Spring 2025 PreACT 

The PreACT will be offered to all Central Bucks South 10th grade students on Saturday, March 15th at 7:45am. Students should plan to be in their exam room by 7:45am and plan for pick-up around 11:15am. If your student is unable to attend on this date, please be aware there are no alternative exam dates.

College-bound 10th grade students are encouraged to take the PreACT to gain exposure to the ACT, an exam many colleges use when making admissions decisions. If students take both the PreACT and PSAT during 10th grade, they are able to compare scores and focus exclusively on their preference during 11th grade (SAT or ACT). For details about the PreACT, please visit the ACT website, or view this info sheet. 

Registration opens on Friday, February 7th and closes on Friday, March 7th at 11:59pm through My Payments Plus. The cost of the PreACT is $30. 

Please take note of the following registration tips:

• If this is the first time you are using MPP for any of your students, then you'll need to create a new account.
• If you created an account for use with an older sibling, then you’ll need to add the new student to your already existing account.
• You will need your student's school ID to create a new MPP account, or to add a new student to an existing account.
• There is a “forget your username or password” button if needed, but you should not create a new account if your forget your login information.
• The PreACT activity will only appear as an activity you can register for after your student is added to your MPP account. 

If your student plans on using accommodations associated with an IEP, you must email your school counselor after completing registration. Please do not wait or we may not be able to provide your requested accommodations.

 2024-25 AP Exam Information 

AP testing takes place May 5 - 16,  2025 during the school day at CB South.  Students enrolled in an AP class at any point during the year will receive a “join code” from their assigned teacher.  They will place that "join code" in their student AP CollegeBoard account. AP teachers will assist students in that process.

Once students have completed digital activation (joining) their AP classes, they must pay for the exams in their My Payments Plus account if they wish to take the exam or an exam will not be ordered for them.  Specific dates for payment will be advertised in the principal's newsletter and through class canvas announcements.  Payment periods in My Payments Plus will vary based upon when the student started the AP class (1st marking period, 2nd marking period, or 3rd marking period).

See registration and payment AP flowchart in attached documents.

Also, starting May 2025, the Collegeboard is changing how exams will be administered.  Students will utilize a testing application called Bluebook (this is the same application used for PSAT and SAT).

Fully digital AP subjects for 2025—no paper testing option available:

· AP Comparative Government and Politics
· AP Computer Science A
· AP Computer Science Principles 
· AP English Language and Composition 
· AP English Literature and Composition
· AP Environmental Science
· AP European History 
· AP Psychology
· AP United States History 

Hybrid digital AP subjects for 2025—students will view all exam questions in digital format but will answer free-response questions in a paper format:

· AP Biology 
· AP Calculus AB
· AP Calculus BC
· AP Chemistry
· AP Macroeconomics 
· AP Microeconomics
· AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
· AP Physics C: Mechanics
· AP Statistics

The following subjects will remain unchanged for 2025:

· AP French Language and Culture
· AP Spanish Language and Culture

For more information about AP tests, visit the What Is AP? – AP Students | College Board website.  Any questions regarding AP registration and ordering can be directed to CB South's AP Coordinator, Mr. Tom Hill - thill@cbsd.org

For students scheduled to take AP exams:

All AP exams except French and Spanish will run in a digital format utilizing Bluebook.  The student's school laptop will be needed for the exam.  There are resources in the AP student account and Bluebook to help prepare.  

Practice – Bluebook for Students | College BoardLinks to an external site.

Students will need to know their Collegeboard account login on the day of the exam (this is not something the school has access to).

PSAT/NMSQT--REGISTRATION FRIDAY ENDS 9/13 for Fall 2024 Testing!

Please take note of the following MPP registration tips:

• If this is the first time you are using MPP for any of your students, then you'll need to create a new account.
• If you created an account for use with an older sibling, then you’ll need to add the new student to your already existing account.
• You will need your student's school ID to create a new MPP account, or to add a new student to an existing account.
• There is a “forget your username or password” button if needed, but you should not create a new account if your forget your login information.
• The "PSAT at South" activity will only appear as an activity you can register for after your student is added to your MPP account. 

Students should plan to be in their exam room by 7:45am and plan for pick-up around 11:30/11:45am. There are no alternative exam dates, and registration is only open to South students.  

While the PSAT/NMSQT is a tool used to prepare for the SAT, there are a number of resources we recommend Sophomores and Juniors utilize for test prep: 

*College Board website- Taking a full-length SAT practice test is one of the best ways to simulate test day. Eight official SAT practice tests are available for free, both online and on paper. Created by the makers of the SAT, each practice test has the same types of questions you'll see on test day. Six of the practice tests have even previously been given as actual SAT exams.

 *Take free SAT practice tests online with Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy^®. Your answers will automatically be scored at the end of your test, and the timer will keep you on track with section time limits.

 *The Central Bucks School District offers E-Prep, a free standardized test prep and practice program for the PSAT, SAT and ACT to all its students. Students are automatically registered for this program; students can get assistance at the school library.

REGISTERING FOR THE SAT or ACT

CEEB Code for CB South is 394992 

SAT DATES & REGISTRATION                  ACT DATES & REGISTRATION

SAT and ACT registration must be done online at collegeboard.org (SAT) or www.actstudent.org (ACT).  Registration is not done through Central Bucks Schools.

When registering for the SAT you will need to use the following codes for the "Test Location" to take the test at CB South or CB East: 

• South 39-718 (Warrington, Ctrl Bucks HS South)
• East 39-162 (Doylestown, Ctrl Bucks HS E)

When Registering for the ACT you will need to use the following code for the "Test Location" to take the test at CB South:

• South 218270

List of colleges that are SAT or ACT optional:  www.fairtest.org 

Test Prep Services ePrep is a free, online SAT/PSAT/ACT preparation service which all CB students may access. There are practice tests, test-taking tips, and videos that explain HOW to do the problem(s) you may have answered incorrectly during your practice session. To get an account, please contact the CB South Librarian for log-in information. Khan Academy is also a free online test prep that allows you to "link" previous PSAT and SAT results to the program, creating a personalized test prep service.