<p>Has anyone heard about KY? I found out last week that I made it, but my score was pretty high (233). I know last year's for KY was around a 210 (a 212, maybe? something like that) and since it isn't public until mid-September, I am trying to figure out if two of my friends (who got a 208 and a 210, respectively) made it. I was told personally by my principal, so I don't know if anyone else in my quite small (around 500 kids in all 4 grades, around 100 seniors) made it.</p>
<p>Has anyone found out from Virginia yet? What is the cutoff?</p>
<p>Does anyone know the cutoff for Washington yet?</p>
<p>Try this link for cutoff scores; it showed up in post#41 under thread 'National Merit Cutoff'.
<a href="http://hseagle.sas.edu.sg/hscounseling/Tests/NMSCindex.htm%5B/url%5D">http://hseagle.sas.edu.sg/hscounseling/Tests/NMSCindex.htm</a></p>
<p>I can't figure this out. My D was 214 and the cutoff for Georgia was 218 - fair enough. But 214 would have made the cutoff in 31 states, and GA ranks 49th in SAT scores. How can it be that it has the 19th highest cutoff?</p>
<p>Apparently, the top 1% of Georgia students from the some of the wealthy Atlanta suburbs are smarter than the top 1% of California or Pennsylvania students, despite the fact that the other 99% are clearly a lot less intelligent. Unfortunately for your daughter, I think Georgia's cutoff was normally 213-214 before last year when it jumped to 217 and then to 218 this year. However, I agree with you that this whole process is completely messed up.</p>
<p>Haz, you are right. The states best schools are primarily located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta (where I live). The quality of education (students and parental involvement) are top notch. I disagree however, that the PSAT, or any other standardized test is the official litmus test for intelligence.</p>
<p>Just remind yourself that PSAT in only for American Citizens and not all students take the exam...many don't. You are evaluating test takers.....not all students in the top1%.</p>
<p>The cutoff for Virginia was 220 (I was notified yesterday by my counselor).</p>
<p>I got a 224! So I'm glad with being a semifinalist, =).</p>
<p>Yay! My principal let me know that I was notified today! Seems awfully late, though...</p>
<p>Has anyone seen the list of semi-finalists?</p>
<p>drbott, today is the day the names can be made public. I wonder if your principal interpreted that to mean you could know as well. We're in Florida and my the date for my son to turn in the application was yesterday. What date did your principal give you? Congratulations in any case!!</p>
<p>How could your submission date be different than that of National Merit protocol? Does your school require something different?</p>
<p>hazmat, was that question directed to me? The dates were on the forms my son was given by the school.</p>
<p>I was but I know that a school can apparently set their own date......hmmmm</p>
<p>The school sets an earlier date for the forms to be turned back in into them because there is a section that your principal/counselor has to fill out. I know that my school also types the forms for us, but I doubt that's standard.</p>
<p>My principal let me know on the 13th, cowpernia. I wish it could have been earlier, but special circumstances... long story.</p>
<p>Got notified on Wednesday. Georgia with a 219, made it by one point. Doubt I'll get anywhere, maybe not even finalist, as out of the 8 in my school, I know for sure the rest of em have 4.0+ GPAs, and I have a dismal 3.45 relatively. Funny though, I was the only male in the whole school to get it.</p>
<p>xshare - as long as you have no C's and D's, and counselor or administrator is willing to vouch for you, you should be fine and reach NMF status. (Administrators LOVE having a large number of NMFs, so, unless you were in some pretty hot water, you should get the rec.)</p>
<p>I <em>do</em> have Cs and Ds though.. well... one or two Cs. One in Spanish and I think there was one low B in Math, both of which I brought up second semester.</p>