<p>Schools affiliated with the Hispanic recognition program will get a list of the top Hispanic scholars and send you mailings. That’s about it. There’s no monetary value except for what schools might offer you. With a score of 205 you should get a certificate for Commended and one for Hispanic Scholar.</p>
<p>How are the scores looking for the 2007 tests? My S just got his score today, and it’s 216 in Texas. I think it’s right on the edge.</p>
<p>Any info would be appreciated…</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son on an excellent score! Based on last year’s cutoff, he is close (cutoff in Texas was 215 last year), but no one will find anything out until late August/early September. He is definitely commended, and he will receive a letter in April/May saying he is recognized (but it won’t say which level). National Merit really drags this thing out.</p>
<p>anyone know if the cutoff for semif. will drop this year??? it was 209 last year and i got a 210!!! yay!!! oh year the curve for math was BRUTAL…1 question wrong = 75!!! but yea i got math: 75, english: 66, writing: 69</p>
<p>Hope4FreeRide,
As to your question about designating colleges on the form, I’m not sure it really matters. You have the ability to go back and freely change your designation by filling out a form and sending it to the NMSC. Many colleges that offer financial incentives to NMFs require that you list them first on the form. If your child decides to go to one of those, just amend your NMSC designation. My S, now a college freshman, designated a university which doesn’t offer NMF incentives, and he ended up getting one of NMSC’s $2500 NM scholarships. My wife and I have wondered whether he was aided in receiving that award by the fact that he had listed a school from which he would receive no money for being NMF. After he was awarded the NM scholarship, he decided to attend a different college than the one he listed (and also offers no money to NMFs), so he simply notified NMSC before the fall semester started, and they sent the check to the college he is now attending.</p>
<p>I hope that helps.</p>
<p>Is PSAT score of 198 for sophomore pretty good?
Thanks in advance.
cy</p>
<p>the cutoff in Texas for the past two years has been 217.
this may help: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/2993607-post662.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/2993607-post662.html</a></p>
<p>What would you predict to be the California cutoff this year?</p>
<p>I’m going to take a shot in the dark for CA and say 219. It was 217 last year, 219 the year before. I’m hoping it won’t exceed that.
Here’s the perfect transition to post my scores!</p>
<p>CR- 71, (-4, ouch) 98%
M- 76 (-1) 99%
WS- (-2) 98%</p>
<p>SI= 219, 99%</p>
<p>What’s unfortunate is that everyone in my school got those scores as well. I swear, people are breeding hypertensity at an alarming rate.</p>
<p>Any further predictions about the cut off score for California?</p>
<p>I’ve seen other documents that say Texas cutoff for 2007 was 215, down from 217. Oh, well, whatever it is, it is. I can’t worry about it now. And 216 is a great score and I’m proud of that it …</p>
<p>You really did answer my question, and it does help to know that you can change the college. About half of the schools my daughter is interested in do not give any merit aid,not even NMS, and half do, like Baylor, Vanderbilt,Wash U, Wake Forest,Emory,etc.
I was wondering if there are any “public Ivy’s”
hopefully UVA or UNC Chapel Hill that still waive the OOS tuition if an NMF applies and is accepted?</p>
<p>Glad to help.</p>
<p>I don’t know which “Public Ivys,” if any, waive OOS tuition for NMFs. S applied and was admitted to Virginia and William & Mary, which I guess are Public Ivys, but he was also admitted at about the same time to the private university he now attends, so he never really pursued the details with UVa or W&M.</p>
<p>Verbal-66
Math-80
Writing-73</p>
<p>I have an index score of 219 and live in Georgia. Im somewhat disappointed with my Verbal because 6 of the 7 questions I missed in that section were supposively medium or easy and the only hard one I missed came from sentence completion. My score’s not a lock for semifinalist but considering the cutoff for Georgia was 214 last year and its the second highest in my grade, Im not too upset. I have 2 questions.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>After achieving the semifinalist status, does everyones then start off with a clean slate. What I mean is assuming two people have the same qualifications does someone who scored 225 start off on the same footing as someone who scored 219 or does the person who scored 225 get an advantage?</p></li>
<li><p>Im taking the SAT for the first time in January and I was wondering if there is any correlation between PSAT scores and SAT scores? Are SAT scores higher, lower, or the same? I have two friends who took the PSAT and the December SAT and both scored 80 points higher on the SAT.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The process of moving from semifinalist to finalist doesn’t appear to depend in any way on your PSAT score, as long as you make the cut to be a semifinalist in your state. You’re on an equal footing with all other semifinalists once you become one.</p>
<p>I got exactly 200 (96%), do you guys think I’ll make commended status?
Also, does anyone know what the average PSAT score for a junior is?</p>
<p>Does anyone have information regarding cutoffs for overseas American schools (DODDs)?</p>
<p>golden_stars; I think you will be commended. Last year’s score for commended was 200.</p>
<p>I also got exactly 200 ;( (96th Percentile)
In Nevada–maybe commended!?
I hope…</p>
<p>:( sucks.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the PSAT 2007 cut off was for Texas?</p>
<p>There are no cutoffs set for the current round of scores, but last year was 215 in TX. See this link for the whole list, and more explanation: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/429265-current-juniors-how-interpret-your-2007-psat-score.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/429265-current-juniors-how-interpret-your-2007-psat-score.html</a></p>
<p>The commended cutoff is a national cutoff, so 200 for the whole country last year. </p>
<p>Jayzen - The PSAT - SAT correlation rule of thumb is that you can add a 0 to the PSAT score and it will come close to the SAT score if taken with the same degree of preparation. My son, with no prep on either test, went from a 234 to a 2350, so it was very close. I think if you study for the SAT, you can expect your score to go up.</p>