<p>I think the boarding school regions need to be derived since it says 217 to 224 but all states are listed.</p>
<p>It looks like they stole NMSC’s thunder by releasing it two days early.</p>
<p>I also don’t like this org. They seem to think no one should get a merit scholarship unless it is tied to financial need.</p>
<p>No special knowledge – with all the discussion, I was expecting someone somewhere would be putting out an official press release . . . so just did a google search for “national Merit Scholarship qualifying scores 2014”, with a date limit of anytime in the last week.</p>
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<p>This is the part of that press release that irritates me the most. Exactly who the heck is FairTest to determine who needs tuition aid “the least”?</p>
<p>My child received 216 in Illinois. If the cut off is 216 in Illinois, as the press release above suggests, would that qualify him?</p>
<p>So i beat my state’s all time record by 1 and beat last year’s cutoff in a state that has never gone up by more than 2 in a year and somehow i STILL don’t make it? All I can hope is that the source for Oregon is unreliable, but the hope for that does not look too good right now.
So I basically wasted the last 11 months of my life in ignorant bliss all because of this smokescreen that national merit put up?</p>
<p>kronkie…Yes, if the cutoff listed is indeed accurate as long as the score is AT OR ABOVE the state cutoff your child should be named a NMSF. If you/they don’t receive any notification from the HS in the next few days, start asking questions. You can also call NMSC after the official release date (Sep 11th this year I believe) and confirm your child’s status. The NMSF to NMF package has a deadline of 9 Oct so there is some legwork that will need to be done between now and then (short essay, transcript, Letter of Rec from the school, etc.).</p>
<p>Hmm…When I click on the Fair Test link, it says “Page Not Found”. Looks like it was taken down.</p>
<p>“someone” reached out and touched them!</p>
<p>^^My thoughts, exactly, texaspg.</p>
<p>FWIW–NH was listed as 214 on the FairTest list.</p>
<p>For those who got a peak at the FairTest list, what was CA’s cutoff score? Thanks!</p>
<p>I remember NJ, DC, and MA (?) as having a 224.</p>
<p>I think CA was 223.</p>
<p>I was looking for highest scores and so that is what I remember. I could be wrong on CA and MA.</p>
<p>My guess is that the Fairtest folks thought the information was no longer embargoed as of today rather than Wednesday. They probably got a booklet from a GC and promised not to use it until the embargo was over. Either they realized their mistake or someone called and pointed it out. Why all the incredible cloak and dagger stuff?</p>
<p>NMSQT/PSAT Qualifying Scores for High School (posted then taken down 9/9/13 fairtest.org)
Class of 2014 National Merit Semifinalists
Alabama 211 Nevada 212<br>
Alaska 212 New Hampshire 214<br>
Arizona 214 New Jersey 224<br>
Arkansas 205 New Mexico 210<br>
California 223 New York 219<br>
Colorado 215 North Carolina 215<br>
Connecticut 221 North Dakota 204<br>
Delaware 218 Ohio 215<br>
Dist. of Columbia 224 Oklahoma 210<br>
Florida 214 Oregon 218<br>
Georgia 217 Pennsylvania 217<br>
Hawaii 215 Rhode Island 216<br>
Idaho 211 South Carolina 210<br>
Illinois 216 South Dakota 206<br>
Indiana 215 Tennessee 212<br>
Iowa 210 Texas 219<br>
Kansas 216 Utah 208<br>
Kentucky 211 Vermont 217<br>
Louisiana 209 Virginia 222<br>
Maine 215 Washington 220<br>
Maryland 223 West Virginia 203<br>
Massachusetts 224 Wisconsin 210<br>
Michigan 210 Wyoming 203<br>
Minnesota 215<br>
Mississippi 207 U.S. Territories 203<br>
Missouri 213 Outside U.S. 224<br>
Montana 207 Boarding Schools 217-224<br>
Nebraska 209 (depending on region)</p>
<p>So everyone who was commended in WV and Wyoming was a NMSF… I wonder what happens when the commended score exceeds the NMSF cutoff score for a given state? At some point could you be NMSF and not commended?</p>
<p>Great job SilverstateDad!</p>
<p>Yes, you could be NMSF and not be commended because of the cutoff in your state. You only get one or the other anyway.</p>
<p>I got a screen shot</p>
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<p>THANK YOU mjcc01!!!</p>
<p>Thanks Silverstatedad and Texaspg.</p>
<p>The FairTest press release is still online at the FairTest site, albeit with a slightly different file name. Search “National Merit” on their site to find it.</p>