<p>No one will know about state specific NMSF cutoffs until next Aug/Sept. These letters going out now just mean you are commended or above. The asterisk thing is also not indicative of NMSF. An asterisk just means that student is not eligible to be considered for NMSF(not a Junior). It has nothing to do with how high or low the score is. </p>
<p>Sorry, since I know the waiting is hard. I’ve been there!</p>
<p>Thanks kalliyan1: I knew that SF letters weren’t due until late summer, so thanks for clarifying the letters expected now.</p>
<p>Has anyone received a letter notifying them officially that they are a “high-scorer”? And is it sent to your high school or to your home address?</p>
<p>@latitude123… The schools are notified first and they notify the students, I would guess this week since letters went out yesterday to schools. Next week the students who are commended or higher will receive a mailing at home and in that mailing will be a form to fill out the top two colleges that they want NM to notify of scores and student ranking, ie semi-finalist, finalist, etc</p>
<p>Great info, thanks. Rather confusing.</p>
<p>I think the high schools know the cutoff scores for their state in mid-April and the word leaks out, although it is not “official” until next fall.</p>
<p>^^^is this true? I’ve never heard that before… Many of you have been through this many times, thoughts…?</p>
<p>Can you let more than 2 schools know your score… or do you just put that on a College App later ? I was thinking maybe you could pay to have additional reports sent like the ACT??</p>
<p>@kallyan1 … How did you find out the letters were sent to the schools? I could not find anything at either the NM site or college board site.</p>
<p>@TresHijas I called them :)</p>
<p>@kalliyan1 … Wow, the old fashioned way! thanks.</p>
<p>Thanks kalliyan1!</p>
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<p>I am no expert, but I don’t believe that’s true. Part of the calculus of how the NMSF’s get distributed has to do with the % of HS graduates there are in a given state compared to the US as a whole and I don’t think that data is available until after June (unless they use data from the graduating class of 2011 for our 2013 kiddo NMSF’s.) Hopefully others who are tracking data trends may have some insight.</p>
<p>My HS definitely did not know the cutoff ahead of time. Last year, I scoured the internet ahead of the official announcement and there was no hint that Texas’s cutoff would jump 4 points. A lot of people were shocked…Maybe some High schools guess based on historical numbers, but when there’s a sudden change I don’t think they know about it this early.</p>
<p>Yeah, that TX jump last year was crazy, I’m sure there were many families who assumed they were safe with a 217 or 218…and we need it to drop 3 this year, please and thank you! :)</p>
<p>I don’t think the info is available before August - if it was, the CC folks would find it!</p>
<p>The high schools definitely do not know the state cutoff score in April. You have to wait…</p>
<p>Colleges do know who has made the cutoffs sometime around early August…this gives them time to prepare their mailers.</p>
<p>My son actually got a NMF award offer in the mail right around the 3rd week in August. It was received either the day before or the actual day that the principal told my son. Our HS tells kids early…as soon as they receive the pkgs. </p>
<p>However, now I don’t think there are pkgs. I think NMCorp has gone to an online system, so schools may only be receiving notifications and maybe some instructions to give to students. Not sure. </p>
<p>Official notification to students is supposed to be around Sept 14th. That’s the day that the embargo is lifted. Schools arent’ really held to that, but some think they’re obligated. It’s really for the media (who are also notified early).</p>
<p>Can anyone make predictions for Maryland’s NMSF cut off score? Not sure how to interpret the data… Thanks!</p>
<p>Did you see prior year for MD… 221 I believe.</p>
<p>nintendude: MD was indeed 221 last year. We can only guess at this point, but the signs look good for MD to follow the national trend and drop (perhaps a point or two). The total number MD testtakers was up slightly (about 2.5%), but the number of MD testtakers scoring in the top range (75-80) still dropped by one third compared to 2010. A drop like that for a high performing state like MD usually results in a drop in the NMSF cutoff (especially where the national trend is down as well).</p>