<p>I just got my scores back and the total is a 217. I am from Wisconsin. Does anyone know what the historic cutoff for semifinalist has been? Am I pretty safe?</p>
<p>Sorry I kinda forgot to mention I'm talking about the PSAT</p>
<p>I don't know for sure, but I think you're probably ok for Wisconsin. I know that MA is 222.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would imagine MA is higher becuase of all the prep schools though. Agreed?</p>
<p>when you're in a less populated state, like wisconsin, you have a lower selection index. i had a 217 in ny, and i missed by 1 point. so i would assume that you'd get semifinalist.</p>
<p>Prep schools have their own stat pool......NE Boarding School Pool. The kids are not counted in their home state and not in MA, NH or ME</p>
<p>Yeah, you should get it. Check what it was last year. Lots of people have posted it for the past few years. But, you should be good.</p>
<p>[this has been flying around in the CC forums for a long time. check the old threads.]</p>
<p>Following are the qualifying indices for 2005 National Merit Program (Juniors who took PSAT in 2003). The cutoff index for commended students was 200. About 1.33 million students took the test in 2005 and 2005. </p>
<p>2005 Cutoff index, #of semi. finalist, # commended::::2004 cutoff index, # semi, # Commended </p>
<p>AL,210,233,226::::208,247,201, </p>
<p>AK,211,40,51::::210,39,43, </p>
<p>AZ,211,271,339::::212,222,375, </p>
<p>AR,202,158,16, </p>
<p>CA,216,1869,4338::::216,1913,4509, </p>
<p>CO,213,234,448::::211,243,430, </p>
<p>CT,220,184,821::::219,207,904, </p>
<p>DE,220,184,821::::217,40,120, </p>
<p>FL,214,688,1390::::214,690,1457, </p>
<p>GA,217,378,1076::::214,398,904, </p>
<p>HA,216,68,191::::214,73,156, </p>
<p>ID,208,96,72::::204,92,46, </p>
<p>IL,216,694,1752::::214,726,1676, </p>
<p>IN,212,344,577::::211,339,518, </p>
<p>IA,209,208,212::::207,206,179, </p>
<p>KS,214,177,354::::212,191,274, </p>
<p>KE,210,234,231::::210,231,255, </p>
<p>LA,209,254,217::::209,274,266, </p>
<p>ME,214,83,172::::211,79,134, </p>
<p>MD,222,331,1677::::222,325,1486, </p>
<p>MA,222,333,1668::::222,337,1771 </p>
<p>MI,210,591,632::::209,557,636, </p>
<p>MN,215,321,746::::212,366,606 </p>
<p>MS,203,154,21::::200,165,0, </p>
<p>MO,213,344,532::::212,353,511, </p>
<p>MT,207,67,56::::206,64,58, </p>
<p>NB,208,125,87::::205,125,98, </p>
<p>NV,207,89,57::::204,87,36, </p>
<p>NH,215,75,167::::213,71,150, </p>
<p>NJ,221,480,2170::::221,492,2275, </p>
<p>NM,209,108,92::::208,108,84, </p>
<p>NY,218,955,2901::::218,956,3069, </p>
<p>NC,216,387,955::::213,361,760, </p>
<p>ND,204,50,16::::202,53,10, </p>
<p>OH,214,675,1303::::212,723,1233, </p>
<p>OK,208,224,162::::206,222,141, </p>
<p>OR,214,184,368::::213,176,393, </p>
<p>PA,215,757,1603::::215,722,1840, </p>
<p>RI,211,55,94::::213,61,122, </p>
<p>SC,213,190,354::::211,206,296, </p>
<p>SD,205,54,26::::206,60,35, </p>
<p>TN,216,258,569::::213,273,520 </p>
<p>TX,216,1273,2810::::216,1248,2936, </p>
<p>UT,204,181,49::::200,196,0 </p>
<p>VA,219,413,1462::::219 </p>
<p>VT,213,42,97::::213,41,107, </p>
<p>WA,216,313,853::::214,350,755, </p>
<p>WV,202,108,9::::201,114,8, </p>
<p>WI,211,378,475::::209,373,419, </p>
<p>WY,203,35,10::::200,37,0, </p>
<p>D.C,222,85,215::::222,80,243, </p>
<p>Territories,202,30,3::::200,27,0 </p>
<p>Outside US,222,49,337::::222,45,344, </p>
<p>Total semifinalist: </p>
<p>2005: 16,146, Total commended: 35,985 </p>
<p>2004: 16,326. Total commended: 35,489.</p>
<p>See this thread <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74297%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74297</a><br>
for details. Post #202 has links to historical cutoffs and official NMSC schedule.</p>