Dilemma about alternate entry for National Merit after PSAT testing irregularity

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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My D19 took the PSAT with audio accommodations and experienced a lot of problems which I detailed in this thread: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/2027447-psat-testing-with-mp3-audio-accommodations-testing-fiasco.html#latest. The testing administrator at the HS submitted an irregularity report. He called me this morning and said that the College Board has responded to the irregularity report by saying we can submit an alternate entry of her SAT score to see if she qualifies for National Merit, or we can accept her PSAT score despite the disruptions. But we have to decide in the next 2 days without knowing the PSAT score.

D took the November SAT with audio accommodations and this time the test administration went very smoothly. She scored 1430 which was higher than I expected just based on her sophomore PSAT. She got 720 on EBRW and 710 on math. I don’t know if you can calculate a SI the same way for a SAT score as for the PSAT. If I add up her subscores on the SAT and double them I get 215. Does that number work the way PSAT SI does if you’re doing alternate entry? We’re in AZ so I figure her score is not high enough for NMSF but I guess I wonder if she could make Commended.

As background she took the PSAT as a sophomore with extra time but no audio accommodations (she has some dyslexia in addition to ADHD). Her sophomore PSAT was 1190 and SI of 178. So I was pleasantly surprised by the Nov SAT score and D says the audio accommodations made a huge difference for her.

Here’s my question: does her November SAT put her in contention for Commended status for National Merit? If the answer is no, then it seems like there’s no downside to asking them to score her PSAT and see what happens. Or am I missing something?

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Answering my own question here, after talking to the College Board. They told me that when you do alternate entry they do calculate SI the same as with the PSAT, with the caveat that they cap the possible score so that it can’t exceed the top PSAT SI. So for example you could theoretically get 40 on SAT math but they cap it at 38 because that’s the most someone can get on the PSAT. But the big surprise was that with alternate entry, you can submit more than one SAT score as long as it is in the October-June testing window for your junior year, and they will use the best score (not superscore) to determine your eligibility for National Merit. I have told our HS test coordinator that we want to go the alternate entry route, and D19 will probably take the SAT one more time in May or June. So I guess we’ll never know how she did on the Oct. 25 PSAT, but this seems like a no-brainer. I think she will qualify for Commended and there is at least a theoretical possibility that she can be NMSF if she gets a better SAT score in May or June.