<p>I am the auther of the article on PSAT Scores from College News from Texas. My name is Lauren Kahn and I am the lead consultant for Lone Star Ed Consulting. We will not know 100% the actual cut off scores for semi-finalists until September 2010. However, I can tell you with 99.5% certainty that these scores will probably stay as is. If you live in California and scored a 219, you can feel very confident that you will get invited to compete in the National Merit Finalist contest. They are based on the percetiles from the PSAT test results that were given out to students in December 2009. The top students in each state qualify for the National Merit Semi-Finalist distinction. Approximately 16,000 of the 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT will be notified in September that they are invited to become National Merit Finalist and have received the semi-finalist distinction. In April, the commended students and semi-finalists will be notified that they are amongst the top 50,000 high scoring students. Visit my blogsite to learn more about my college planning services.
[College</a> News from Texas](<a href=“http://lonestaredconsulting.blogspot.com%5DCollege”>http://lonestaredconsulting.blogspot.com). Search PSAT if you want to see the article.</p>