Cutoff for Texas

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>So I got a 221 in Texas this year. I know that this is higher than any cutoff has ever been for Texas, but I'm still wondering if I will be okay for semifinalist status this year. What is it looking like it's going to be? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>You’ll make it; don’t worry. Here are the cutoffs for the last few years.</p>

<p>216 2013
219
215
216
215
215 2008</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! May I ask where you got that 216 number from? I’ve been looking in a lot of places and couldn’t seem to be able to find a definitive cutoff number anywhere.</p>

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<p>The state-by-state historical cutoffs are posted in a number of different places. Just run a google search. </p>

<p>[National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html)</p>

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<p>I guess the year number if for the class of graduation. So the 2013 figure is probably for the test on 2011.</p>

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<p>^ Correct</p>

<p>That is the last 6 cutoff scores for Texas. We won’t know the 2012 PSAT/Class of 2014 number until September… We can speculate that since the Commended cutoff is 203 (highest ever), that the NMSF cutoff for Texas (indeed all states) should be near/at/above the previous high watermark - which in most cases was two cycles ago 2010 PSAT/Class of 2012 (when the commended cutoff was 202)</p>

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<p>Rock – thank you for clarifying.</p>