PSAT Commended

<p>We’re in Oregon. D got a 215. Her letter was given to her yesterday by her counselor. It was dated 4/13/10. If they are delivered to school, it might depend on how busy the counselor is before they are distributed. Her counselor also happens to be her track coach, so she sees him everyday.</p>

<p>I have no letter yet, but I should be receiving one. Do not worry.</p>

<p>Are they sent to your house or your school?</p>

<p>My son’s was addressed to our home address, but given to him by his GC. (dated 4/13/10)</p>

<p>^Uh oh, someone’s been going through your mail</p>

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Eh geographic diversity is lame. In some states, less than a 210 can qualify one for SF.</p>

<p>213 in Missouri. The school received a letter on Friday. We have not received a letter at home.</p>

<p>212 in NY…is this good enough for commended? Haven’t got anything yet.</p>

<p>Also, so then why did all my friends who got over 215 in IL (cutoff last year was 214) no get letters hmm? I would like to see if anyone here easily got semi-finalist in their state and got a letter yesterday.</p>

<p>I got a 228 in CA (cutoff wavers between 216-220), and I happened to get a letter from the principal last Friday. I’m pretty sure they give the letter to everybody in the spring, then give the packets to the semi-finalists in the fall</p>

<p>^212 will definitely be good enough for commended</p>

<p>commended is a national cutoff, not by state</p>

<p>Now that you mention that, my friend got a 208 and he got the same commended form I did. Perhaps the cutoff line is 207 or 208…</p>

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<p>It’s lower than that.</p>

<p>In that case does anyone know when the commended letters go out?</p>

<p>They already have.</p>

<p>And for the record, I stand corrected. Perhaps they hadn’t finish distributing them at my school.</p>

<p>The actual commended letters don’t go out until like September right? Along with the semi-finalist things?</p>

<p>do people usually get them at home or at school, though</p>

<p>^I’m not sure…It sounds like maybe both</p>

<p>The National Merit Scholarship Corporation sends all letters to high schools for distribution. Some schools act more quickly than others in processing and distributing the letters to students. If you think you should have received a letter but haven’t, ask your guidance counselor.</p>

<p>No scores or cut-offs are stated in these April letters, which are sent to every student who qualified for commended or semifinalist status and present a generic “congrats, you did well, tell us two schools you’d like us to notify, they will make a specific marketing outreach to you.” Historically, the CC community has figured out the national cut-off score for commended by asking folks who received the April letter to post their score. The lowest posted score to receive the letter = commended qualifying score (last three years 201, 200 and 202). There’s no similar process for figuring out state cut-off scores for semifinalist…all waiting on those numbers will have to hang tight until the September notifications are issued (you can check historical state cut-offs on the CC thread for Oct. 2008 test takers graduating now in 2010).</p>

<p>Check the list below for prior year qualifying scores in your state (taken from the other thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/823469-2009-psat-scores-class-2011-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/823469-2009-psat-scores-class-2011-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2010 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 208
Alaska 211
Arizona 210
Arkansas 203
California 218
Colorado 215
Connecticut 218
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 221
Florida 211
Georgia 214
Hawaii 214
Idaho 209
Illinois 214
Indiana 211
Iowa 209
Kansas 211
Kentucky 209
Louisiana 207
Maine 213
Maryland 221
Massachusetts 221
Michigan 209
Minnesota 215
Mississippi 203
Missouri 211
Montana 204
Nebraska 207
Nevada 202
New Hampshire 213
New Jersey 221
New Mexico 208
New York 218
North Carolina 214
North Dakota 202
Ohio 211
Oklahoma 207
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 214
Rhode Island 217
South Carolina 211
South Dakota 205
Tennessee 213
Texas 216
Utah 206
Vermont 213
Virginia 218
Washington 217
West Virginia 203
Wisconsin 207
Wyoming 201
New England/Mid Atlantic Boarding Schools 221
Commended 201</p>

<p>Qualifying scores for the Class of 2009 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 209
Alaska 212
Arizona 209
Arkansas 204
California 217
Colorado 213
Connecticut 218
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 221
Florida 211
Georgia 215
Hawaii 216
Idaho 208
Illinois 214
Indiana 213
Iowa 210
Kansas 211
Kentucky 209
Louisiana 208
Maine 212
Maryland 220
Massachusetts 221
Michigan 209
Minnesota 214
Mississippi 201
Missouri 213
Montana 208
Nebraska 206
Nevada 206
New Hampshire 211
New Jersey 220
New Mexico 209
New York 216
North Carolina 215
North Dakota 201
Ohio 213
Oklahoma 208
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 213
Rhode Island 213
South Carolina 212
South Dakota 205
Tennessee 213
Texas 215
Utah 203
Vermont 213
Virginia 219
Washington 217
West Virginia 203
Wisconsin 210
Wyoming 201
International 221
U.S. Territories 201</p>

<p>Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2008 National Merit Semifinalists:
Alabama 209
Alaska 213
Arizona 211
Arkansas 201
California 218
Colorado 213
Connecticut 217
Delaware 219
District of Columbia 223
Florida 212
Georgia 214
Hawaii 213
Idaho 204
Illinois 213
Indiana 213
Iowa 209
Kansas 212
Kentucky 208
Louisiana 206
Maine 211
Maryland 221
Massachusetts 223
Michigan 209
Minnesota 213
Mississippi 202
Missouri 211
Montana 207
Nebraska 207
Nevada 208
New Hampshire 215
New Jersey 221
New Mexico 208
New York 219
North Carolina 214
North Dakota 202
Ohio 211
Oklahoma 207
Oregon 213
Pennsylvania 214
Rhode Island 212
South Carolina 210
South Dakota 203
Tennessee 213
Texas 215
Utah 202
Vermont 216
Virginia 217
Washington 215
West Virginia 200
Wisconsin 208
Wyoming 200</p>

<p>^ Sucks to live in Mass/NJ/DC. Funny how there is a 20 point disparity in SF cutoffs between the academically strongest and weakest states.</p>

<p>Thanks for clarifying, TXArtemis</p>