Official List of 2009 National Merit Semifinalist Scores

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<p>I wasn't sure if anybody had posted the official list of PSAT scores for 2009, but I stumbled across them at National</a> Merit Scholarships</p>

<p>Qualifying scores for the Class of 2009 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 209
Alaska 212
Arizona 209
Arkansas 204
California 217
Colorado 213
Connecticut 218
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 221
Florida 211
Georgia 215
Hawaii 216
Idaho 208
Illinois 214
Indiana 213
Iowa 210
Kansas 211
Kentucky 209
Louisiana 208
Maine 212
Maryland 220
Massachusetts 221
Michigan 209
Minnesota 214
Mississippi 201
Missouri 213
Montana 208
Nebraska 206
Nevada 206
New Hampshire 211
New Jersey 220
New Mexico 209
New York 216
North Carolina 215
North Dakota 201
Ohio 213
Oklahoma 208
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 213
Rhode Island 213
South Carolina 212
South Dakota 205
Tennessee 213
Texas 215
Utah 203
Vermont 213
Virginia 219
Washington 217
West Virginia 203
Wisconsin 210
Wyoming 201
International 221
U.S. Territories 201</p>

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<p>Thanks Tyler. Woo-hoo, DS#2 made it in Missouri!</p>

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<p>That's great, runmanstl, but are you just finding out now? The semifinalists for class of 2009 were notified in September, so if your son made it, you should know by know. Unless you are confusing this list for students graduating in 2010. This list is for people who were notified last September and graduate in 2009. But odds are, if your son made it based on this list, he will for the 2010 list.</p>

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<p>freakchild12,
Aha, my mistake. I thought this list was for current juniors. Well, his score is high enough that he should make it for 2010. </p>

<p>Thanks for pointing this out before I opened my mouth to anyone and got shot down!</p>

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<p>You're welcome =)</p>

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<p>NY is 216?!</p>

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<p>All juniors should move to Wyoming.</p>

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<p>I know, seriously. Did you know there are less than half a million people in the entire state? Not that I'm bashing it or anything, just a fun fact.</p>

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<p>Please remember this is last years list. The semifinalist cutoffs for current juniors will not be available until this fall.</p>

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<p>Oh, my gosh, you scared me! Son got a 207 in Louisiana. It will make me sick if he misses it by just one point. Oh, well, there's always commended.</p>

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<p>does anyone know the score cutoff for hispanic scholar??</p>

<p>thanks!! :D</p>

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<p>Cutoffs for Hispanic Scholar and National Achievement Scholar have never, to my knowledge, been publicized. Every now and then someone will post here and say they received one of the two scholar awards with xxx score.</p>

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<p>I believe a friend of mine contacted Hispanic Scholar, and with a 193 she was guaranteed to make it. To the best of my memory I think the cutoff for 2010 is 184, but I can't be sure.</p>

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I wasn't sure if anybody had posted the official list of PSAT scores for 2009

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<p>Every September someone here on CC (often fireflyscout) leads the effort to assemble cutoff scores. This year's final tally is here:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061054682-post583.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061054682-post583.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The list at the link provided is not, I think, "official" in that, so far as I know, it is not released by the NMSC. IIRC, it had an error for at least one state cutoff last year. This year the CC list and this disagree on the NV cut-off score. I cannot be sure which is correct.</p>

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<p>The link in the thread-opening post is definitely not from an official source. It may be copied in whole or in part from CC.</p>

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<p>I did contact National Merit last fall and confirmed that the Nevada cutoff was 207 for class of 09.</p>

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<p>There, you see. The source is not guaranteed accurate.</p>

<p>Thanks, firefly.</p>

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<p>Have heard that in Florida for 2010 class that College Board took all the way down to 96th percentile and it is going into a lottery to determine who is between 96th and 99th percentiles…Has anyone else heard this?</p>

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<p>Boo, I would have made it for Wyoming lol but not here in NC.</p>

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<p>^ ^ I doubt the story about Florida. What is the source for this statement?</p>