<p>Last year, 11 seniors made NSM in my school out of a class of 400ish. 45 seniors made NSM in another school (class of 400ish) of my district (yikes!)... NSM isn't that big of an honor in my school, but I want the $2500.</p>
<p>Can anyone predict my score:</p>
<p>Math: -3 Grid Ins
CR: -5
Writing: -4</p>
<p>Of course i'm the pessimist who likes to think of the worst possible grade i could probably get, so I won't be disappointed</p>
<p>tchuna-
M- 72
CR- 70
W- 74</p>
<p>Can anyone predict mine:</p>
<p>Raw scores</p>
<p>CR - 38 (-10)
M - 38 (-0)
W - 33 (-6)</p>
<p>alexmartin:</p>
<p>cr- 66
M- 80
W- 73</p>
<p>selection index: 219</p>
<p>im only an sop. but i think</p>
<p>Verbal: 60
Math: 80
Writing: 71</p>
<p>No one in my school has made NSM in 4 years. 4 people have made it since 1996. (How pathetic is my school?!)</p>
<p>Last year I got a 210...
This year I predict:</p>
<p>CR: 69
Math: 80
Writing: 72
= 221</p>
<p>Last years CT cuttoff was 220.... I really hope I make it!!!</p>
<p>wait a minute how did 60 q's get scores in the 200 range? im so confused because i thought the college board said that each right answer was 1 point.</p>
<p>either way, i know i failed the psat. writing and reading totally rocked my world</p>
<p>Alabama and Florida will have lower cut-offs this year on account of the hurricanes. Students on the AL and FL Gulf Coast and FL Atlantic Coast are stressed out and not well prepared.</p>
<p>I am beginning to get so antsy about this. From what I have been reading, it seems like the average public school district is home to only one national merit semifinalist-finalist each year, with around 2-5 commended students. I know this isn't the rule, just a guide, but it does make me nervous. I really, really wish I would have been more careful in the math section... that would have been an EASY 80 if it weren't for careless errors. I feel quite uncertain about critical reading and writing skills... I did well on a PR practice test I took on Friday, but who knows how I did on the actual thing. I have a feeling that IF I meet PA's national merit semifinalist cut-off, it'll be very, very close, if not on the cut-off itself. It won't matter to me either way, since I would be in, but it still makes me anxious this far out.</p>
<p>Again, I wish the best of luck to everyone when we get our scores back in December!</p>
<p>I know this sounds awful, but I sure hope Florida's cutoff will be lower because of the hurricanes! That means more chances for me!</p>
<p>Eh... I'm not gonna make it anyway.</p>
<p>V: 80
M: 61
W: 74</p>
<p>That would make my selection index 215 which is okay since I live in the dumbest state: Georgia.</p>
<p>CR: 74
Math: 72
Writing: 80
Selection Index: 226</p>
<p>"wait a minute how did 60 q's get scores in the 200 range? im so confused because i thought the college board said that each right answer was 1 point."</p>
<p>Each correct question is worth one raw point. However, then they convert the raw score into a scale that tells you your real grade. For example, in math, there are 38 questions. Get them all right, you get 38 raw points, which converts to an 80. Miss 2, your raw score is 36, which converts to somewhere around 74. That's how you wind up with total scores in the 200 range.</p>
<p>Some fairly conservative estimates:</p>
<p>M: 72 (2 wrong grid-ins, assume 1 wrong m/c)
V: 68 (Assuming miss 3, omitted 4)
W: 74 (Assuming miss 4)</p>
<p>Selection Index: 214 (Should be okay in SC, cutoff has been 213 and 211 in the past two years)</p>