16
2008 PSAT/NMSQT test fees
- There is a charge of $13 per answer sheet submitted for scoring. (Schools may add an additional fee to cover administrative costs.)
- Schools outside the United States (except in U.S. territories and Canada) will be charged a $1 surcharge for each test book ordered.
Fee waivers
A limited number of fee waivers are available on a first-come, first-served basis for eligible students in eleventh grade who meet USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines.
To request fee waivers for your school:
- By June 16, log into the PSAT/NMSQT Coordinator site.
- Click on the "place/update test material order and request fee waivers" link.
- Enter the number of PSAT/NMSQT fee waivers that you are requesting. (This page shows the number of fee waivers that your school used last year.)
- After you click submit, you will see a confirmation of the number of fee waivers approved for your school.
- After the test, when you complete your school's remittance report online on the PSAT/NMSQT Coordinator site, you must complete the Fee-Waiver Roster, listing the name of each student using a fee waiver. The number of fee waivers used must match the number of names provided on the roster and may not exceed the number of fee waivers allocated for your school.
The online system allocates fee waivers for test fees based upon the number of PSAT/NMSQT fee waivers used by your school last year. If you need more fee waivers than the system allows:
- Send an email to psat@collegeboard.org.
- Include "Fee Waivers" and your high school or agency code in the subject line.
- In your message, state the total number of fee waivers requested and explain your school's need for this quantity.
- You will receive an email response indicating whether or not your request can be approved.
Unused test book fee
There is a $1 fee for each unused test booklet exceeding 20 percent of the total number ordered. (Schools that use at least 80 percent of the test books ordered will not be charged. Unused tests cannot be returned for refund.) U.S. schools have until September 24, 2008, to increase test book orders, but only until August 29, 2008, to decrease them. Schools outside the United States (except in U.S. territories and Canada) have until September 17, 2008, to increase test book orders, but only until August 1, 2008, to decrease them.