Official National Merit Semifinalist Qualifying Score Thread for the Class of 2013

<p>jokahugo, everyone over 200 gets commended. Anxiously waiting in MI hoping for a drop like OK’s.</p>

<p>Waiting to hear cutoff for Alabama. School sits on info forever it seems.</p>

<p>Joka, that’s correct. She’ll be commended.</p>

<p>Any news from Texas? Hope that lower cutoffs trend will continue. DS is waiting with a 218. Congrats to all who made it!</p>

<p>agh, I’m sure a 218 will make it. Fingers crossed for you though. :)</p>

<p>222 in London, UK. Anxiously awaiting post from DC or MA.</p>

<p>CONGRATS to all who have qualified so far.</p>

<p>aghaby, I think 218 is really safe. Hoping in Texas for 216 and that’s a little more iffy.</p>

<p>It’s remarkable that Texas, California, and New York, which together historically supply about a third of the NM program entrants and over a quarter of the NM semifinalists, have yet to supply any score reports to this thread.</p>

<p>ugh, trying not to be but still hopeful with a 213 in illinois! any word of an il cutoff?</p>

<p>Southern California schools, at least in our aread, started today, so that accounts for some of the delay. We’re hoping to hear something soon. My child has a 222, which seems to look good, but we’d sure like to know for certain.</p>

<p>Most TX schools started Monday, but we haven’t heard anything from anybody. Sitting on a 216, super anxious…!</p>

<p>Datnab, thank you for reporting! I’m also a 216 is GA. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YESSSSSSSSS! :D:D:D:D:D</p>

<p>@ squidge – I just PM’d you.</p>

<p>Yeup still waiting in Texas. Hope to hear by the end of the week.</p>

<p>made it from IL, semifinalist 226</p>

<p>Moving fast! Congrats to all who qualify.</p>

<p>I am adding in the deltas for the finalized cutoffs.</p>

<p>Just to be clear, anyone can copy, edit, and re-post the list with updated information.</p>

<p>Last years cutoffs:</p>

<p>AL 211; AK 212; AZ 213; AR 205; CA 221; CO 215; CT 220; DE 217; DC 223; FL 214; GA 218; HI 216; 211; IL 216; IN 214; IA 210; KS 214; KY 212; LA 209; ME 212; MD 221; MA 223; MI 210; MN 215; MS 205; MO 213; MT 209; NE 209; NV 209; NH 216; NJ 223; NM 210; NY 219; NC 217; ND 204; OH 214; OK 209; OR 216; PA 215; RI 213; SC 211; SD 206; TN 214; TX 219; UT 208; VT 217; VA 220; WA 220; WV 204; WI 209; WY 204; International 223; New England Boarding Schools 223; Commended Scholar 202</p>

<p>Clapuma’s informed guesses for this year’s cutoff’s:</p>

<p>CA 219 (-2); FL 211 (-3); GA 215 (-3); IL 214 (-2); MD 220/221 (0/-1); MI 209 (-1); MO 210 (-3); NJ 221 (-2); NY 218 (-1); OH 211 (-3); PA 214 (-1); TX 216 (-3); VA 219 (-1)</p>

<p>Remaining states that need to be finalized:</p>

<p>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, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND,
OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY</p>

<p>Updating <states updated=""></states></p>

<p>AL<=211 (post #130)
AK=?
AZ=?
AR=?
CA=?
CO<=214 (post #140)
CT=?
DE=?
DC=?
FL<=213 (post #107)
GA<=216 (post #154)
HI=?
ID=?
IL<=214 (post #178)
IN=?
IA=?
KS=?
KY<=208 (post #109)
LA=?
ME=?
MD<=219 (post #149)
MA=?
MI=?
MN=?
MS=?
MO=?
MT=?
**NE=207<a href=“post%20#145,%20-2”>/B</a>
NV=?
NH<=217 (post #110)
**NJ=221<a href=“post%20#158,%20-2”>/B</a>
NM=?
NY=?
NC<=220 (post #72)
ND=?
OH<=213 (post #142)
**OK=206<a href=“post%20#137,%20-3”>/B</a>
OR=?
PA=?
RI=?
SC<=213 (post #136)
SD=?
**TN=210<a href=“post%20#152,%20-4”>/B</a>
TX=?
UT=?
VT=?
VA=?
WA<=222 (post #116)
WV=?
WI<=212 (post #125)
WY=?</p>

<p>10(?) Boarding school regions
NE region=221
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) = 200
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>Kansas is 212. Down 2.</p>

<p>and it is soooo hard to keep. My son’s 212 qualified him in Tennessee! But his school has not notified him yet. I want him to have the experience and excitement of learning about it with his fellow qualifiers at school. And getting to come home and tell his family. But it is so hard - each time I look at him I grin like a loon!</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone. And thank you to everyone who has shared their announcement!</p>

<p>Mater Mia…did you hear the Kansas cutoff score of 212 from your school? My daughter’s school hasn’t released anything yet and she has a 214. Just wanting to confirm.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I don’t think many Calif schools have started yet.</p>