<p>To those of you who have been notified that you have been commended or will move on in the competion , what was your score?</p>
<p>I mean commended scores for 2013.</p>
<p>Has this happened yet? I scored over a 230 on my PSAT and have heard nothing.</p>
<p>Someone just posted that their score of 201 put them in the top 50,000. They received a letter from the CB.</p>
<p>^^ Yeah, that was me. I live in Minnesota by the way.</p>
<p>I think it is 200. Our principal brought the students into him office and had told us we got above 200. However, I could be wrong or that meant 201.</p>
<p>I got a 199 and didn’t get the letter 
I’m almost sure its either 200 or 201.</p>
<p>The post above is correct 200 put you in the top 50,000 and you meet the criteria for selection. I received the school letter on April 10. None of my students who qualified received their mailings yet.</p>
<p>200+ = commended = top 50000 scorers = top 2-3%.</p>
<p>I got a letter today from National Merit Scholarship Corporation and it says that I am among the highest-scoring 50,000 students…but I only got a 203. I thought I didn’t make it because I live in California and the cut off here is like 221</p>
<p>lalalove7: the National Merit corporation doesn’t take your state of residence at this point of the competition - it only cares about how you sized up to others nationwide for commended status.</p>
<p>lala, the top 50K are Commended. The top 1%ish will be NMSF. That’s where the state cutoff comes in. We won’t know that until the fall.</p>
<p>I got 207 and haven’t heard anything yet.</p>
<p>You will, power.</p>
<p>So my son got a 217 in CA. I assume commended. What is the point in picking the two schools to send the scores too? If he is not a semi finalist what difference will it make?</p>
<p>^^I second that question. Don’t know what the purpose for picking two schools at this point would be. </p>
<p>Also, I assume (from his score) that my son would be Commended and not a Semifinalist. If he were to happen to make semifinalist, wouldn’t he then have to pick a school at that point?</p>
<p>My D received a letter today with a score of 202 in TX. Her PSAT score is apparently 97%, according to the test score sheet, so I’m assuming she’s getting commended, which means absolutely nothing. </p>
<p>In fact, they really need to start choosing winners based on multiple sources, such as PSAT, SAT & GPA. You cannot assess how kids will do in college based on single score taken two full years before starting college.</p>
<p>214 in NY. Commended but sadly I think I’m a few points short of SF</p>
<p>To sp92–really? It means absolutely nothing?</p>
<p>My D got a 202 (I think) and received a note in the mail from our superintendent congratulating her on being a Natl Merit Semifinalist…I’m confused…isn’t it too early for that? And I don’t think her score would merit that?</p>