<p>I'm taking the PSAT this saturday.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist cutoff score is?</p>
<p>I'm taking the PSAT this saturday.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist cutoff score is?</p>
<p>Last year was 213 so it will probably be similar this year.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=385453&page=33%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=385453&page=33</a></p>
<p>Wait, I thought that was the score for semi-finalists this year. Wasn't it 218 for people who took the PSAT last year?</p>
<p>This was the chart user msp posted:</p>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '07->'08
. . . '99 .'01 .'04 .'05 .'06 .'07. . . 2008 . . . change
Commended 201 202 202 203 . . . 200. . . -3
AL. 211 208 208 210 212 212 . . . ??? . . . ??
AK. 214 211 210 211 212 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
AZ. 212 210 212 211 212 214 . . . <= 219 . . . ??
AR. 202 201 201 202 206 206 . . . ??? . . . ??
CA. 215 215 216 216 217 219 . . . 217 . . . -2
CO. 210 211 211 213 214 <=217 . ??? . . . ??
CT. 219 218 219 220 220 221 . . . ??? . . . ??
DE. 216 216 217 220 219<=219 ... ??? . . . ??
FL. 213 213 214 214 215 215 . . . <= 212 . . . ??
GA. 211 213 214 217 218 218 . . . ??? . . . ??
HI. 215 218 214 216 214 218 . . . ??? . . . ??
ID. 203 206 204 208 207 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
IL. 213 213 214 216 216 218 . . . 213 . . . -5
IN. 210 207 211 212 213 ??? . . . <= 214 . . . ??
IA. 209 209 207 209 210 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
KS. 212 211 212 214 215 213 . . . ??? . . . ??
KY. 207 208 210 210 212 212 . . . ??? . . . ??
LA. 207 208 209 209 211 209 . . . ??? . . . ??
ME. 214 213 211 214 212 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
MD. 220 220 222 222 222 223 . . . ??? . . . ??
MA. 222 221 222 222 222 224 . . . ??? . . . ??
MI. 209 209 209 210 211 211 . . . ??? . . . ??
MiN. 214 211 212 215 213 214-15.. ??? .. . ??
MS. 201 200 200 203 204 204. . . ??? . . . ??
MO. 211 210 212 213 213 214 . . . <= 221 . . . ??
MaN. 206 204 206 207 211 ??? . . ??? . . . ??
NB. 208 205 205 208 208 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
NV. 203 204 204 207 205 208-14 . ??? . . . ??
NH. 213 214 213 215 217 <=216 .. ??? . . . ??
NJ. 220 219 221 221 222 223 . . . ??? . . . ??
NM. 207 209 208 209 209 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
NY. 217 217 218 218 218 221 . . . ??? . . . ??
NC. 212 212 213 216 216 215 . . . ??? . . . ??
ND. 205 204 202 204 208 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
OH. 211 211 212 214 215 215 . . . <= 213 . . . ??
OK. 207 208 206 208 208 207 . . . ??? . . . ??
OR. 211 213 213 214 214 215 . . . ??? . . . ??
PA. 214 213 215 215 215 217 . . . ??? . . . ??
RI. 213 213 213 211 214 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
SC. 208 208 211 213 212 <=214 .. ??? . . . ??
SD. 204 202 206 205 206 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
TN. 212 212 213 216 216 217 . . . ??? . . . ??
TX. 214 214 216 216 217 217 . . . ??? . . . ??
UT. 203 204 200 204 207 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
VT. 212 213 213 213 218 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
VA. 218 218 219 219 220 220 . . . ??? . . . ??
WA. 212 213 214 216 216 219 . . . ??? . . . ??
WV. 203 202 201 202 206 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
WI. 210 208 209 211 211 211 . . . ??? . . . ??
WY. 204 201 200 203 204 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
DC. 222 221 222 222 222 ??? . . . ??? . . . ??
T&C 201 . ? . 200 202 204 ??? . . . ??? . . . ?? . . . . . US Terr'ys and Commwlths
out 222 . ? . 222 222 222 ??? . . . ??? . . . ?? . . . . . .schools outside the US
NE/MidAtl boarding 225 . ??? . . . . ??? . . . ??
. . . '99 .'01 .'04 .'05 .'06 .'07 . . . 2008 . . change</p>
<p>I was wrong to say "last year" without being more clear. People in IL who received NM last month (Sept 07) qualified by scoring with 213 on the exam they took in fall 2006.</p>
<p>Ah, really? That list I posted said that the score for 2008 semi-finalists would be 213...very confusing...</p>
<p>Also my friends at my school (in IL) who got semi-finalist told me that the selection index was 218 for them...hmmm</p>
<p>The cutoff for Illinois for those students who took the test in October, 2006, graduating in May/June, 2008 is 213.</p>
<p>The link posted by mdmom will take you to the list we compiled (and it is accurate) for state semifinalist cutoffs for the graduating class of 2008,</p>
<p>OIC</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying that</p>