Then, according to the concordance chart, what would be a fairly decent guess as to what each state’s cutoff is based on SI? My state’s past cutoff has been consistently 213-215. Could someone help me out with the calculations since everything seems super vague to me right now…? Thanks in advance :-*
Not sure about the index score, but blog.prepscholar said that the cutoff would most likely be at 1440
of course, it was just an educated guess
@sharksockey I was in the 98th percentile on the PSAT last year, but I got a TASP letter this year. I don’t know my score for this year yet
Quick question…When I log into my college quickstart, it says that “our records indicate that you have not taken any college board assessments”. Does this mean that I won’t get my PSAT scores tomorrow?
@aaronuhs it might be top 99 percentile in your region. I can’t confirm for sure because I don’t know how everything works. I just saw college board post it on Twitter and people have been talking about telluride sending emails to top 99th percentiles.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CollegeBoard/status/684128808186818562
Scores will be made available throughout the day, beginning in the morning. (CollegeBoard Twitter)
oh god this reminds me of the september act…D:
@ambitiousgeek All I did was do a section to section concordance chart lookup. My son got 760 on Reading which for a 2014 PSAT selection index score would have been 79, 760 on Writing converted to 79, and 710 on Math converted to to 71.
2015 Score --> 2014 Selection Index Points
760(Reading) --> 79 points
760(Writing) --> 79 points
710(Math) --> 71 points
So the estimated 2014 equivalent SI for my son was 229. But his 2015 SI is 223. So in his score range for the 2015 result he would have gotten a higher score on a 2014 version of the test. He would have gotten 229. Effectively I look at that as being docked points due to new format. So if all test takers that are in the 99th percentile are treated effectively the same, then I think that the NMSF cutoffs will be about 6 points lower this year than last year. Last year’s cutoff for Texas was 219 (If I recall correctly), and that would translate to a score of 213 being needed on this year’s version.
@masalvada123 No TASP emails or letters here. And scores seemed to be top 1%.
@sharkshockey I really doubt this because I received an email from TASP and my scores last year as a sophomore were WELL below average lol
@intheairtonight If you did well on the SAT and/or got some sort of teacher recommendation, you may have gotten the TASP email. Still doubtful that TASP got access to PSAT scores before students did, couldn’t college board get in trouble for that?
@mghyps I don’t think you can estimate the cutoffs by subtracting a fixed number. I believe some will be higher, some lower, and some about the same. See post #1471 on page 99.
i just want my scores dammit
Does anyone else see “our records indicate that you have not taken any college board assessments” when they log in to their my college quickstart???
Excited to watch this thread blow up tomorrow. Good luck to you all-- and remember that PSAT scores are insignificant, and even if you aren’t NMF, it will NOT significantly hurt your chances of getting into college-- you have countless other tests to ace. 
@stresstasticlife @icantsleep Its funny how two people’s usernames can perfectly describe my mood waiting for these scores.
My daughter was in the 95th percentile last year as a sophomore, but received the TASP email and mailer this year.
I don’t know what to think. She said she didn’t do well on the math section of this years PSAT but felt ok on the rest.
I am not going to be able to sleep tonight. Ugh, and I have a test tomorrow too. Yay me.
@stresstasticlife the email that I got specifically said at the bottom of the email that I was “one of the top PSAT/NMSQT scorers in [my] area.” Considering I didn’t qualify at all last year, if they did send the invitations based on last year’s scores, I think they may have made a mistake and sent it to me by accident (which would be odd since my name is extremely unique…). I’m not sure how much trouble College Board could get in for releasing scores to TASP while telling us otherwise.
@mghyps please check out @BunnyBlue 's #1471. He or she speculates that the difference in the SI from 2014 to 2015 changes. Your son had a high 2015 SI. But for a 2015 test with a lower SI, the 2015 SI will be higher, not lower, than the 2014 equivalent.
Take @Payn4ward’s son’s scores. His 2015 are
33,32,37.5. That is a 2015 SI of 205
When you plug that in to the concordance tables, it says that it is equal to a
62, 60, 77. That is a 2014 SI of 199.