<p>I am so sad. I worked so hard and my score does not even reflect the truth. Unfortunately the score is a fact that everyone sees. They do not see my school rank (1 out of 865) and my SAT subject Test scores, or even AP scores.</p>
<p>I know that I going to get commended. Is there a faint chance that I can qualify for NMSF?</p>
<p>I am taking my first SAT on January 2010. I need to aim for 2200+. Do you think it is feasible?</p>
<p>Please help me cam down.</p>
<p>sadly, no </p>
<p>in my opinion, getting more on the SAT than on the PSAT is easily feasible. (PSAT has a harsher curve)
take no worries :)</p>
<p>Thanks. I will shoot for 2400 in SAT for a revenge. LOL!</p>
<p>No chance, since FL cutoff should be around 210. That being said, NMSF is just an award if you’re aiming at top schools, and the SAT is much more important. Don’t let this bring you down!</p>
<p>I feel you. I’ve been feeling like a failure ever since I got my PSAT scores…</p>
<p>same here! I’m trying to get over it. Just keep studying for the SAT. You will hate yourself more if this apprehension over PSAT scores affects your SAT scores.</p>
<p>All I needed was 4 qns to make the FL cutoff. Damn people who make this BS exam. Someone has to ammend the whole process. It does not take into your GPA, rank, or other SAT subject test scores or AP scores. WTH, this one is called us National Merit? Why cant we call it something else? A merit scolarship should look at your holistically, not just the PSAT score and say good bye. For God sake, drop the percentile cutoff to 95% and then screen the applicants from the pool using their academics and award the damn scholarships. They are leaving out very talented people based on PSAT score alone. No one gives any credit to my AP, SAT subject scores, school rank, GPA etc. What a joke!!! Only in USA, we see this ancient way of testing and meriting the students. Leran from Europe and other Asian countries about what merit scholarship means. I have to wirte to some one in DC to revisit the whole NM business. I shun this whole process. I understand this is not everything. Still it is part of every students’ life.</p>
<p>“Only in USA, we see this ancient way of testing and meriting the students.”</p>
<p>Anyone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that the point is to objectively gauge the students’ intelligence (which reflects his or her ability/willingness to absorb knowledge). Those who are better off financially will naturally have higher GPAs, more impressive extra curriculars, and AP scores.</p>
<p>“I have to wirte to some one in DC to revisit the whole NM business. I shun this whole process.”</p>
<p>Somehow I doubt that you’d shun this whole process had you qualified.</p>
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Ha. In many Asian countries, a single test decides which college you are going to. There is a set benchmark and if you don’t make it then you repeat it next year or deal. </p>
<p>This is just the PSAT. Do you really want that pretty little resume “booster” that bad?</p>
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<p>^ Having lived in Singapore for most of my life, I can say that this is absolutely true. I actually consider myself lucky that I’m in America now, where the emphasis isn’t on a single factor, but rather on the “big picture” of the student.</p>