<p>EarlVanDorn Thanks for posting your 8th and 9th graders scores, I don’t feel so alone now!</p>
<p>Am I correct in understanding that current 8th and 9th graders will be taking the a <em>new</em> type of PSAT in 2015 and SAT in 2016? Is any information on these new tests available yet?</p>
<p>Arizona, 203</p>
<p>Worst I’ve felt since freshman year bullying.</p>
<p>Our junior son just received 223 in Maine… have no idea if its good enough for any consideration???</p>
<p>227, California</p>
<p>Dobsieguide, congrats on your son’s 223! He seems like a lock for semi-finalist with that score. 220’s are locks for all except for north-eastern states (not Maine) and California, and 225 is the holy grail that gets you semi-finalist regardless of your state. Only problem is if your son is in a boarding school.</p>
<p>Buggie111-I don’t think Commended gets you anything but a pat on the back, but coming from a family of overachievers, I don’t want to be the weak link in the chain!</p>
<p>228 in a boarding school in NJ, is the score high enough to be a semifinalist?</p>
<p>WOW. You should be putting your feet up and grinning ear to ear with 228!</p>
<p>Kansas 227, up from a 214 his sophomore year.</p>
<p>S did great in Math (780) and CR was good (690) but W brought his total down – too low for NY.</p>
<p>I tell him that while NM Finalist would have been ideal, most colleges will look at his SAT M and CR and those will be strong.</p>
<p>It is hard because in many (most?) other states he would have made it…but not here.</p>
<p>228 for my daughter in Oklahoma, 10/16 test date:
80 CR
68 M (missed 5)
80 W
99th percentile</p>
<p>She has yet to take the SAT (she will be taking it in March, 2014) and will most likely take the SAT a few more times before December, 2014. Do we use the 0085 NMSC code each time she takes the SAT? Does NMSC automatically take the highest score?</p>
<p>These threads are so helpful. My daughter is my oldest child, and I feel nervous about rules/deadlines I may be missing in this slog toward college. Thanks so much to anyone who is able to answer my questions, and I congratulate all the test-takers on their efforts.</p>
<p>Indiana 225</p>
<p>WI, 230, 99th percentile.</p>
<p>CR 73 / M 80 / W 77</p>
<p>233 Pennsylvania
75 CR 80 M 78 W
Those CR vocab questions always kill me. This is a bit off-topic, but does anyone who got all of the vocab right know of any good resources for vocab study for the actual SAT?</p>
<p>220 AZ 99th Percentile
CR 68/ M 80/ W 72
Seems good enough for national merit?</p>
<p>PA - 209… 76 Math, 70 Writing, 63 Critical Reading</p>
<p>It should be fine swerve. Only the really really competitive states have a cutoff above 220. I think Arizona was 214 last year, so assuming they’re around there again you should be fine.</p>
<p>@fish01 </p>
<p>alright thanks for the help!</p>
<p>@fish01 </p>
<p>alright thanks for the help!</p>