BHS Testing Website: https://sites.google.com/bryanisd.org/bhstesting/home
PSAT*
The PSAT provides practice for the SAT and qualifies students with high enough scores as National Merit Finalists. The test will be administered in October. BISD pays for all 10th and 11th grade students to take the PSAT.
9th graders are automatically registered to take the PSAT 8/9 free of charge in October as well.
Students who live in the BISD school zone but do no currently attend a Bryan school can sign up to take the PSAT as well. Please contact our testing coordinator, Sondra Junek, for further details: sondra.junek@bryanisd.org.
Scores typically arrive on campus during the week of Fall final exams and are distributed in January. For information on score interpretation after the test, students should visit www.collegeboard.org and login to "My College QuickStart" using the individualized access code printed on their score sheet.
National Merit Semifinalists are announced in September. Approximately 1.5 million students in about 22,000 high schools take the PSAT. Of those students, about 16,000 are named National Merit Semifinalists and about 34,000 earn Commended designation.
SAT / ACT
The SAT and ACT are both standardized tests used in college admissions. Most colleges will accept scores from either test.
Want practice? Kahn Academy is an outstanding resource that partners with College Board to provide test prep for the SAT (see flyer below). You can also try March2Success for practice tests and flashcards. A local resource is Sylvan Learning. They offer free practice tests several Saturdays during the year and a powerful online test prep tool where you can take practice tests, see your score immediately, then go question-by-question to get a tutorial on the ones you missed. To get a login to use this free resource, you will need to stop by the Sylvan Learning Center at 1105 University Drive East, Suite 104.
Online registration is available on the website indicated below. Be sure to select colleges to send your scores to; this is part of the cost of the test.
SAT (sat.collegeboard.org/home)
* Cost is $51 (students who receive free or reduced price lunch can get a fee waiver in the GO Center)
* Register for the Reasoning Test
* Subject tests are required by some colleges or for some majors
ACT (www.actstudent.org)
* Cost is $52.50 for ACT + Writing (students who receive free or reduced price lunch can get a fee waiver in the GO Center)
* Cosst is $36.50 for ACT No Writing
Test Dates
SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/dates-deadlines
ACT: http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act.html
Advanced Placement*
AP courses offer students college-level curriculum and exams which provide students the opportunity to earn college credit. These exams are offered each May, with results arriving in July: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/takingtheexam/ap-calendar#examDate
Sign up here: https://aptsusa.com/bryanisd/ap/
Cost: $50 (payments may vary based on state funding adjustments)
Campus Contact: Sondra Junek (sondra.junek@bryanisd.org)
Students who live in the BISD school zone but do no currently attend a Bryan school can sign up to take the AP exams as well. Please contact our testing coordinator, Deanna Gibson, for further details.
*Under TEC §29.916, school districts are required to allow home school students the opportunity to participate in PSAT/NQMST and Advanced Placement (AP) testing that each district provides enrolled students. The statute also requires districts to notify the public via website or local newspaper of: the dates of PSAT/NQMST and AP tests; that home school students are eligible to take the test; and the procedures for registering for such tests. This public notice must be posted or published at the same time and with the same frequency as the notice given to students attending the school district.