<p>wait dont some of the 50,000 "high scorers" who receive the letter NOT get commended. i.e. not all letter-receivers are selected for semi-finalist or commended?</p>
<p>no...all are either commended or semifinalists</p>
<p>Nothing in Florida yet; I scored a 215 (cutoff was 212 last year).</p>
<p>My son just got his letter today from his gc - we're in texas - and i know the letters were mailed from nm on april 14 to the schools</p>
<p>to all the schools? or just the schools in texas?</p>
<p>Letters came today in Ohio
And yes, everyone who receives a letter is either commended or semifinalist. The commendend is a national score, while semifinalist cutoffs vary from state to state. We won't know until August/Sept if we are commended or semi.</p>
<p>No letter today but my guidance counselor told me I made it (the school got notice first). She said THE CUTOFF SCORE WAS 200 FOR THIS YEAR. Thats directly from my guidance counselor from the National Merit people.</p>
<p>My heart goes out to the 199 earlier in this thread...</p>
<p>moment of silence.....</p>
<p>Haven't heard anything yet. I was the top scorer at my school with a 213 (Wisconsin), so my hopes are high. </p>
<p>Best of Luck All,
Mr. Impatient in Packerland (<<that's Green Bay, in case your not from planet Earth)</p>
<p>I just got mine today; the counselor was handing them out. So if your school district is maddeningly slow, like mine was distributing the original school reports, it may be a while. :P</p>
<p>will they come from the school and be directly mailed to your house...or one or the other?</p>
<p>eileenballerina, we are in ohio and have not seen a letter yet. did yours come from your GC?</p>
<p>Yes, my school received the letters today and the GCs handed them out at the end of the day.</p>
<p>201 in Florida. Got the letter from my Principal today. !!!!</p>
<p>I got my letter in the mail today...the date on the top says April 14, 2008 so everyone should be getting them sometime soon</p>
<p>Has ANYONE'S GC mentioned the cutoff. I saw above that someone said 200, but I can't be convinced with one person. At this point, I don't think anyone officially knows. I have a 199 so I am sweating balls.</p>
<p>another moment of silence</p>
<p>What does that mean.
Anyone??? Please tell me cutoff. I CAN'T be 200; tell me it went down one pt. from last year! PLEASSSE</p>
<p>Dude, calm down. I don't think any of us knows what the cutoff is...</p>