<p>bovertine, I looked at S’s 2009 PSAT booklet; it says 1.5 million juniors will take the PSAT, and there will be 50,000 high scorers identified (about 3.3%) and 16,000 SF and 15,000 finalists (1% of all takers). I’m not sure if those percentages have changed over the years, like you, I was a F (with a 206 from Ohio) many many years ago.</p>
<p>“I could ace a multiple choice standardized test in almost any subject, even if I knew very little about it.”</p>
<p>This supports my theory that it’s better to be good at math and fake it in English.</p>
<p>3togo…they may have been NMF in many other states, but not 49 others since other states have the same cutoff as your state.</p>
<p>And, since many kids in lower cutoff states score high enough to make NMSF in any state, I don’t think we should be putting down those scholars.</p>
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I was talking about 2009 and in 2009 DC and MA were the only 2 locations with a 221 cutoff … and I know 2 MA kids with 220s in 2009 … and they were just out of luck because of their home state. I did not critisize any other student in any way … however I did say I think it is odd to name something as a “national” honor and then have state-by-state qualifications.</p>