<p>I got my PSAT score today. It's 6 points higher than last year's cutoff for NMSF in my state. :)</p>
<p>My question is... is there any way that I'm not a NMSF? It would have to jump 7 points this year for me not to qualify; does something like that happen sometimes?</p>
<p>Thanks
-decrescendo</p>
<p>It’s incredibly unlikely–I really doubt you wouldn’t qualify. It usually increases by 2 or 3 at the most. Congratulations! I’m still waiting on mine in DC.</p>
<p>Thanks! I’m in Louisiana, so the score cutoff is a lot easier. But we have a shortage of high scorers here, as I’m sure you can guess lol. This is great news! Best of luck to you! :D</p>
<p>Haha congrats decrescendo. I’m here in LA too. The pathetic score cutoff we have here is the reason I’m national merit this year. I probably wouldn’t have made it in any other state.=P
I’ve been watching the scores here for the last three to four years, and the biggest jump I’ve seen is two points. I think you’re safe.</p>
<p>Ahh, a fellow Louisianian! Don’t we live in the greatest state? Lol, note the sarcasm. Biggest jump, two points… this is good news indeed. :)</p>
<p>Haha you’re only the second person I’ve ever seen on CC from our wonderful little place. Are you from south LA? Most people here are. I’m from up north.
Yep. If you’re above 212 you’re safe.</p>
<p>A 7 point jump is unprecedented. Congrats.</p>
<p>Actually the cutoff in Louisiana jumped 3 points the past year from 207 to 210.</p>
<p>aleader - Southwest, sort of… I’m not from BR or NOLA, though.</p>
<p>Thanks again, everybody.</p>
<p>As everyone has said already, it’s highly unlikely.
Unless all the super geniuses from the New England states decided to move to LA, destroy the PSAT, and raise the average, which I think is how cutoffs are determined, you’re probably safer than safe :)</p>
<p>My boyfriend’s from a small town in the southwestern part of the state, on the coast. =)</p>
<p>But really, this is LA. A cut off of greater than or equal to 216? Never gonna happen. =P</p>
<p>Haha agreed aleader. And that’s cool! Best of luck to you. May we both travel far from the confines of our current location. I’m personally hoping California or Connecticut, if ya get me… lol, a guy can dream ;)</p>
<p>Decrescendo: UCLA, Cal or Stanford, or all three?</p>
<p>chrissyblu - Stanford and USC. USC is a biggie for me because I get that half-tuition scholarship now as long as I qualify for NMF.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the minimum score in Tennessee might be this year to qualify?</p>
<p>We are going up to check out Stanford this holiday.</p>
<p>The Tennessee cut off was 212 last year, but it had been 213 for the at least 2 years before that.</p>
<p>Any chance the PA cutoff will go up 4 points? I only got 3 points above last year’s cutoff, and I’m kinda worried…</p>
<p>Nice, chrissyblu! The only schools I’m applying to which I’ve visited are Rice and Tulane… the only one’s within driving distance.
Since I’m probably getting NMF though, my dad said he’d think about the family possibly taking a week-long road trip to California to visit USC and Stanford this upcoming summer. :D</p>
<p>I’d guess that the PA cutoff will not go up by more than 3 points.</p>