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• Individual meetings with students and parents during their junior and senior year
• Mock ACT Test offered to sophomores in the spring
• Information and advice regarding standardized testing and testing preparation
• Information regarding the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship*
• Information evenings for rising freshmen, sophomores, and juniors
• Senior College Advising Boot Camp
• College tours organized by the College Advising Office
* For full academic and community service eligibility requirements, please visit Bright Futures' website as
these standards change each year: http://www.floridastudentfinanacialaid.org/ssfad/bf/
Students are assigned a college counselor in the spring of their sophomore year and given instructions
regarding the use of SCOIR, a college search program. In the spring of junior year, counselors will meet
formally with students and their parents to develop personalized and strategic plans to move forward with
the college process.
During the fall semester, the Office of College Advising works with seniors to finalize college plans and to
facilitate the college application process.
e assistance, support, and guidance provided by the College Advising Office are planned to alleviate
as much anxiety and confusion as possible. Our goal is to create a supportive environment, which allows
students and their families to make well-informed decisions that have positive long-term results.
STA NDA R DIZED TESTING
Katie Lamiell, Testing Coordinator x115
e SAT and ACT are offered to Juniors and Seniors at Palmer Trinity School on select School Day
testing dates. Students receive a selection form at the start of each semester from the Testing Coordinator
to indicate which tests they will take. e School works from that survey to register the students for each
exam. Students are only registered for PTS School Day tests if they complete the form on time.
PTS covers the registration and the cost of the exam.
e TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is recommended to students who are nonnative
speakers of English. Registration material available online at www.ets.org/toefl.
Sophomores and Juniors sit for the PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) in
October. Beginning Fall 2023, all PSAT exams will be offered only in the digital format. Beginning
March of 2024 all SAT exams will be offered only in the digital format.
Additionally, Juniors and Seniors meet with their College Counselor to establish a personalized schedule
for standardized testing. Registration for tests beyond School Day tests at Palmer Trinity MUST be done
online by the students and paid for by the student at the time of registration. Registration for the
SAT is available online at www.sat.collegeboard.org. Registration for the ACT is available online
at www.actstudent.org.
