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May ISD will be offering the PSAT on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 and will be free of charge to all May ISD juniors. The PSAT is available to all other students for a fee of $16. If you are not a May ISD junior and would like to take the PSAT, please contact Natalie Steele at 254-259-2131.
There are only a few things you really need to bring on test day and a lot of things you’ll be better off leaving at home.
What to Bring
What Not to Bring
- Any devices, including smartwatches, that can be used to record, transmit, receive or play back audio, photographic, text, or video content
- Protractors, compasses, rulers
- Highlighters, colored pens, colored pencils
- Pamphlets or papers of any kind
- Dictionaries or other books—there are no exceptions, even if English is not your first language
- Food and drinks—including bottled water—unless approved by the College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities. Learn more about testing with accommodations.
Bring One of These Calculators
- Graphing calculator (most models permitted; see Official Student Guide for list)
- Scientific calculator
- Four-function calculator (not recommended)
Leave These Devices at Home
- Anything that can connect to the Internet
- Anything that makes noise or “talks”
- Calculators that use electrical outlets
- Calculators with QWERTY keypads
- Tablets or cellphones
- Laptops or handheld computers
- Paper-tape calculators
- Calculators with a pen-input device or stylus
Calculator Smarts
- Bring your own calculator. You can’t share one.
- Don’t bring a brand-new calculator. Bring one you know.
- Practice for the test using the same calculator you’ll use on test day.
- Decide how to solve a problem, then decide if you need your calculator. This might surprise you, but calculators don’t always save time. In fact, the Math Test includes some questions where it’s faster not to use a calculator, even though you’re allowed to.
For more information on each section on the test, please visit this link.
Study Guides
PSAT Study guides will be given out to all May ISD juniors and extra copies can be picked up at Mrs. Steele’s office.
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