<p>Alabama, my daughter scored a 218</p>
<p>California, 212 Overall-99 Percentile…CR-70, M-79, W-63 (This screwed me over for Semifinalist in CA)</p>
<p>My son got a 218 in Texas. He was upset b/c he missed an easy math question (he forgot to mark it) that would have given him an extra 2-3 points in math. CR 77 M 68 W 73</p>
<p>National Merit Scholarship Competition (from [National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html))</p>
<p>Check the list below for prior year qualifying scores in your state. </p>
<p>Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2010 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 208
Alaska 211
Arizona 210
Arkansas 203
California 218
Colorado 215
Connecticut 218
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 221
Florida 211
Georgia 214
Hawaii 214
Idaho 209
Illinois 214
Indiana 211
Iowa 209
Kansas 211
Kentucky 209
Louisiana 207
Maine 213
Maryland 221
Massachusetts 221
Michigan 209
Minnesota 215
Mississippi 203
Missouri 211
Montana 204
Nebraska 207
Nevada 202
New Hampshire 213
New Jersey 221
New Mexico 208
New York 218
North Carolina 214
North Dakota 202
Ohio 211
Oklahoma 207
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 214
Rhode Island 217
South Carolina 211
South Dakota 205
Tennessee 213
Texas 216
Utah 206
Vermont 213
Virginia 218
Washington 217
West Virginia 203
Wisconsin 207
Wyoming 201
New England/Mid Atlantic Boarding Schools 221
Commended 201</p>
<p>Qualifying scores for the Class of 2009 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 209
Alaska 212
Arizona 209
Arkansas 204
California 217
Colorado 213
Connecticut 218
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 221
Florida 211
Georgia 215
Hawaii 216
Idaho 208
Illinois 214
Indiana 213
Iowa 210
Kansas 211
Kentucky 209
Louisiana 208
Maine 212
Maryland 220
Massachusetts 221
Michigan 209
Minnesota 214
Mississippi 201
Missouri 213
Montana 208
Nebraska 206
Nevada 206
New Hampshire 211
New Jersey 220
New Mexico 209
New York 216
North Carolina 215
North Dakota 201
Ohio 213
Oklahoma 208
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 213
Rhode Island 213
South Carolina 212
South Dakota 205
Tennessee 213
Texas 215
Utah 203
Vermont 213
Virginia 219
Washington 217
West Virginia 203
Wisconsin 210
Wyoming 201
International 221
U.S. Territories 201</p>
<p>Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2008 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 209
Alaska 213
Arizona 211
Arkansas 201
California 218
Colorado 213
Connecticut 217
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 223
Florida 212
Georgia 214
Hawaii 213
Idaho 204
Illinois 213
Indiana 213
Iowa 209
Kansas 212
Kentucky 208
Louisiana 206
Maine 211
Maryland 221
Massachusetts 223
Michigan 209
Minnesota 213
Mississippi 202
Missouri 211
Montana 207
Nebraska 207
Nevada 208
New Hampshire 215
New Jersey 221
New Mexico 208
New York 219
North Carolina 214
North Dakota 202
Ohio 211
Oklahoma 207
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 214
Rhode Island 212
South Carolina 210
South Dakota 203
Tennessee 213
Texas 215
Utah 202
Vermont 216
Virginia 217
Washington 215
West Virginia 200
Wisconsin 208
Wyoming 200</p>
<p>220 New York.
Has anyone form New York gotten their score report and known if they made the cutoff for semifinalist or not?</p>
<p>Our guidance counselor seems to be holding the scores on us but I hope to get them Monday. (Kansan)</p>
<p>Tuesday was the day the guidance office was supposed to distribute the results. But school was closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday due to weather. Now the GC says next Tuesday. The suspense mounts in Missouri.</p>
<p>222 (74CR, 78M, 70W) here in California!</p>
<p>I’m a little upset because my one incorrect math question was a marking error on my part, but overall I’m VERY pleased with my score considering I didn’t study at all!</p>
<p>Daughter got 216 in Nevada.
CR - 72
M - 64
WS - 80</p>
<p>Fingers crossed that she makes the cut!</p>
<p>NY-218
CR-80(1 wrong, was very surprised and happy), Math-75(one grid in wrong, one multiple choice wrong), and Writing-63(5 wrong).
I was very happy with Critical Reading, but disappointed in Writing as I had put in a lot of work on Writing and expected a better score. Over all, a 14 point increase from my sophomore score of 204 last year. Then I realized that I’m right on the borderline for NY. I hope they don’t raise it higher than it was last year, since I’m right on the dot for last year’s. Worst part is that the math multiple choice I got wrong was a simple 3-4-5 triangle…</p>
<p>Oklahoma
224
73 CR 79 Math and 73 Writing</p>
<p>Mass. - 219 (66/78/75; only one question wrong in M/W)</p>
<p>Ugh why do I have to be in Mass?</p>
<p>My son in Texas got a 220. Cutoff last year in Texas was 216.</p>
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<p>that would explain it… feel bad for those who were subject to the harsher curve…</p>
<p>even bigger fail… 220
i miss the cutoff by 1 point
worst in my grade i think</p>
<p>My D got a 229 
NJ. Critical Reading 80, Writing 80, Math 69
A couple of thoughts:</p>
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<li><p>Please, those young people who are full of despair and feelings of failure–Please don’t internalize it! First of all, you can definitely increase from PSAT to SAT! My older D did this–She went up over 150 pts in Critical Reading from PSAT to SAT. There’s a lot of development that goes on this year. And besides scholarships, PSATs don’t count for anything toward college. But secondly and more importantly, please don’t measure yourself against these tests. THey test almost purely a) analytical thought and b) stamina. People who are creative, who are less good at analytical reasoning and better in more holistic reasoning (or other types), and most importantly, people who are lower income/have fewer life experiences/don’t read much, are all going to get a lower score. It’s just a score. There are plenty of SUCCESSFUL adults who did lousy on the PSATs and plenty of failure adults who did great. </p></li>
<li><p>The reason the test jumped for one wrong answer is that the test was relatively easy. It’s all about the bell shaped curve. However, they don’t like it to do that. I’m sure they’ll be analyzing where they went wrong.</p></li>
<li><p>A good school system is only a mild predictor of SAT outcome. THe single biggest predictor is socioeconomics–not race, not school system, not whatever. (Although gender and race do play a part.) The correlation of socioeconomics is one to one. The poorer you are, the lower your chance of scoring high on the SAT. Tied into socioeconomics is the ‘socio’ part. That is, if you grow up in a family that values education, that reads to you from an early age, that takes you to museums, that is aware of the importance of SATs and the possibilities open to you, that cushions you from major life disasters and traumas as best as possible–your score will be higher. States like NJ and MA have higher scores not really because their school systems are better (though they are in general) but because the populace is richer. Check out average income per capita. Also NJ values education as a whole; it is more in the ‘air’ so to speak (this is cultural).</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the kind and considerate reply, Mommy! It’s very sad how many people here are getting scores in the 90s percentile-wise and still feeling bad about themselves. It’s not as if your life is over if you’re not in the top 1%, guys. :P</p>
<p>240 in MA; I got one question wrong on Critical Reading but fortunately the curve allowed me to retain a perfect score. 
Does anyone know if there’s an online listing of how many people got a 240, nationally?</p>
<p>217 MN - net increase of 0 from sophomore year</p>
<p>The purpose of these tests (SAT, PSAT) is to try to predict who will be successful in college.
It is much like the draft for a professional sport. THEY QUITE OFTEN GET IT WRONG!!! Many high draftees never pan out, while many undrafted free agents become stars.
You can do this too! If you don’t get the score you wanted, it is a SMALL indicator of all the potential inside you. The true measure of success is HAPPINESS, and I know A LOT of HAPPY people who had below average SAT scores.<br>
Have fun being young and do your best. That simple.</p>
<p>219- 99th percentile overall. International.
I think it’s a good score, but I don’t think I can qualify with it…
Too many brilliant internationals… Oh well, I’m still happy with it.</p>
<p>Florida 211</p>
<p>The exact cutoff from the last two years. It better not go down since I got a 223 sophomore year.</p>