NJ Governor School

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hi. I am a junior who applied for 2008 NJ Governor's School of Science. I recently got my PSAT score and I was dismayed, because I didn't do well this year...(sophomore 2370 -> junior 2220).
I wonder how much my decreased score will affect my application. I already have good GPA (4.19 unweighted), SAT II's (physics, chemistry: 800 us history: 780), and some decent ECs (Columbia University Science Honors Program, NJ Science League, AMC&AIME, school newspaper photo editor, fencing, etc.) My teachers' recommendation papers were really good, and I think my essay was fine too.
Does a lower PSAT score deeply affect my chance of getting into Governor's School? I've heard a lot of nice things about this program, and I sincerely want to get in. The projects they do there seem challenging but awesome as well...</p>

<pre><code>Thank you all for your patient reading, and I wait for your helpful counsel.
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<p>my counselor told me that they don't care about PSAT scores very much...</p>

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<p>Depends on which school you're applying to and which county you're applying from.</p>

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<p>um. The science website says that county nominations were due today, and that they would be emailing people if their app got sent to the state. However, it also says that only 4 counties have been notified... I wanna know if I made it this far!</p>

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<p>what? holy crap...so when do we find out if we made it past counties?</p>

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<p>is it the same for the other schools, like public issues? the website doesn't say anything.</p>

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<p>does anyone know how you find out if you made it past the counties?</p>

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<p>You get a letter in the mail.</p>

<p>I got my letter in January, sent on January 25, 2007.</p>

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<p>to the OP, i think ur stats are fine. i wouldn't worry about it too much. i went to international studies last yr and there were a good range of sats scores from prolly 2100 to 2400 (we had two of them lol)...maybe sciences care more? idk, but from what u hv u look pretty good...best of luck</p>

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<p>I haven't looked back at this post for a while, but thank you all for your replies. I passed through the county level, so I hope I can make it through March and get into the program :-)</p>

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<p>how do you know if you passed through the county level? </p>

<p>I asked my counselor and she said that we wouldn't find out until April if we made it into the program, but we wouldn't find out if we made it past counties or not...wth</p>

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<p>
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You get a letter in the mail.</p>

<p>I got my letter in January, sent on January 25, 2007.

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<p>This was my letter telling me I made it past counties. It also said that there were 12 candidates from my county. It was signed in ink too.</p>

<p>The envelope was from</p>

<p>County of _______
Superintendent of Schools</p>

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<p>This is from the NJGSS website</p>

<p>County Status</p>

<p>As of December 10, candidates from the following counties have been notified:</p>

<p>Bergen
Cumberland
Gloucester
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Passaic
Salem
Sussex</p>

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<p>my county isnt listed yet...ahh the wait is killing me</p>

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<p>me too :)
it's so hard waiting.</p>

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<p>How did you get an unweighted GPA of 4.19?</p>

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<p>Some schools use 4.33 for A+</p>

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<p>Ha, I was wondering the same thing about her GPA.</p>

<p>We don't have A+'s at our school. :/
They got rid of them.</p>

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<p>did they notify morris county yet? i applied to engineering and haven't gotten anything</p>

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<p>my cousin is an alumni of NJGSS and he said that PSATs weren't that important.</p>