1. Signing in to My College QuickStart™
Students can use the access code on their official PSAT/NMSQT® paper score reports to sign in at
To view My College QuickStart, students sign in at Each student will need a College Board account and an access code to sign in to My College QuickStart. It only takes a student a couple of minutes to create a College Board account if he or she does not already have one. A student’s access code is provided in four locations on the inside of a student’s paper score report.

2. My College QuickStart™
My College QuickStart includes five sections. A student enters a section by clicking on the section box.
The five sections are:
My Online Score Report
My SAT Study Plan
My Personality
My College Matches … and
Major and Career Matches
The sections are numbered to provide guidance to students. The numbers suggest a sequence that presents the information in a meaningful flow – however, following the numbers is not critical.

3. My Online Score Report Look Beyond Scores
Questions and answer explanations
State percentiles
Projected SAT® score ranges
Students can sort questions
A click on Section 1 opens My Online Score Report which lets a student learn about his or her own test results using the section’s features:
A student can study any of the PSAT questions along with explanations for the available answer choices. The passage-based reading questions also include the relevant passages. Students can sort the PSAT questions by those questions they omitted or answered incorrectly, by the question’s level of difficulty, or by math content area.
In addition, students can compare their performance to state percentiles as well as view their projected SAT score ranges.

4. My SAT Study Plan™ Prepare for the SAT® Personalized skills to improve
SAT practice questions
An official SAT practice test
Section 2, My SAT Study Plan, creates a customized SAT study plan for each student based on that student’s PSAT results.

5. My SAT Study Plan™ Review and Practice
Review PSAT/NMSQT® questions missed
Answer SAT ® practice questions of the same type
Students can begin their individual study plans by reviewing the PSAT questions they missed or omitted. Next they can answer SAT practice questions of the same type.

6. My SAT Study Plan™ Improve Your Skills Based on PSAT/NMSQT® results
Suggestions for improvement
“Skills not scores” has been a major focus of the PSAT experience. By using My Online Score Report, students will find practical suggestions for improvement especially for those skills they missed. They can also view questions they answered incorrectly or omitted.

7. My SAT Study Plan™ Review Math Concepts
Refresher on various math concepts
Review of questions omitted or answered incorrectly
Within My SAT Study Plan, students can also review various math concepts including number and operations; algebra and functions; geometry and measurement; and data analysis, statistics and probability. Students again can review those questions they skipped or answered incorrectly.

8. My SAT Study Plan™ Warm Up for the SAT® Essay Strategies for success
Official scoring guide
Practice essay questions
Sample essays for the questions
Available to students in the SAT Study Plan is specific information about managing the SAT Essay. Students learn strategies for success, view the official scoring guide, read practice essay questions, and see scored sample essays at each score level, 1 – 6.

9. Express SAT® Sign-Up
A final advantage to the My SAT Study Plan is that students who took the PSAT are pre-registered for the SAT. Using the Express SAT Sign-Up, students can OK the pre-filled forms, choose their preferred test dates, and submit their registrations.

10. My Personality
My Personality is a section that was added to My College QuickStart in 2009 to help students better understand their own strengths, interests, and preferences.

11. My Personality
My Personality uses the O-R-A Personality Profiler which is a research-validated assessment tool based on the works of Carl Jung, Gordon Allport, and David Saunders.  Here are some sample questions. The Profiler includes three types of questions that can help students understand their strengths and interests. The personality assessments can also provide students with insights that may inform major selection and career planning.

12. My Personality
The O-R-A Profiler provides feedback to students about their strengths, motivations, optimal learning environments, and social interactions. Students will be able to determine their personality type and then explore majors and careers that match their type and their interests.

13. My College Matches Start the College Search Starter list of colleges
Criteria to customize search
Ability to save searches
The My College QuickStart section titled My College Matches automatically generates a list of colleges that match each student’s preferred major and home state. Students may then take that list and tailor it by adding or deleting search criteria.

14. My College Matches Get the Facts Admissions Cost and financial aid
Majors offered
Sports, housing and more
Students may also select the name of any college on their list to learn about that college’s admissions criteria, costs and financial aid, dates and deadlines, athletics and more.

15. My Major & Career Matches
Connect to the Possibilities
Major a student chose
Related majors
Related careers
The 5th section of My College Quick Start covers major and career matches and connects students to MyRoad –an interactive website that lets them explore major and career profiles, read firsthand accounts from students and professionals, and learn about required skills and academic preparations.

16. My Major & Career Matches
Research Careers on MyRoad
Rewards and responsibilities
Academic requirements for different jobs and careers
Economic outlook for each field
Stories of working professionals
As students explore academic majors and learn about suggested courses to take in high school in preparation for those majors, they also view a list of careers related to that major.

17. My Major & Career Matches
Research Careers on MyRoad
Rewards and responsibilities
Academic requirements for different jobs and careers
Economic outlook for each field
Stories of working professionals
Researching college majors leads to researching careers. My Road offers four career perspectives:
1) information about the rewards and responsibilities of any career in the data base
2) information about academic requirements for different jobs in each career field
3) Projections on the economic outlook and job growth expectations
4) Perspectives and insights from working professionals.

18. My College QuickStart™ Tips
Arrange for a computer lab session to introduce students to My College QuickStart™
TIP
Use free lesson plans to guide students through structured activities
My College QuickStart is a valuable part of the PSAT and makes the PSAT more than just a one-day October experience. Through My College QuickStart’s use, students can better understand their practice test results, prepare for the SAT, learn about themselves, their preferences, and their interests, and connect course-taking with their future career plans. Students will continue to have access to My College QuickStart throughout high school.
Introducing the My College QuickStart tools and encouraging students to use them do become items on a Counselor’s To-Do list. In support of your work, The College Board has prepared both tips and resources for you.
It is recommended, when possible, that students be introduced to MCQS in a computer lab session. It helps students get started and ensures that all have an opportunity to get online. Students will need to have their paper score reports on hand because they will need their access codes.
Counselors can also facilitate their students’ use of My College QuickStart by taking advantage of the prepared lesson plans that guide students through structured practice and planning activities. Other free resources include letters to parents and an implementation guide.
Counselors have access to a My CollegeQuickStart interactive demo account which is available on the My College QuickStart resources page at