<p>That’s what it sounds like Texaspg. According to the charts on the first page, Texas has usually been 215, with 216 being the outlier for several years. Maybe scores are going up across all states this year?</p>
<p>has anyone from colorado heard about their score?</p>
<p>“I’m a guidance counselor in Oklahoma. It did not come in the mail for us today.”</p>
<p>OKMOM, Any chance you are going in to look at the mail tomorrow? This waiting is tough. My d made a 209, so she has some good margin from last year’s 206. I am hopeful, but not sure by any stretch.</p>
<p>Any news from Florida?</p>
<p>I would love to look in the mail tomorrow, but the post office doesn’t deliver mail to the school on Saturday. Boo hoo! The waiting is terrible.</p>
<p>Was told by my Sons Principle that the Texas Cutoff was 219. Not sure how he knows but thought I would report it.</p>
<p>219 sounds like an unreasonable jump of 4 points.</p>
<p>I was informed that 219 was at least good enough for Michigan…don’t know how to include that information in the template, though…</p>
<p>I thought Michigan was lower? 209 or something? Michigander here with no news yet…fingers crossed though. I think I had a 212?</p>
<p>Sent from my Vortex using CC App</p>
<p>California with a 225 is NMSF.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why they need a semi-finalist stage. 16,000 semi-finalists vs. 15,000 finalists seems kinda pointless…</p>
<p>To weed out those with low GPAs and discipline issues.</p>
<p>The news on Ohio is so disappointing. With the last four years cutoffs being 2011-212, 2010-211, 2009-213, 2008-211 - we were so hopeful that a 213 was going to make the cutoff. This one is really hard - especially when the older sibling earned national merit a couple years back. I know there is always a group of students that miss the cutoff by one - my student is now part of that unenviable group.</p>
<p>Have other states found that the scores inched up higher than the past several years?</p>
<p>“I know there is always a group of students that miss the cutoff by one - my student is now part of that unenviable group.”</p>
<p>That is a rough one. I equate that with finishing 4th at the Olympics. Overall an outstanding performance, but you are just shy of the prize. Something to be proud of, yet hard to take.</p>
<p>Still no news in NC. This waiting is driving me nuts!</p>
<p>With due respect to those posting “I heard” information, I’d rather not update the template with it this early in the game. I feel much better about “I made x” or “my S or D made y” and did or didn’t make it.</p>
<p>‘Congratulations’ to those with letter in hand; ‘hang in there’ to those holding their collective breath; and ‘sorry’ to those that didn’t make it–depending on how Texas turns out, I may be joining you shortly.</p>
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<p>Remaining states that need to be finalized:
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA,
ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND,
OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY</p>
<p>Updating CA, IN, TX</p>
<p>AL=? (post #?, per GC/NMSC/other)
AK=?
AZ=?
AR=?
CA<=225 (post #50)
CO=?
CT=?
DE=?
DC=?
FL=?
GA=?
HI=?
ID=?
IL=?
IN<=215 (post #34)
IA=?
KS=?
KY=?
LA=?
ME=?
MD=?
MA=?
MI=?
MN=?
MS=?
MO=?
MT=?
NE<=215 (post #10)
NV=?
NH=?
NJ=?
NM=?
NY=?
NC=?
ND=?
OH=214 (post #28)
OK=?
OR=?
PA=?
RI=?
SC=?
SD=?
TN=?
TX>216,<=224 (post #29)
UT=?
VT=?
VA=?
WA=?
WV=?
WI=?
WY=?</p>
<p>10(?) Boarding school regions
No scores reported yet.
These usually are set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among the individual states in the region.</p>
<p>Internationals=?
This usually is set to be equal to the highest cut-off score among all the individual states.</p>
<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 202 ([Class</a> of 2012 Notification Letters - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1107182]Class”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1107182))
Any person with a score equal to or higher than this cutoff who is not a NMSF receives commended status. This group represents the highest 50,000 scorers.</p>
<p>A 2-point jump across the board would be devastating to students like my son. We live in Louisiana and he scored a 211. The cutoff has never been higher than that. Last year’s cutoff was 210. He has focused his college search on schools that give NM money.</p>
<p>C’est la vie. Let’s see what happens.</p>
<p>It does seem to be higher this year. Ohio has been 211 most often for the past 10 years or so with a 212 and 213 thrown in. 2005 had highest cut off of 215. Last year was 212, so this is a 2 point increase.</p>
<p>Just because a few states have gone up, doesn’t mean that all states will go up. It all depends on how this crop of students, in any given state, does in comparison with last years crop (given all other variables stay the same, i.e., the population of graduation seniors does not increase or decrease significantly. In Louisiana, the 3 point jump last year had everything to do with the fact that the NMSF decreased in number from 229 for the Class of 2010 to 186 (because of the mass exodus of students from Hurricane Katrina) for the Class of 2011. This is coupled with the fact that the Class of 2011 did significantly better than the Class of 2010 on the PSAT. </p>
<p>In Texas, it looks like that the seniors from this year did significantly better than those of last year, hence the increase in cut-off. In Ohio, it looks like the same thing.</p>
<p>^Where do you find the number of NMSF for each state?</p>
<p>If you are looking for something to do while waiting;</p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/psat/cb-jr-soph/juniors[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/psat/cb-jr-soph/juniors</a></p>
<p>It lists the score distribution. For Texas, percentage of students who scored 75-80 range went up in all three subjects compared to the previous year. Same for Ohio as wemel was saying.</p>