<p>Whoo! I'm a semi-finalist! I just found out today. Has anyone else been notified yet? What sort of process is the finalist application, and how hard is it to become one?</p>
<p>Congratulations! My school takes a rediculously long time to give us stuff like that (didn't get PSAT scores until middle of January), so I'm expecting to wait awhile before hearing anything.</p>
<p>On another thread here the state cutoffs are posted so you can look them up for yourselves. I mean it is usually close.</p>
<p>So PSAT scores aren't used for determining finalist status; just commended and semi-finalist? I hope so because my SAT scores are a lot higher than my PSAT.</p>
<p>congrats where did u get the notice? school or home? or even email?</p>
<p>My principal called me, so I guess they've been released to the schools.</p>
<p>Ahh, shucks. No notification? I guess that means I'm commended?...or...well, I'm probably commended anyway, living in MA :D. But do commended people get letters too?</p>
<p>some schools are very slow about notifying....you may still hear something. Yes, you will get a notice of commendation also.....but wait to see what category you qualify for.</p>
<p>Or perhaps your school just isn't personally calling everyone. Look at last years' cutoffs. They don't vary much from year to year.</p>
<p>ohh, hate it when I type too slow. lol</p>
<p>Who knows why some schools are so slow......maybe they hand it off to the guidance counselor who is busy doling out the punishment of the day and forgets to contact the smart, good kids.</p>
<p>Do we have a list of this year (2005) state cutoffs yet? My school hasn't handed any notices ut yet. I'm pretty sure I made the cutoff (beat the old cutoff by 3).</p>
<p>Hm. Well, first, has everyone else here started school yet? I haven't...and I seem to be in the minority among a lot of my other friends. </p>
<p>But oh well...my PSAT score dropped three points. A 220 in MA can't possibly make semifinalist =p</p>
<p>Congrats to the OP and to anyone else who's a semifinalist. As for the finalist process, you'll get a foldout application on which you have to fill in a bunch of information and write your essay. You also have to get CB to submit a SAT score report with a SAT score thats fairly similar to your PSAT score. I don't remember if they ask for a transcript or not. Of the 16000 semifinalists, 15,000 of them will go on to become finalists.</p>
<p>As for cutoffs, last year I remember that my counselor had a booklet with the names of all semi-finalists nationwide as well as the cutoffs for each state, but they were not allowed to disclose that information until a certain date (Sept 15th?). We ended up getting the cut-off information on CC a week or two before it was supposed to be released.</p>
<p>Are finalists determined within states, or nationwide?</p>
<p>states i think, and good job!</p>
<p>does anyone have that website with the state cutoffs???</p>
<p>this was posted on another forum</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>Does anyone know the 2006 Cutoff scores yet???</p>