Official 2006 PSAT Scores Thread

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<p>Here's the detailed chart from last year, compiled by rlvj. Link is</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...=74297&page=45%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...=74297&page=45&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The table below shows minimums for the 2007 National Merit Program (2005 PSAT) in blue, based on posts to this thread between 8/24/06 and 9/21/06. It includes historical minimums from a variety of sources, which are mostly listed in post #354. State/regions for which 2007 data are not shown did not receive adequate posts to comment on their minimum.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '06->'07
. . . '99 .'01 .'04 .'05 .'06 . .2007 . . . change . . . . . post #s .
Commended 201 202 202 . . 203 . . . +1
AL. 211 208 208 210 212 . . 212 . . . no change . . . 231, 263, 286, 336
AK. 214 211 210 211 212
AZ. 212 210 212 211 212 . . 214 . . . +2 . . . . . . . . 321
AR. 202 201 201 202 206 . . 206 . . . no change . . . 319, 326
CA. 215 215 216 216 217 . . 219 . . . +2 . . . . . . . . 347X,376,380,398,419X,421X,425X,432,511,533
CO. 210 211 211 213 214 .<=217 . . . ? . . . . . . . . . 569
CT. 219 218 219 220 220 . . 221 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . .491, 561
DE. 216 216 217 220 219 .<=219 . . . ? . . . . . . . . . .632
FL. 213 213 214 214 215 . . 215 . . . .no change . . . .274, 277, 324, 637
GA. 211 213 214 217 218 . . 218 . . . .no change. . . .370X, 497
HI. 215 218 214 216 214 . . 218 . . . .+4 (-2 last yr) .271
ID. 203 206 204 208 207
IL. 213 213 214 216 216 . . .218 . . . +2 . . . . . . . . .309, 312, 445, 522
IN. 210 207 211 212 213
IA. 209 209 207 209 210
KS. 212 211 212 214 215 . . 213 . . . -2 . . . . . . . . . 368, 369, 372, 428
KY. 207 208 210 210 212 . . 212 . . . .no change . . . 438
LA. 207 208 209 209 211 . . 209 . . . -2 . . . . . . . . . 644
ME. 214 213 211 214 212
MD. 220 220 222 222 222 . . 223 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . .403, 418, 420, 423, 510
MA. 222 221 222 222 222 . . 224 . . . +2 . . . . . . . . .444
MI. 209 209 209 210 211 . . .211 . . . no change . . . 411X, 473, 475. 476, 480, 482
MN. 214 211 212 215 213 214-15 . . .+1? . . . . . . . . 488
MS. 201 200 200 203 204 . . 204. . . . no change . . .375
MO. 211 210 212 213 213 . . 214 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . .234
MN. 206 204 206 207 211
NB. 208 205 205 208 208
NV. 203 204 204 207 205 208-14 . . . +? . . . . . . . . 373, 489
NH. 213 214 213 215 217 .<=216 . . . -1? . . . . . . . .609
NJ. 220 219 221 221 222 . . .223 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . 485, 514, 527
NM. 207 209 208 209 209
NY. 217 217 218 218 218 . . 221 . . . +3 . . . . . . . . .333, 338, 340, 344, 487, 601
NC. 212 212 213 216 216 . . 215 . . . -1 . . . . . . . . .506
ND. 205 204 202 204 208
OH. 211 211 212 214 215 . . 215 . . . no change . . . 247, 252
OK. 207 208 206 208 208 . . 207 . . . -1 . . . . . . . . .591, 592
OR. 211 213 213 214 214 . . 215 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . .583
PA. 214 213 215 215 215 . . 217 . . . .+2 . . . . . . . . 452, 477, 478, 509, 524
RI. 213 213 213 211 214
SC. 208 208 211 213 212 .<=214 . . . +2? . . . . . . . .272 says '06 was 215 vs. 212 elsewhere, 584
SD. 204 202 206 205 206
TN. 212 212 213 216 216 . . 217 . . . +1 . . . . . . . . .303, 405
TX. 214 214 216 216 217 . . 217 . . . .no change . . . 227, 386, 387, 399, 454, 616
UT. 203 204 200 204 207
VT. 212 213 213 213 218
VA. 218 218 219 219 220 . . 220 . . . .no change . . . 335
WA. 212 213 214 216 216 . . 219 . . . +3 . . . . . . . . .572, 574, 615
WV. 203 202 201 202 206
WI. 210 208 209 211 211 . . 211 . . . .no change . . . 610
WY. 204 201 200 203 204
DC. 222 221 222 222 222
T&C 201 . ? . 200 202 204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US Terr'ys and Commwlths
out 222 . ? . 222 222 222 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .schools outside the US
NE/MidAtl boarding schools . 225 . . . ? . . . . . . . . . .621
. . . '99 .'01 .'04 .'05 .'06 . .2007 . . . change . . . . . post #s .</p>

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<p>omg the mailman's coming!!! i've been waiting 3 days already!!!</p>

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<p>"Mine came today, yay. They were much worse than I expected though, I thought I had done really well </p>

<p>Reading - 9 wrong, 0 omit - 65
Math - 0 wrong, 0 omit - 80
Writing - 4 wrong, 0 omit - 69
Total: 214"</p>

<p>WEIRD, Krofh, I got the exact same breakdown as you. Were you looking over my shoulder? :)</p>

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<p>I took the PSAT just for practice as a sophomore and got a 182, which is far below what I expected.</p>

<p>But I went to bed at 2 AM the night before and didn't even study for it (since it was just for the experience), so I'm not too discouraged.</p>

65

<p>236 (76 math, other 2 80).</p>

<p>Should be semifinalist even here in MA, if they look too closely at freshman grades though that will most likely knock me off</p>

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<p>if 236 aint national merit, what is ^?</p>

67

<p>225 (76 math, 78 cr, 71 w)</p>

<p>Too bad I couldn't just cut off the 0 from my SAT score. Maybe I'll make semi-finalist, but just barely. Pft. New Jersey.</p>

68

<p>i took as practice (sophomore) without practice... but did below what i expected:</p>

<p>saturday test
CR- 4 wrong 1 omit- 75
M- 0 wrong 0 omit- 80
W- 5 wrong 0 omit- 66
total- 221 >:(
i didn't think i got that many writing wrong...</p>

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<p>4 wrong, 1 omit is a 75? I can't figure out the reading curve....
I thought 4 wrong and 0 omit is a 75</p>

70

<p>I cant believe that one wrong on the math is a 76 >.>. The sad part was I could have gotten the problem I missed right if I had had one more minute...</p>

71

<p>ooops i meant 3 wrong 1 omit :)</p>

72

<p>Oh, okay :)</p>

73

<p>PSAT scores are out? Why haven't I seen mine yet.... gah.</p>

74

<p>your school decides how/when they get distributed :)</p>

75

<p>I'm predicting I'll get a 210ish in Minnesota. That'll probably leave short of nm semifinalist. I know being a semifinalist looks pretty good on applications, but how do colleges look at commended students?</p>

76

<p>I am freaking terrified. I think my school is usually slow in getting them... I'm going to cry.</p>

77

<p>Don't worry guys. Mine came today and before it came, my school guidance counselor said that if they don't come by this week and early next week, it will probably come on week of 18th so don't worry, it will "eventually" come.</p>

<p>I got:
57 CR
80 Math</p>

<h2>53 Writing</h2>

<p>190 Total</p>

<p>Okay I know I'm far off from NMSQT anyway but I would be content with my score if my writing wasn't so ridiculously low. My CR improved by 8 points from last year but my writing (even though I studied for it and got 700 once on practice) got 2 points lower than last year.</p>

<p>I think I DEFINITELY need to watch out for this when I'm taking SAT in January but I honestly don't know what to do for writing. Other thread suggested RocketReview. What do you guys say, you 80 on writings?</p>

78

<p>uh...pay attention to what you say and how you say it?</p>

<p>review grammer?</p>

79

<p>I still have not received mine. I guess they're still getting mailed out..</p>

80

<p>to improve writing, just read. it's that simple. you'll get used to hearing properly constructed sentences and it will be easier to recognize errors. you can also try to review simple grammer, like kyzan suggested (e.g. the "different from" rule, fewer vs. less...). try to pay attention to what every word is modifying in the sat sentences. this way, you'll know if a word must be plural or singular.</p>