<p>Realizing only about 1,000 NMSF are not named finalists, how much is your psat score taken into account to determine finalist standing? Do they mostly focus on your application or your psat score? And just out of curiousity, how many students do you think don't fill out an application or don't have a high enough sat score? Thanks!</p>
<p>*Curiosity</p>
<p>Bump - Filling the needed character length</p>
<p>I understand they don’t consider your PSAT score in this round. As long as you made the cut in your state, you’re fine unless disqualified for some other reason.</p>
<p>I think a lot of the rejected ones are ones that didn’t complete the application, but a lot of them have poor grades too. I think those are the most common reasons. Poor grades means multiple or possibly one C or worse.</p>
<p>Awesome, thank you!</p>