<p>erm how do they pick NMF anyways? im currently a sophomore with a 219 PSAT score, hoping to get above 230 next year.</p>
<p>you send them your transcript and a bunch of other information about you and then they narrow it down</p>
<p>i scored 220 but apparently did not get anything</p>
<p>my son got 219 and understand cut off score for the outside the u.s. schools,is very high like 222-224 in the past.</p>
<p>but it is curious that my son got 99 ,99,99 percentile in reading,math,writing in the group.( 68 ,80,71 point each)</p>
<p>I would like to know whether 99 percentile score student in outside u.s. school group can be sure to be semifinalist or not.</p>
<p>the psat for 2009( 2007 tested) is very difficult especially for outside the u.s. schools students ? or any other requirements for them?</p>
<p>any comments would be helpful.</p>
<p>Anyone have last year's semifinalist cut-off for New York?</p>
<p>Texas A&M University in college station, texas</p>
<p>@ jeong sohn: 219 probably won't make it. for internationals, i would say at least 225 just to be safe. semifinalists are upper .5% of the 99th percentile, so just cuz u made 99th percentile doesn't necessarily mean ur semi, especially for international, but u definitely got commended</p>
<p>jeong sohn, your son's scores are amazing! Congratulations. Be proud of his ability and hard work. He would be finalist in many US states.</p>
<p>FYI, U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent U.S. residence is a requirement for Finalist status. </p>
<p>I think NMF is seriously undervalued by most students and their families, but our experience is that it offers a wide array of very fine opportunities at bargain prices. If you don't qualify for need-based financial aid, it's especially valuable.</p>
<p>yeah but u kinda needa be a "Scholar" in order to start getting some moniiz:P</p>
<p>Actually, many, many schools provide substantial merit awards for NM finalists who designate their schools first choice. You do not have to make the very short "Scholar" list in order to benefit from large merit awards.</p>
<p>^is there a list of schools that do this?</p>
<p>There was a list here sometime ago, you might try to do a search to find. I can name a few good schools that offer great National Merit scholarships to those who designated them as their first choice school. Alabama, Arizona, ASU, Baylor, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Central Florida, Southern Florida. You are also guaranteed to get into these schools' honors college/program.</p>
<p>OU and Texas A&M both give huge amounts...</p>
<p>over and beyond tuition in some cases..</p>
<p>to add to the lists given by Christian2 and rssll5, also received letters from Nebraska, Michigan State, and UT-Dallas which show substantial merit aid for National Merit Finalists. And there's also the half-tuition scholarship at USC for accepted National Merit Finalists.</p>
<p>well i didn't get like any sleep the night before (like 3 hours), then was throwing up the day i took the PSAT. i thought it was the next day, so i only got a 175, so i don't have to worry about stuff like this. haha. it's weird, i got like a 206 as a sophomore, but that's not the one that counts.</p>
<p>Arizona and Arizona State and University of New Mexico. Arizona State has like the 6th most National Merit Finalists because they give a full ride ( tuition, books, room and board) for four years. Also, University of Miami has fabulous merit money based on SAT scores. Many of these schools also offer a 3-2 programs with upper tier schools. The link is a list of schools that give merit money to NMF.</p>
<p>National</a> Merit</p>
<p>Arizona State has a wonderful honors college, and NMF's are automatically in. In Fall 09 they will move to a gorgeous new campus built to house the honors college and its students. My son had a hard time saying no to the $23,000 per year National Merit money, plus the extra $4000 they offered in a second scholarship. Beyond the money, it just seemed like a great program. </p>
<p>He will benefit from University of Southern California's generousity, however. They give half tuition for NM, so around $18500 per year, plus he got an extra scholarship for a total of $21000 per year. </p>
<p>Do the math, kids :) Between just those 2 colleges, that's $180,000 over 4 years. Too bad he can't do both!</p>
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<p>How do you designate the schools of first choice and when?</p>