<p>What is the cut off score?? Is it by percentile or number (205?)? What is the percentile anyway? What about 90 percent? or 93 Percent? Would it be commended? Thanks</p>
<p>Haha...no...I thought the percentile is like top 98%....the scores is usually around 202-204.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live. Where I am, it's 204... But I've heard it being as high as 215 in some places.</p>
<p>No it doesn't....215 score is like for semifinalist, not commended.</p>
<p>semifinalist as in national merit scholar?</p>
<p>Ya</p>
<p>There is a national cutoff for commended, which is usually around 202-204.</p>
<p>Then in order to get semifinalist or finalist, there is a cutoff in your state, which deals only with your state.</p>