<p>I heard somewhere that the cutoff for this award has been from 201-203. Do they include you in the commended scholar is you score 1-3 points below the commended scholar cutoff? I heard somewhere that you will still get included if you were in the 97th percentile nationally. Is this true?</p>
<p>EX. a 201 on a 202 or 203 cutoff year.</p>
<p>I have not heard of that. My understanding is the cut off is absolute, otherwise cut off would make no sense. The cut off for commended is national not state wise, hence every one selected will have a minimum national percentile ranking. If they drop it for one person, they need to drop it for everyone, making the cut of meaningless.</p>