<p>My son got a 211 in RI which is a great score but based on past history in RI will not be enough to make NMSF. I won’t know for certain until we get the cutoff months from now but he probably missed by one question.</p>
<p>Too bad he went to public school and they don’t get them prepped to take these tests. In RI last year the vast majority of NMSF went to private schools.</p>
<p>It’s absurd the amount of importance one test can have on a child’s future. If I had realized how much the deck was stacked against him by not going to a school that gets them ready for this in their curriculum-as I have now learned all the “top” private schools around here do-I would have made sure I got him to a class to get him ready so the playing field could be somewhat level.</p>
<p>We will proceed with the assumption he will be a NM Commended Scholar and go from there. I am glad I found this site so I can get information that can help him in the future. I had heard the college process was confusing but until you get into it I had no idea how much you need to know. I feel he’s already been put behind the eight ball by me not knowing the importance of one test.</p>
<p>Oh well…this won’t happen with my daughter-if she doesn’t make it at least she’ll be more prepared.</p>