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2021 DIGITAL SAT® SCHOOL DAY Student Questionnaire Instructions This guide will help you complete your SAT® School Day How Answering Questions 4 and 7–29 questionnaire—including where to send your 4 free Helps You score reports. Answers that are marked in this booklet will not be counted. You may not need to answer every We strongly recommend that you answer Questions 4 and question. Your instructor will direct you to respond to the 7–29, which are optional, because your answers: appropriate questions. ● Guide your counselors and college admission officers in Confidentiality helping you plan your future. Your high school, school district, and state may receive your ● Help College Board ensure that the SAT is fair and accurate responses to some of the questions. Institutions that receive for all students. your SAT information are required to keep it confidential and ● Provide information to colleges and universities to to follow College Board guidelines for using information. create a picture of the academic preparation, extra- and See the SAT School Day Student Guide for Digital Testing cocurricular involvement, and post-high-school plans of (also at digitaltesting.collegeboard.org/for-students) your graduating class. for more details, including how to opt out of Student Search Service® if you change your mind. 4. Student Search Service Say “Yes” to this free College Demographic and Nontest Questions Board service, and you’ll hear from a diverse group of eligible colleges, scholarship organizations, and nonprofit 1. Testing Location This field is required for scoring. educational organizations looking for students like you. ● Are you taking this test at the school you regularly attend? Here’s how it works: We send your basic college profile information to a variety of schools and programs. ○ Yes. (Your test scores or phone number are never shared as ○ No, this is not the school I regularly attend. part of this service.) ○ No, I'm homeschooled. Then the schools and programs send you information School This field is required and will be used to validate about themselves so you can see if they fit in your plans. your school if a processing exception occurs. ○ Yes, definitely! ● Fill in information about the school you regularly attend: ○ No, thanks. ○ School Name By selecting “Yes,” you choose to participate in Student ○ City Search Service, a free voluntary program that connects ○ State; U.S. Military Bases/Territories students with more than 1,700 eligible colleges, universities, ○ Country scholarships, and other educational programs. These organizations pay to participate in the service, but it’s free to 2. Your Mailing Address These fields are optional but you. Participating, eligible organizations use this service to recommended. Your mailing address is used to assist inform them of educational and financial aid opportunities. College Board in matching your questionnaire to your They search for groups of students based on search criteria College Board record. College Board may contact you that can include information you provide as part of this regarding this test, and your address will be added to assessment or additional information you may provide on your record. If you also opt in to Student Search Service ™ (Field 4), your address will be shared with eligible colleges, the College Board’s college planning website, BigFuture . universities, scholarships, and other educational programs. The following are excluded from the search criteria and from information we share: disability, self-reported parental ● Street Address. Include apartment number, if applicable. income, phone numbers, actual test scores. ● City When you opt in to Student Search Service, the ● State; U.S. Military Bases/Territories information that you have provided and score ranges ● Zip or Postal Code from your College Board exams may be shared with ● Country colleges, universities, and scholarships that are interested in students like you. Also, if you opt in, your 3. Score Reporting This field is optional. Please select email address will be included in your College Board 4 colleges and/or scholarships you’d like to send your student record. If you choose to opt in to Student score(s) to. Search Service, you understand that your responses Digital SAT School Day Student Questionnaire Instructions 1 to Questions 5, 7, 11, 13–25, and 28 will be kept by ● Parent/Guardian 1: Highest education level College Board and may be shared with eligible colleges, ○ Grade school universities, scholarships, and other educational ○ Some high school programs that participate in Student Search Service. ™ ○ Also, if you prepare a college list on BigFuture , we may High school diploma or equivalent share that list, or part of the list. If you do not respond to ○ Vocational or trade school Question 4 and have previously opted to participate in ○ Some college Student Search Service, we will continue providing your ○ Associate or 2-year degree information until you opt out. ○ Bachelor’s or 4-year degree 5. Email Address This field is optional. By providing your ○ Some graduate or professional school email address, you’re giving College Board permission to ○ Graduate or professional degree contact you via email. Your email address will be added to your Student Search Service record if you opted in ● Parent/Guardian 2: Highest education level to this service. Parent and guardian email addresses ○ Grade school will only be used by College Board. ○ Some high school ● This email address is ○ High school diploma or equivalent ○ Mine ○ A Parent’s/Guardian’s ○ Vocational or trade school 6. Mobile Number This field is optional. By providing your ○ Some college mobile number you agree to receive text messages from ○ Associate or 2-year degree College Board about our programs, about participating ○ Bachelor’s or 4-year degree in research surveys, and/or about receiving free college ○ Some graduate or professional school planning services. Msg & Data Rates may apply. ○ Graduate or professional degree 7. Racial/Ethnic Group These fields are optional. Please 10. Military Relation This field is optional. answer these questions about Hispanic origin and about ● Please indicate if you have a parent or guardian in the race. For these questions, Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish military. (Mark all that apply.) origins are separate from race. ○ I have a parent/guardian who is on active duty in the ● Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? U.S. military. (You may mark all that apply.) ○ I have a parent/guardian who is in the National Guard ○ No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin or the Reserves. ○ Yes, Cuban ○ I have a parent/guardian who was in the U.S. military ○ Yes, Mexican but is not serving now. ○ Yes, Puerto Rican ○ Neither of my parents/guardians has a current ○ Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin military connection. ○ I don’t wish to respond. Fields 11–29 These fields are optional but recommended. ● What is your race? (You may mark all that apply.) 11. High School Activities Tell us about the activities ○ American Indian or Alaska Native and sports you enjoy. For up to 10 activities and sports, check the grade(s) (“9th Grade,” “10th Grade,” ○ Asian (including Indian subcontinent and “11th Grade,” “12th Grade”) you were or will be in Philippines origin) when you participated or plan to participate. ○ Black or African American (including African Check the box in the “Officer/Award” column if you and Afro-Caribbean origin) have held a major office or a leadership position ○ Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (e.g., class president, varsity team captain, officer) ○ White (including Middle Eastern origin) or if you've received special recognition (e.g., varsity ○ I don’t wish to respond. letter, regional science fair prize, state orchestra). ○ ○ 8. Languages Background These fields are optional. Please Academic honor Government or answer both questions about your language background. society political activity ○ ○ ● What language did you learn to speak first? Athletics: Intramural Journalism or (Mark only one.) ○ Athletics: Varsity literary activity ○ Junior ROTC ○ English ○ Another language ○ Career-oriented activity ○ Religious activity ○ English and another ○ I don’t wish to language respond. ○ Community or ○ Science or math service activity activity ● What language do you know best? (Mark only one.) ○ Dance activity or club ○ School spirit activity ○ English ○ Another language ○ Debating or public ○ Theater activity ○ English and another ○ I don’t wish to speaking language respond. ○ Work: co-op program ○ Ethnic or ○ Other activity 9. Parents’/Guardians’ Level of Education These cross-cultural activity fields are optional. Please indicate the highest level ○ I have not participated ○ Foreign exchange of education of your parent/guardian. If you have two in any of the above or study abroad parents/guardians, indicate the level of education of activities. your other parent/guardian in Parent/Guardian 2. ○ Foreign language activity 2 Digital SAT School Day Student Questionnaire Instructions 12. Self-Rating How do you think you compare with other 18. Social Studies I have taken or plan to take people your own age in the following three areas of ○ U.S. history ○ Economics ability? For each area, fill in 1 of the 4 ratings (“Highest ○ U.S. government or ○ Geography 10%,” “Above Average,” “Average,” “Below Average”). civics ○ Psychology Your answers to this question won’t be included on score ○ European history ○ Sociology reports sent to colleges. ○ World history or ○ Other social studies ● Mathematics cultures course(s) ● Science ○ Ancient history ● Writing 19. Languages I have taken or plan to take 13. Grade Point Average Please indicate your cumulative ○ Chinese ○ Korean grade point average for all academic subjects in high ○ French ○ Latin school. If you don’t know your exact grade point average, ○ German ○ Russian give your best estimate. ○ Greek ○ Spanish ○ A+ (97–100) ○ C (73–76) ○ Hebrew ○ Other language ○ A (93–96) ○ C– (70–72) ○ Italian course(s) ○ A– (90–92) ○ D+ (67–69) ○ Japanese ○ B+ (87–89) ○ D (65–66) 20.