National Merit SAT

<p>Does anyone know what you need to get on the real SAT if you made the cutoff for PSAT?</p>

<p>If you are talking about the cutoff (for SAT) to qualify for NMF, it is 1960 I believe. Pretty low if you ask me.</p>

<p>Given that some states have cutoffs in the low 200’s, that score probably attempts to accommodate everyone. It is also worth mentioning that that score is calculated by this formula CR + M + (Writing subscore)x10 instead of your actual SAT score: the essay is not considered.</p>