<p>General:
First of all, is the nomination determined solely on one's SAT score, or is the ACT considered as well?
Second, if the ACT is considered as well, is the highest score score (either SAT or ACT) used or is the lower of the two scores also taken into account?</p>
<p>Per state:
Is there information available on test score cutoff trends for individual states?</p>
<p>Yay, one hundred views.
Well, I’ve pretty much answered my questions at this point. The SAT M+CR is converted to an ACT scale out of 144, and then the highest score is considered from that.
I also talked to a few friends from my state who were nominated, and a couple of them didn’t have pure perfect scores (140-143). It looks as if a pure 36 on the ACT or 1600 M+CR on the SAT is needed only in states like California, Massachusetts, etc.</p>
<p>^I think you were referring to Presidential SCHOLARS, not ScholarSHIPS, as there are no scholarships associated with the Presidential Scholars program. </p>
<p>As you said in your own answer to yourself, it depends on the state. In my son’s state, I just found out that a student would need a perfect 2400 on the SAT or an ACT of 143 or higher to qualify. Wow. That’s pretty high!</p>
<p>There are a certain number from each state (of each sex), and so if you live in a state where that many people get perfect scores, perfect scores are required.</p>
<p>they choose 40 semifinalist per state. there are 2 finalists per state (one boy and one girl). 20 of the scholars are YoungARTS scholars. i’m pretty sure you have to have a near-perfect SAT score to even be considered for this. it’s a nomination so there is no application.</p>
<p>The faqs say that the writing portion of sat is disregarded, so presumably everyone with perfect 1600 on m and cr gets nominated?</p>
<p>My question is if the above is true, is it superscored?</p>
<p>^I’m pretty sure it’s not superscored. One sitting.</p>
<p>I got it you guyses. Yay.</p>