<p>any predictions for the NMSF cutoff for oregon this year? i got a 213 and am wondering if that will be enough to qualify me for semifinalist…the trends in the past years have been 218, 213, 216, 215, 213, 213, 213! i am hoping and PRAYING that i made it!
also just for kicks:
63 CR (ugh)
76 M
74 WR</p>
<p>220… enough for New York??</p>
<p>any predictions for the NMSF cutoff for oregon this year? i got a 213 and am wondering if that will be enough to qualify me for semifinalist…the trends in the past years have been 218, 213, 216, 215, 213, 213, 213! i am hoping and PRAYING that i made it!
also just for kicks:
63 CR (ugh)
76 M
74 WR</p>
<p>oops didn’t mean to send it twice up there^…
@kingglowsticks if the cutoff is around the same this year as they were years before i would say you’re on the borderline, but most likely yes</p>
<p>Hi
I got 236 80 M/W (-0) 76 R(-2)
In California </p>
<p>But more importantly, can someone explain to me what some one gets for being a semifinal it’s and finalist? And how to be those? And also the difference between finalist and semifinalist?</p>
<p>Also do colleges see these scores?</p>
<p>198 FLA</p>
<p>So dissapointed. Score went down from last year. Really bummed out about this…</p>
<p>95% percentile so I didn’t even get Commended…</p>
<p>My daughter scored 228 in NC. A bit lower than last year, but she’s very pleased.</p>
<p>For those asking about National Merit cutoffs, here is a link to the table for last year’s PSAT. The cutoffs should be somewhat similar for this year’s test.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Nat-Merit-Semifinalist-Class-2014-Cutoff-Release.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Nat-Merit-Semifinalist-Class-2014-Cutoff-Release.pdf</a></p>
<p>MI - 212 Composite score - 98%</p>
<p>AL - 233</p>
<p>Not complaining about it but its a bit underwhelming when you get the exact same subscores as the year before.</p>
<p>My daughter scored 217 in PA, 99th percentile. Hope it’s high enough!</p>
<p>My son took the PSAT in October and is a freshman. How are his scores viewed?</p>
<p>My DD just got her scores in Texas: 235, 99th percentile</p>
<p>CR: 79 (-1)
M: 78 (-1)
W: 78 (-1)</p>
<p>So happy for her! Good luck to everyone.</p>
<p>Can someone tell me if one needs to be 96% or higher in each section, or is it just overall? (i.e 200) and is it over 96% (203) who get commended or people in the 96% and above? Thank you.</p>
<p>Rugby1 the PSAT is only normed against 10th graders and college bond juniors. If you look at his score report he will be compared to sophomores in the big numbers across the top, bellow that it say, “your score was higher than xx% of sophomores” for each section. Below that in the NMS box you will see your total score with an asterisk indicating that you are not eligible for NMS because of your grade level. Below that you see your percentile compared with college-bound juniors.</p>
<p>Only the score in your junior year counts for anything, the PSAT taken in any other grade is just practice.</p>
<p>dougiezmd…If you read through the stickied thread at the top of the NM forum you can see what scholarships are available to NMFs. Becoming a NMSF basically makes you eligible for scholarship consideration from NMSC, but the large $$ scholarships from individual school (UKy, Oklahoma, Ok State, UAB, etc.) are separate from those offered through NMSC. Most of them still require reaching NMF status though.</p>
<p>bsalum…The commended cutoff score is strictly a function of the overall score being at or above a certain number. Last year’s commended cutoff was 203, but it can fluctuate from one year to the next. It doesn’t matter what your subscores or individual percentiles are, just where your total falls relative to the cutoff. Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all those with great scores!!</p>
<p>From a friend – 208 or 209 was 98th percentile in Arizona.</p>
<p>Thanks Wolverine86. </p>
<p>Is the cut off still up for debate? I thought it somehow correlated to the 96%? </p>
<p>Isn’t the link Yankee Belle provided accurate:</p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf</a></p>
<p>The best way to figure a state’s expected cutoff scores is to look at the national percentile that was the cutoff in year’s past.</p>
<p>In some states there are no commended students. Anyone scoring in the top three or four percent nationally is in the top one percent of that state. In other states, only a single score or two will be commended, with NMSF going to anyone in roughly the 97.5th percentile or higher.</p>
<p>The point of all this is that once you determine what approximate percentile was good enough to earn NMSF in any given state in the the past, you can locate the corresponding score for this year and get a good idea of your chances.</p>
<p>I don’t have last year’s percentile chart, but as a rough and ready rule a national percentile that was good enough in past year’s to earn NMSF should be enough this year. In Mississippi, for example, a score in what I would estimate to be the 97.5th percentile or higher has done the trick in the past, so this year a 205 should make it and a 204 has a chance. I suppose 203 might have a chance, too, but it’s a long shot.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was referencing my previous post- if we are talking “commended”, the score is a singular number for the entire nation. I am trying to figure out if the commended score is tied to the 96th% - as some have suggested…</p>