<p>I think the title speaks for itself</p>
<p>Once your a semifinalist, your PSAT doesn't matter. You just need to do good on your SAT (to show the PSAT wasn't a fluke).</p>
<p>Semifinalist qualification depends on state, and ranges from 202 to 222</p>
<p>oh sweet, I guess I just have to wait for my April SAT results</p>
<p>thanks for the quick reply</p>
<p>Plus your essays (I think?), awards, activities, and grades... it isn't just about your SAT score.</p>
<p>true, but the SAT is most important in this case; either way, 15/16 semifinalists make the next cut, so its not all that hard</p>
<p>It could be because 1/16 semifinalists are extremely lazy and have crappy grades, courses, activities, and/or essays. Scoring high enough on the PSAT is already an indication of a good SAT score; why would they judge students on the same criteria twice? I realize that there is a difference between state-wide and nation-wide qualification, but it's not like all the semifinalists from under-performing states who are semifinalists with a 200 on the PSAT won't be finalists and all the semifinalists from Jersey, Cali, etc will automatically be finalists.</p>
<p>they just don't want people who get 217 and 1630 SAT by some sort of a guessing fluke etc...it would be theoretically possible to score much better than you deserve</p>