Class of 2014 NMSF Qualifying scores

mompop · September 5, 2013, 11:38am

KYCATSFAMILY, you are my favorite person in the world right now!!!
Congrats to your 211!

Middle612 · September 5, 2013, 12:11pm

Also in NY with a 221 - no word yet - school closed till Monday.

miami62 · September 5, 2013, 12:23pm

Ga cutoff is 217 per high school college counselor. My son has a 216. My daughter missed it by one point as well two years ago!

GAMom44 · September 5, 2013, 12:37pm

miami62 - Bummer, my daughter also has a 216 in GA! So close!

ROCKFISHDG · September 5, 2013, 12:46pm

updating with GA

Please use this template that explains the symbols below for each state

See the stickied FAQ thread in this forum for links to lists of previous scores.

After the press-release date in mid-September, qualifying scores will be available by phone from the NMSC. Here is the number to call–the receptionist will give you one “qualifying score” when asked.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation
1560 Sherman Avenue
Suite 200
Evanston, Illinois 60201-4897
Main Telephone: (847) 866-5100
Main Fax: (847) 866-5113

You can feel free to edit the list yourself. Or simply post your information and rely on others to edit it in.

<ul>
<li>If you have been notified that you are NMSF, post your score (and your state) if it is lower than the score already posted for your state. It will then become the lowest known qualifying score and be indicated as “<=”.</li>
<li>If you have reliable knowledge of what the qualifying score for your state is (try asking whoever notifies you!), post it here, too. It will become the definitive cut-off score for your state indicated by “=”.</li>
<li>Finally, if you know that you did not qualify and had a reasonably high score, it can also be useful to post your score as an example of the highest non-qualifying score. This can be indicated by “>=”</li>
</ul>

Please note: Be conscientious as you post scores on this thread–it would be crushing to be led to believe you have made the cutoff by a post but actually haven’t. But everyone should be tolerant of mistakes, too. This is an unofficial source of information derived from a collaborative process and is not, therefore, guaranteed.

Remaining states that need to be finalized:
AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, ID, IN,
ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND,
OR, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Updating <states updated=""></states>

**AL=211<a href=“post%20#872%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
AK=?
**AZ=214<a href=“post%20#798,%20per%20HS%20Admin%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
AR<=207 (post #865 per daughter)
CA>=221 (220 didn’t make it per post #756) <=225 (post #900 per facebook post)
CO<=215 (post #937 per text from school)
CT=?
DE=?
DC=?
**FL=214<a href=“post%20#786,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**GA=217<a href=“post%20#943,%20per%20HSCC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
HI=?
ID=?
**IL=216<a href=“post%20#929,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
IN<=223 (post #825 per letter)
**IA=210<a href=“post%20#783,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**KS=216<a href=“post%20#699,%20per%20principal%20%5Bb%5D+4%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**KY=211<a href=“post%20#795%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**LA=209<a href=“post%20#891%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5DUnchanged%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
ME=?
MD<=230 (post #808 per GC)
MA=?
MI>=208 (207 didn’t make it per post #830)<=211 (post #842, per school)
MN=?
MS=?
MO<=216 (post #858 per son’s text from school)
MT=?
NE=?
NV=?
NH=?
NJ<=226 (post #716 per principal)
NM=?
NY<=219 (post #684 per principal)
NC<=216 (post #823, per daughter’s text from school)
ND=?
**OH=215<a href=“per%20post%20#696%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**OK=210<a href=“per%20posts%20#689%20&%20#698%20%5Bb%5D+4%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
OR=?
**PA=217<a href=“per%20posts%20#706%20&%20#856%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
RI=?
SC=?
SD=?
**TN=212<a href=“post%20#917,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**TX=219<a href=“per%20post%20#793%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
UT<=225 (post #928)
VT=?
VA>=222 (221 didn’t make it per post #777)
WA<=220 (post #705, per principal)
WV<=204 (post #815, per school administration)
WI<=210 (post #764, per notified)
WY=?

10(?) Boarding school regions
**OH region=219 <a href=“per%20post%20#781”>/b</a>

These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.

Internationals=?
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among all the individual states.

Commended (national cutoff) = 203 (+3)
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not a NMSF receives commended status. This group represents the highest 50,000 scorers.

National Achievement

Regions (we are unsure of these regions)
National Achievement Regions

Regions
1: CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI ,VT , VA
2: IL, IN, KY, MI, NC, OH, TN, WV, WI
3: Al, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
4: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
5: Boarding schools and internationals

Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 need results

1<=206 in MD (post #835 )
2=?
3<=187 in MS (post #875 )
4=?
5=?

Outstanding participants(National)=?

CAPdad · September 5, 2013, 12:51pm

I’ve been keeping this list based on the updates and a list of historical cutoffs posted earlier in this thread. It appears that the speculation that the cutoffs will be near the cutoffs from 2 years ago are correct and the cutoffs are also very close to the historical highs on average. Of the states that have been nailed down by this tread, the average cutoff is 0.14 above the 2012 cutoffs. For the same states the average cutoff is 0.86 below the historical maximum cutoff, although this is schewed by TN which is 5 below their historical max. Without TN the aveage cutoff is 0.54 below the historical maximum.

I know that this will be hard to read because of formatting, but the columns are: State, Current Range, Max Cutoff based on the current range, devation from 2013, deviation from 2012, deviation from 2007 (a historical high year), deviation from historical max, and historical max.

<pre><code> Deviation
Current Max from Historical
Range Cutoff? 2013 2012 2007 Max Max
</code></pre>

AL 211 211 2 0 -1 -1 212
AK <=207 207 3 -5 – -7 214
AZ 214 214 2 1 0 0 214
AR <=207 207 5 2 1 1 206
CA >=221,<=225 225 5 4 6 4 221
CO <=215 215 3 0 -1 -1 216
CT – – – – – – 221
DE – – – – – – 220
FL 214 214 3 0 -1 -1 215
GA 216 216 2 -2 -2 -2 218
HI – – – – – – 218
ID – – – – – – 211
IL 216 216 3 0 -2 -2 218
IN <=223 223 12 9 – 9 214
IA 210 210 3 0 – 0 210
KS 216 216 4 2 3 1 215
KY 211 211 3 -1 -1 -1 212
LA 209 209 0 0 0 -2 211
ME – – – – – – 214
MD <=230 230 11 9 7 7 223
MA – – – – – – 224
MI >=208,<=211 211 4 1 0 0 211
MN – – – – – – 215
MS – – – – – – 205
MO <=216 216 6 3 2 2 214
MT – – – – – – 211
NB – – – – – – 210
NV – – – – – – 209
NH – – – – – – 217
NJ <=226 226 5 3 3 3 223
NM – – – – – – 210
NY <=219 219 4 0 -2 -2 221
NC <=216 216 3 -1 1 -1 217
ND – – – – – – 208
OH 215 215 3 1 0 0 215
OK 210 210 4 1 3 1 209
OR – – – – – – 216
PA 217 217 3 2 0 0 217
RI – – – – – – 217
SC – – – – – – 213
SD – – – – – – 206
TN 212 212 2 -2 -5 -5 217
TX 219 219 3 0 2 0 219
UT <=225 225 20 17 – 17 208
VT – – – – – – 218
VA >=222 222 5 2 2 2 220
WA <=220 220 4 0 1 0 220
WV <=204 204 4 0 – -2 206
WI <=210 210 3 1 -1 -1 211
WY – – – – – – 204
DC – – – – – – 223
intl – – – – – – 223

ROCKFISHDG · September 5, 2013, 1:00pm

<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16276306-post498.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16276306-post498.html</a>

^ Link to well formatted historical data (post #498 in this thread)

Mustang2014 · September 5, 2013, 1:35pm

KYCATSFAMILY:
Thanks so much for your post yesterday. It did alleviate a LOT of stress…got the phone call from the principal today here in West KY and my son did make it with a 211. Wow, that was close! Congratulations to your student! And thanks to ROCKFISHDG and everyone else for this great thread!

EarlVanDorn · September 5, 2013, 1:42pm

This Mississippi cutoff this year is 207, up three from last year. Source: A high school guidance counselor from a school with lots of Semifinalists.

ROCKFISHDG · September 5, 2013, 1:52pm

updating with MS

Please use this template that explains the symbols below for each state

See the stickied FAQ thread in this forum for links to lists of previous scores.

After the press-release date in mid-September, qualifying scores will be available by phone from the NMSC. Here is the number to call–the receptionist will give you one “qualifying score” when asked.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation
1560 Sherman Avenue
Suite 200
Evanston, Illinois 60201-4897
Main Telephone: (847) 866-5100
Main Fax: (847) 866-5113

You can feel free to edit the list yourself. Or simply post your information and rely on others to edit it in.

<ul>
<li>If you have been notified that you are NMSF, post your score (and your state) if it is lower than the score already posted for your state. It will then become the lowest known qualifying score and be indicated as “<=”.</li>
<li>If you have reliable knowledge of what the qualifying score for your state is (try asking whoever notifies you!), post it here, too. It will become the definitive cut-off score for your state indicated by “=”.</li>
<li>Finally, if you know that you did not qualify and had a reasonably high score, it can also be useful to post your score as an example of the highest non-qualifying score. This can be indicated by “>=”</li>
</ul>

Please note: Be conscientious as you post scores on this thread–it would be crushing to be led to believe you have made the cutoff by a post but actually haven’t. But everyone should be tolerant of mistakes, too. This is an unofficial source of information derived from a collaborative process and is not, therefore, guaranteed.

Remaining states that need to be finalized:
AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, ID, IN,
ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND,
OR, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Updating <states updated=""></states>

**AL=211<a href=“post%20#872%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
AK=?
**AZ=214<a href=“post%20#798,%20per%20HS%20Admin%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
AR<=207 (post #865 per daughter)
CA>=221 (220 didn’t make it per post #756) <=225 (post #900 per facebook post)
CO<=215 (post #937 per text from school)
CT=?
DE=?
DC=?
**FL=214<a href=“post%20#786,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**GA=217<a href=“post%20#943,%20per%20HSCC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
HI=?
ID=?
**IL=216<a href=“post%20#929,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
IN<=223 (post #825 per letter)
**IA=210<a href=“post%20#783,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**KS=216<a href=“post%20#699,%20per%20principal%20%5Bb%5D+4%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**KY=211<a href=“post%20#795%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**LA=209<a href=“post%20#891%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5DUnchanged%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
ME=?
MD<=230 (post #808 per GC)
MA=?
MI>=208 (207 didn’t make it per post #830)<=211 (post #842, per school)
MN=?
**MS=207<a href=“post%20#949,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
MO<=216 (post #858 per son’s text from school)
MT=?
NE=?
NV=?
NH=?
NJ<=226 (post #716 per principal)
NM=?
NY<=219 (post #684 per principal)
NC<=216 (post #823, per daughter’s text from school)
ND=?
**OH=215<a href=“per%20post%20#696%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**OK=210<a href=“per%20posts%20#689%20&%20#698%20%5Bb%5D+4%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
OR=?
**PA=217<a href=“per%20posts%20#706%20&%20#856%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
RI=?
SC=?
SD=?
**TN=212<a href=“post%20#917,%20per%20GC%20%5Bb%5D+2%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
**TX=219<a href=“per%20post%20#793%20%5Bb%5D+3%5B/b%5D”>/b</a>
UT<=225 (post #928)
VT=?
VA>=222 (221 didn’t make it per post #777)
WA<=220 (post #705, per principal)
WV<=204 (post #815, per school administration)
WI<=210 (post #764, per notified)
WY=?

10(?) Boarding school regions
**OH region=219 <a href=“per%20post%20#781”>/b</a>

These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.

Internationals=?
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among all the individual states.

Commended (national cutoff) = 203 (+3)
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not a NMSF receives commended status. This group represents the highest 50,000 scorers.

National Achievement

Regions (we are unsure of these regions)
National Achievement Regions

Regions
1: CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI ,VT , VA
2: IL, IN, KY, MI, NC, OH, TN, WV, WI
3: Al, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
4: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
5: Boarding schools and internationals

Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 need results

1<=206 in MD (post #835 )
2=?
3<=187 in MS (post #875 )
4=?
5=?

Outstanding participants(National)=?

I5OR217 · September 5, 2013, 2:11pm

MS is the first state to set a new All Time High by 2 pts.

If you look at their “High Scorers” (>70) in each section they saw significant increases over last year.

CR 201 students this year (104 last year)
M 124 students this year (105 last year)
W 237 students this year (205 last year)

jsquared95 · September 5, 2013, 2:15pm

Update for Indiana- 215 made the cutoff. Guidance Counselor believes the cutoff is 215, however, it could be lower.

ROCKFISHDG · September 5, 2013, 2:30pm

updating with tightening up of IN