<p>Is a 216 good enough for Florida? It jumped last year, but I have never seen it above the 214 cutoff last year.</p>
<p>^You’ve “reason” to celebrate as all signs point to FL dropping this year. A 216 puts you in great shape!</p>
<p>What about Arizona?</p>
<p>Is 225 good enough for FL?</p>
<p>^With the the expected drop in the cutoff for FL, I think its practically guaranteed that a 216 would make it, let alone a 225.</p>
<p>Ice…</p>
<p>A 223 is high enough for ANY state. So, you’re definitely good.</p>
<p>Peaches7893…</p>
<p>The data on AZ is mixed. The # of AZ PSAT testtakers went up by 6%, which is bad, but the number of students scoring in the top ranges (65-80) still dropped (a little). My guess (and it’s only a guess) is that the NMSF cutoff for AZ will be very close to last year’s, which was 213.</p>
<p>Arent there Letters from SAT that are due to go out in April regarding PSAT from last Fall?</p>
<p>Idavis…The letters are being sent out to the high schools today. Next week students will receive notification in the mail about choosing the 2 college choices</p>
<p>Thanks Kallyan ;)</p>
<p>Please clarify: which letters are being sent out today? Thanks. JR</p>
<p>from the College Board website:</p>
<p>"50,000 are recognized for their academic potential. "</p>
<p>for most States this would be a score of 200+ give or take 3 or 4 points?
No scholarship money but the option of reporting your score of
200ish to 2 Colleges of their choice. Still top 2% Nationallly :)</p>
<p>Letter stating above to go out to kids next week I guess.</p>
<p>I have a friend who got a 217 in CA and said she qualified for national merit. …that’s not true, is it? I thought you needed 220 here.</p>
<p>Your friend would not yet know if he/she was a national merit SF qualified because the qualifying score has not been released… But any day now we should hear. Your college counselor will know before you will!! If he/she means qualified for commended status then she is right… A 217 will certainly be commended. Sf? Don’t know yet</p>
<p>@127</p>
<p>Thank you! A little reassurance always helps :)</p>
<p>that’s what I thought too, Texasmom. She said that she knew someone with a 206 who qualified for national merit, and that you could tell depending on whether or not there was an asterisk next to your scores. Good for her if a 217 is NMSF worthy, though! I got a 230 and according to CC that seems to be decent.</p>
<p>Question: is there a certain score you need to get above to become a finalist?</p>
<p>No…there’s no Finalist score. Once you make NMSF, your psat doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>You just have to get a decent SAT (about 2000), do the paperwork, the essay, send SAT score to NMF, not be a discipline problem at school, etc.</p>
<p>15,000 out of the 16,000 NMSF make finalist.</p>
<p>really? whoo hoo! I’m liking those odds 
thanks mom2collegekids! :)</p>
<p>Jroback…the letters that let the schools know which students are proceeding on in the competetion and still have a shot at becoming a semi-finalist, etc. Then in Sept the students will be notified as to whether they are semi-finalists or not. This is when the PSAT qualifying numbers are published</p>
<p>“Your friend would not yet know if he/she was a national merit SF qualified because the qualifying score has not been released… But any day now we should hear.”</p>
<p>Texasmomm, I am under the impression that we will only know the commended number very soon. Are you saying that the SF number is also being released within the next few weeks? I believe the other posts state that the SF number by state is released in August/September.</p>