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2011-12

HC School Code: 443-409

April 13, 2012

….aka “the counselor’s newsletter”…updated weekly with the most recent copy available at www.houstonchristian.org under Counseling & College Guidance.

Please bring money for AP Exams to Miss Weaver in the Counseling Department ASAP. The pricing is $87 per test.

SAT/ACT Information SAT $49; www.sat.collegeboard.com The TI-nspire CAS is ok to use on the SAT. Its CAS operating system is similar to the TI-89, so wherever TI-89's are permitted, the TI-Nspire CAS calculators are permitted (PSAT, SAT, AP Exams). Since the TI-nspire does NOT have a QWERTY www.kaplanatschool.com/houstonchristian keypad it is permitted by the College Board. PLEASE, register ONLINE, if at all possible. Register online and receive immediate confirmation of registration and test Call Kate Nelson today at center choice. Students without access to the Internet can register for the SAT’s by (713)-725-8926 to sign up!! using the paper Registration Forms available in the Counseling suite or register by telephone at 800-SAT-SCOR. Be sure to work through the SAT practice booklet. Visit SAT's Website for 2011-2012 SAT Test Dates test prep, etc. You may also send score reports to colleges and scholarship programs on-line or by phone! For $10 receive your scores over the telephone in 10 days. It takes about four - five weeks to www.collegeboard.com $49 receive results by mail. Call 1-866-756-7346. Sign up for The Official SAT “Question of the day” at May 5, 2012

Summer Kaplan Course at Houston Christian:

www.sat.collegeboard.com.

June 2, 2012

ACT $49.50; www.act.org TI-inspire and TI-89 are NOT permitted on the ACT or on the PLAN. TI-84 or lower calculators are ok for the ACT. The ACT will be offered at HC in Sept, Dec, Feb, April and June — enter #215410 in block N of ACT registration form if you want to take the ACT at HC! ACT Test Website - www.act.org for dates, details about the content of the test, tips to prepare for the test, sample test items, and answers to frequently asked questions. You may register for the ACT by the paper form or online. After you have taken one ACT you may also register for additional tests by telephone (+ $10). You may also send Additional Score Reports (ASR) via online. ACT student or parent phone number – 319-337-1270. ALL HC students must take the ACT WITH WRITING each time they take the test.

2011-2012 ACT Test Dates www.act.org $49.50 April 14, 2012 June 9, 2012

Heads up: always send your test scores to 4 colleges (it’s free at time of registration) every time you take the SAT and ACT. Colleges use your highest test score. It does not matter if you submit 5 scores to a college because they will only use your highest/best score. Some schools will mix and match your test scores from different days (meaning they will use Critical Reading from one test day and a higher Math on a different test day). It will be one less thing you have to do as a senior. ALWAYS SEND YOUR SCORES!

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ACT/SAT Information End of the Year Info Calendar and College Visits College Applications College Scholarships Misc. College Fall Programs HCHS Brags Alumni News 2011 Stats

We are so proud of the students who attend our college lunches! Way to go, Kathleen Burt (c/o ’13) for doing whatever it takes to remember to be at our Tulane lunch!


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