cut-off scores/semi-finalist announcements

Paying for College National Merit Aid
441

<p>Updating CA</p>

<p>**AL=210<a href=“post%20222,%20per%20GC%20210%20is%20cutoff”>/B</a>
AK<=214 (post 62)
AZ<=229 (post 357)
**CA=219<a href=“by%20380,%20218%20did%20not%20qualify.%20Confirmed%20cutoff%20by%20440”>/B</a>
CO<=218 (post 372)
CT<=229 (post 267)
**FL=210<a href=“post%20376,%20by%20firsthand%20view%20of%20NMS%20report”>/B</a>
**GA=215<a href=“post%20130,%20per%20Headmaster%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
**HI=215<a href=“post%20320,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
ID<=208 (post 401)
IL<=214 (post 333)
IN<=212 (post 336)
IA<=209 (post 50)
**KS=211<a href=“post%20229,%20per%20NMSF%20packet%20cutoff%20is%20211”>/B</a>
KY<=210 (post 92)
**LA=210<a href=“post%20268,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20210”>/B</a>
**MD=220<a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065560528-post14.html%5B/url%5D”>/B</a>
MA<=224 (post 204)
MI<=212 (post 202)
MN<=216 (post 135)
MS<=205 (post 176)
MO<=210 (post 99)
**MT=208<a href=“post%2073,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20208”>/B</a>
NE>206, <=215 (post 400, checked with qualifying and non-qualifying students)
NV<=211 (post 340)
**NJ=221<a href=“post%20269,%20heard%20cutoff%20was%20221”>/B</a>
**NY=217<a href=“post%20418,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20217”>/B</a>
NC<=214 (post 314)
**OH=212<a href=“post%2054,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20212”>/B</a>
OK<=208 (post 409)
OR<=215 (post 285)
PA<=217 (post 387)
**RI=211<a href=“post%20399,%20inferred%20from%20personal%20score%20compared%20with%20friend’s”>/B</a>
SC<=222 (post 365)
TN<=212 (post 220)
**TX=215<a href=“post%20138,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
UT<=205 (post 338)
VT<=217 (post 297)
VA<=218 (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html&lt;/a&gt;)
**WA=218<a href=“post%20343”>/B</a>
WI>207, <=209 (post 384, 419)</p>

<p>**Internationals=223<a href=“post%20398”>/B</a>
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states.</p>

<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 201
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not an NMSF receives commended status.</p>

<p>No scores reported yet from:
AR
DE
DC
ME
NH
NM
ND
SD
WV
WY
10 (?) boarding school regions
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>

442

<p>Spazzy: Wait until next Wednesday and call the NMSC directly with your query. They should be freely releasing information and answering all questions by then. You will probably expedite things if you have your registration number available when you call.</p>

<p>It is unfortunate your school is not doing this for you. Please let us know what you find out.</p>

443

<p>Whoa, I BARELY made it. I’m in Ca and I got 219</p>

444

<p>Colorado 216 made semifinalist. Don’t know cut-off</p>

445

<p>Updating CO</p>

<p>**AL=210<a href=“post%20222,%20per%20GC%20210%20is%20cutoff”>/B</a>
AK<=214 (post 62)
AZ<=229 (post 357)
**CA=219<a href=“by%20380,%20218%20did%20not%20qualify.%20Confirmed%20cutoff%20by%20440”>/B</a>
CO<=216 (post 444)
CT<=229 (post 267)
**FL=210<a href=“post%20376,%20by%20firsthand%20view%20of%20NMS%20report”>/B</a>
**GA=215<a href=“post%20130,%20per%20Headmaster%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
**HI=215<a href=“post%20320,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
ID<=208 (post 401)
IL<=214 (post 333)
IN<=212 (post 336)
IA<=209 (post 50)
**KS=211<a href=“post%20229,%20per%20NMSF%20packet%20cutoff%20is%20211”>/B</a>
KY<=210 (post 92)
**LA=210<a href=“post%20268,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20210”>/B</a>
**MD=220<a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065560528-post14.html%5B/url%5D”>/B</a>
MA<=224 (post 204)
MI<=212 (post 202)
MN<=216 (post 135)
MS<=205 (post 176)
MO<=210 (post 99)
**MT=208<a href=“post%2073,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20208”>/B</a>
NE>206, <=215 (post 400, checked with qualifying and non-qualifying students)
NV<=211 (post 340)
**NJ=221<a href=“post%20269,%20heard%20cutoff%20was%20221”>/B</a>
**NY=217<a href=“post%20418,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20217”>/B</a>
NC<=214 (post 314)
**OH=212<a href=“post%2054,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20212”>/B</a>
OK<=208 (post 409)
OR<=215 (post 285)
PA<=217 (post 387)
**RI=211<a href=“post%20399,%20inferred%20from%20personal%20score%20compared%20with%20friend’s”>/B</a>
SC<=222 (post 365)
TN<=212 (post 220)
**TX=215<a href=“post%20138,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
UT<=205 (post 338)
VT<=217 (post 297)
VA<=218 (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html&lt;/a&gt;)
**WA=218<a href=“post%20343”>/B</a>
WI>207, <=209 (post 384, 419)</p>

<p>**Internationals=223<a href=“post%20398”>/B</a>
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states.</p>

<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 201
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not an NMSF receives commended status.</p>

<p>No scores reported yet from:
AR
DE
DC
ME
NH
NM
ND
SD
WV
WY
10 (?) boarding school regions
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>

446

<p>Confirming VA, my son got a 218, and GC confirmed in e-mail that he made it! Woot! She did not say what the cut-off was.</p>

447

<p>Spazzy, I totally agree with Descartez. Good luck and hope it gets resolved. I don’t like it when schools are not proactive in situations like this.</p>

448

<p>VA, 218. Made it. Just got notified by my GC today and the application is due back to the school tomorrow!</p>

449

<p>Michigan update - son is in with 211! I am also about 99 percent sure a friend of his, who is also in, scored a 210 in MI.</p>

450

<p>99% is good enough for our purposes.</p>

<p>Updating MI.</p>

<p>**AL=210<a href=“post%20222,%20per%20GC%20210%20is%20cutoff”>/B</a>
AK<=214 (post 62)
AZ<=229 (post 357)
**CA=219<a href=“by%20380,%20218%20did%20not%20qualify.%20Confirmed%20cutoff%20by%20440”>/B</a>
CO<=216 (post 444)
CT<=229 (post 267)
**FL=210<a href=“post%20376,%20by%20firsthand%20view%20of%20NMS%20report”>/B</a>
**GA=215<a href=“post%20130,%20per%20Headmaster%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
**HI=215<a href=“post%20320,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
ID<=208 (post 401)
IL<=214 (post 333)
IN<=212 (post 336)
IA<=209 (post 50)
**KS=211<a href=“post%20229,%20per%20NMSF%20packet%20cutoff%20is%20211”>/B</a>
KY<=210 (post 92)
**LA=210<a href=“post%20268,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20210”>/B</a>
**MD=220 <a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/…28-post14.html%5B/url%5D”>/B</a>
MA<=224 (post 204)
MI<=210 (post 449)
MN<=216 (post 135)
MS<=205 (post 176)
MO<=210 (post 99)
**MT=208<a href=“post%2073,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20208”>/B</a>
NE>206, <=215 (post 400, checked with qualifying and non-qualifying students)
NV<=211 (post 340)
NJ=221 (post 269, heard cutoff was 221)
NY=217 (post 418, per GC cutoff is 217)
NC<=214 (post 314)
OH=212 (post 54, per GC cutoff is 212)
OK<=208 (post 409)
OR<=215 (post 285)
PA<=217 (post 387)
**RI=211<a href=“post%20399,%20inferred%20from%20personal%20score%20compared%20with%20friend’s”>/B</a>
SC<=222 (post 365)
TN<=212 (post 220)
**TX=215<a href=“post%20138,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
UT<=205 (post 338)
VT<=217 (post 297)
VA<=218 (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html&lt;/a&gt;)
**WA=218<a href=“post%20343”>/B</a>
WI>207, <=209 (post 384, 419)</p>

<p>**Internationals=223<a href=“post%20398”>/B</a>
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states.</p>

<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 201
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not an NMSF receives commended status.</p>

<p>No scores reported yet from:
AR
DE
DC
ME
NH
NM
ND
SD
WV
WY
10 (?) boarding school regions
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>

451

<p>I saw on the National Merit website that we were supposed to give the application back to the school by tomorrow, but I haven’t even been notified yet. I’m pretty sure I made the cutoff though. My school is always really irresponsible with this stuff. Is there a way to find out, etc. from a source other than my school?</p>

452

<p>kwalker – the date of September 10 “or another date specified by school”. I’m pretty sure my daughter said the stuff doesn’t have to be at NMSF until some time time in October. The press release from them will come out September 15…I’m assuming at that point, if you haven’t heard from your school, you could call them…or check your local news media.</p>

453

<p>I got it with 215 in MN</p>

454

<p>Updating MN.</p>

<p>**AL=210<a href=“post%20222,%20per%20GC%20210%20is%20cutoff”>/B</a>
AK<=214 (post 62)
AZ<=229 (post 357)
**CA=219<a href=“by%20380,%20218%20did%20not%20qualify.%20Confirmed%20cutoff%20by%20440”>/B</a>
CO<=216 (post 444)
CT<=229 (post 267)
**FL=210 <a href=“post%20376,%20by%20firsthand%20view%20of%20NMS%20report”>/B</a>
**GA=215<a href=“post%20130,%20per%20Headmaster%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
**HI=215<a href=“post%20320,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
ID<=208 (post 401)
IL<=214 (post 333)
IN<=212 (post 336)
IA<=209 (post 50)
**KS=211<a href=“post%20229,%20per%20NMSF%20packet%20cutoff%20is%20211”>/B</a>
KY<=210 (post 92)
**LA=210<a href=“post%20268,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20210”>/B</a>
**MD=220<a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/…28-post14.html%5B/url%5D”>/B</a>
MA<=224 (post 204)
MI<=210 (post 449)
MN<=215 (post 453)
MS<=205 (post 176)
MO<=210 (post 99)
**MT=208<a href=“post%2073,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20208”>/B</a>
NE>206, <=215 (post 400, checked with qualifying and non-qualifying students)
NV<=211 (post 340)
**NJ=221<a href=“post%20269,%20heard%20cutoff%20was%20221”>/B</a>
**NY=217<a href=“post%20418,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20217”>/B</a>
NC<=214 (post 314)
**OH=212<a href=“post%2054,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20212”>/B</a>
OK<=208 (post 409)
OR<=215 (post 285)
PA<=217 (post 387)
**RI=211<a href=“post%20399,%20inferred%20from%20personal%20score%20compared%20with%20friend’s”>/B</a>
SC<=222 (post 365)
TN<=212 (post 220)
**TX=215<a href=“post%20138,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
UT<=205 (post 338)
VT<=217 (post 297)
VA<=218 (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...362-post6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...362-post6.html&lt;/a&gt;)
**WA=218<a href=“post%20343”>/B</a>
WI>207, <=209 (post 384, 419)</p>

<p>**Internationals=223<a href=“post%20398”>/B</a>
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states.</p>

<p>Commended (national cutoff)=201
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not an NMSF receives commended status.</p>

<p>No scores reported yet from:
AR
DE
DC
ME
NH
NM
ND
SD
WV
WY
10 (?) boarding school regions
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>

455

<p>can anyone confirm that NY’s cutoff is 217?</p>

456

<p>Got in with a 221 in CT. Notified by GC yesterday.</p>

457

<p>Updating CT</p>

<p>**AL=210<a href=“post%20222,%20per%20GC%20210%20is%20cutoff”>/B</a>
AK<=214 (post 62)
AZ<=229 (post 357)
**CA=219<a href=“by%20380,%20218%20did%20not%20qualify.%20Confirmed%20cutoff%20by%20440”>/B</a>
CO<=216 (post 444)
CT<=221 (post 456)
**FL=210<a href=“post%20376,%20by%20firsthand%20view%20of%20NMS%20report”>/B</a>
**GA=215<a href=“post%20130,%20per%20Headmaster%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
**HI=215<a href=“post%20320,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
ID<=208 (post 401)
IL<=214 (post 333)
IN<=212 (post 336)
IA<=209 (post 50)
**KS=211<a href=“post%20229,%20per%20NMSF%20packet%20cutoff%20is%20211”>/B</a>
KY<=210 (post 92)
**LA=210<a href=“post%20268,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20210”>/B</a>
**MD=220<a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065560528-post14.html%5B/url%5D”>/B</a>
MA<=224 (post 204)
MI<=210 (post 449)
MN<=215 (post 453)
MS<=205 (post 176)
MO<=210 (post 99)
**MT=208<a href=“post%2073,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20208”>/B</a>
NE>206, <=215 (post 400, checked with qualifying and non-qualifying students)
NV<=211 (post 340)
**NJ=221<a href=“post%20269,%20heard%20cutoff%20was%20221”>/B</a>
**NY=217<a href=“post%20418,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20217”>/B</a>
NC<=214 (post 314)
**OH=212<a href=“post%2054,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20212”>/B</a>
OK<=208 (post 409)
OR<=215 (post 285)
PA<=217 (post 387)
**RI=211<a href=“post%20399,%20inferred%20from%20personal%20score%20compared%20with%20friend’s”>/B</a>
SC<=222 (post 365)
TN<=212 (post 220)
**TX=215<a href=“post%20138,%20per%20GC%20cutoff%20is%20215”>/B</a>
UT<=205 (post 338)
VT<=217 (post 297)
VA<=218 (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/national-merit-scholarships/...362-post6.html&lt;/a&gt;)
**WA=218<a href=“post%20343”>/B</a>
WI>207, <=209 (post 384, 419)</p>

<p>**Internationals=223<a href=“post%20398”>/B</a>
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states.</p>

<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 201
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not an NMSF receives commended status.</p>

<p>No scores reported yet from:
AR
DE
DC
ME
NH
NM
ND
SD
WV
WY
10 (?) boarding school regions
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>

458

<p>Manu101, I was about the ask the same thing.</p>

<p>Anyone with confirmation of NY’s cutoff?</p>

459

<p>I couldn’t wait any longer and e-mailed one of the GCs. The only response I got was the school will announce the semifinalists in the “next few weeks.” Pretty encouraging:(</p>

460

<p>Hey, I’m back! Received word of my semi-finalist status today, so I can reconfirm that the cut-off for Maryland is 220.</p>