<p>Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Ugh… I still haven’t gotten my letter. And I probably won’t get it from school, since our announcement system is highly ineffective.</p>
<p>Called National Merit Scholarship Corp. The cut off for letter of recognition is 201 for 2011</p>
<p>^Is that the same as last year?</p>
<p>Bummer. Was hoping it would be slightly lower.</p>
<p>I was gonna say that I got my letter today (211-FL…last year’s cutoff) and that one of my classmates also got a letter with a 202, so its <=202, but looks like elsa4maria already cleared that up.</p>
<p>So… is the “College Plans Reporting Service” just another CollegeBoard spam system, or is it worth doing? Anyone with past experience?</p>
<p>I was under the impression that most schools that offer big NM[S]F scholarships buy the big list of winners anyway… should I still pick two?</p>
<p>Interesting. I didn’t know that Semifinalists were judged totally on scores; I thought that every stage past Commended took academic record too.</p>
<p>I’m 217 in Florida, so I don’t think I’ll make it to Semifinals.</p>
<p>Past semifinals requires academic record. And if you have a 217 in Florida, then you are almost 100% semifinalist</p>
<p>Wow, thank you for the clarification. That makes me a lot happier!</p>
<p>Semifinalist does NOT require academic record. It’s based on a state selection index (you can look up those for past years on CC). Academic record is only taken into account for moving from semifinalist to finalist.</p>
<p>No letter yet (could be my school’s fault) - 219 FL</p>
<p>What does the letter say with regard to selecting 2 recs. Do you go online and fill them out, does your guidance dept send it in, or do you mail it in?</p>
<p>They give you a user ID# and a password and the cut off date for selecting your 2 schools is May 25, 2010 after which time the website will be unavailable.</p>
<p>My friend got a 215. I got a 206. We both got the April 13th letter. I don’t believe it has anything to do with commended/SF/F until May.</p>
<p>you don’t find out about semifinalist until September. Commended and semifinalists get april letter</p>
<p>So about 10 people got called down to guidance yesterday and got their letters… but I didn’t. I had a 224…yet some of those kids had like… 204s… any idea why I didn’t get one?</p>
<p>I got mine a few days late from other kids, and my score was lower. Just wait a little.</p>
<p>I got my letter today. 205 from NC</p>
<p>Jamezz93: You probably qualified as a semi-finalist. The 10 kids were being called down because they were commended. You will be notified in the fall</p>
<p>All test takers whose scores qualified them for commended or semifinalist status received “the letter.” </p>
<p>To be clear, anyone who scored 201 or higher should have a letter waiting for them at their school. Ask your GC if you haven’t received yours yet.</p>