<p>Silver what do you think the cutoff will be for us Illinoisians.</p>
<p>I’m also from Illinois and I dont have the asterisk. That’s why I’m wondering what this means cause I only got 89% and I thought I had to have 95 or above.</p>
<p>The meaning of the asterisk is written somewhere on the PSAT results themselves. Check out the form that your results are printed on. I don’t remember what it says exactly, but it means this…</p>
<p>If the asterisk is there, it means that you are not even qualified to enter the PSAT “competition.” All sophomore test takers, for instance, will have an asterisk, since you can only qualify for NMSF or NMF if you are a junior. There are other reasons that you are not eligible to compete, but I can’t remember what they are. If you are not even eligible to compete in the NMSF “competition,” you will have an asterisk. In other words, even if your score were 240, if you had an asterisk, you are ineligible for NMSF.</p>
<p>The absence of an asterisk simply means that you meet all of the eligibility criteria to have your score looked at by the National Merit org. It doesn’t mean that your score is good enough to go on. Just that you are eligible to compete.</p>
<p>Finally got mine, and got a 231. 
(California)</p>
<p>One problem, though: I misspelled my name on the answer sheet. Instead of “Mittman” (my last name), I accidentally skipped a column so that it says “Mittma n.” Will this affect my National Merit Scholarship/status/recommendations/etc., and if so, how can I fix it?</p>
<p>BMittman, you may want to contact the College Board or National Merit Corporation just to make sure that everything is fine.</p>
<p>Actually, I just talked to one of my friends who also just got his score, and he said that he and a lot of other students also had a space before the last letter of their last name, so I think it was probably College Board’s mistake and not mine.</p>
<p>Yeah that happened to me too. Instead of putting my last name as Smith, it did Smit H and made the H my middle name. Oh, I jusu made Smith up; it’s not my real name. Out of curiosity, do you not have a middle name? I called National Merit and they told me to fax them a letter about it. So I did end up faxing them a letter and just called to confirm that they got it. Unfortunately though, all the mail I’m getting from colleges has my name misspelled. I guess I’ll just have to fix that on an individual basis.</p>
<p>I do have a middle name.</p>
<p>232 from California, 80 CR, 79 M, 73 W!</p>
<p>Well I would call National Merit Corporation nonetheless BMittman.</p>
<p>where do you go to get your score</p>
<p>Your school needs to give you your Score Report. But after Feb. 1, your score will appear in your Collegeboard account.</p>
<p>Daughter got a 219 in IN.</p>
<p>220 in Minnesota.</p>
<p>220 in MA - 80 CR, 70CW, 70M
last year - 220 - 80, 73, 67.
My guess is that possibly the CW test was harder this year. Does that correlate with other repeaters? Cutoff in MA was 221 last year.</p>
<p>Is a score of 203 in PSAT good for an 11th grader whose native language is not english and who lives outside the U.S. in one of the world’s poorest countries? Anyone, please reply.</p>
<p>VanHalen1884 - Yes, it is a very good score!</p>
<p>228 in VA (80 CR, 75 M, 73 W)</p>
<p>CA 233 (80 CR, 75 M, 78 W) </p>
<p>Woohoo!</p>
<p>202 OKLAHOMA
do you think i get commended?</p>