<p>Hey I was wondering what people think that the national merit semi-finalist cutoff's will be for states and more importantly what the national commended cutoff will be. Last year it was 202 but do you think it will move down because the critical reading section was changed?</p>
<p>they're always around the same give or take a couple of points, I doubt it'll change much this year. Look at last years for a ballpark, no one here's gonna be able to give anything at all more accurate than that.</p>
<p>I don't think it was 202 last yr. I got a 211 and was a Commended Student, not a Semi-Finalist. Someone in my school got it with a 218, so it was somewhere in between.</p>
<p>Whoops, sorry about that. Didn't read it fully. Thought you were talking about the Semi-Finalist score. Well, I heard around 217ish for last yr. Again, it was between 212-218 so you rguess is as good as mine.</p>
<p>Semi-finalist cut-off is done by state. Some are 220+, some are MUCH lower. The commended cut-off is usually within one or two points of 202.</p>