<p>A harsher curve means that the questions were easier relative to previous tests. I would not expect commended or semifinalist scores to shoot way up, but I would expect them to rise a point or two as they had in previous years (excluding last year, which had a change in the writing section).</p>
<p>Ag54, I guess the IT department at College Board neglected to tell the people who answer the phones about the change - typical!</p>
<p>Is there any relationship between the cutoff and your state percentile ranking?</p>
<p>state percentiles.... should be around 99th, but the score report gives you your percentile to the nearest integer (or maybe its always rounded down). The point is that it would need to be out to 1 or 2 decimal places to determine that.. i think.</p>
<p>WAIT WAIT i'm confused. you just put the link into the URL thing and it works? or am i missing something?</p>
<p>it says "page not found" for me...</p>
<p>try this: <a href="https://quickstart.collegeboard.com/posweb/viewPsatScoreReportAction.do?testYear=2007%5B/url%5D">https://quickstart.collegeboard.com/posweb/viewPsatScoreReportAction.do?testYear=2007</a></p>
<p>just go to your quickstart and it will show you the test date on the right hand side.</p>
<p>you have to actually enter quickstart, it won't be on the initial page.</p>
<p>Thanks Dtran for the link!
So, is 217 usually the cutoff for california?</p>
<p>wow i blew it. 189. Yeah, well, I'm going to do better by at least 200pts on the SAT so yeah. That's what really matters i guess.</p>
<p>WOW I DID.. MUCH WORSE THAN I THOUGHT :(</p>
<p>will a 209 do anything in california?!</p>
<p>it can't be 99th percentile since approximately 97.5 national percentile would be the cutoff if there were no regional bias. This is based on 34000 out of 1.3-1.4 millions.</p>
<p>forizzle i did a lot worse too. so don't feel like you're the only one since here on CC</p>
<p>Can anyone who was right at the CA cutoff of 217 last year post your state and national percentile ranks?
Thanks.</p>
<p>well this was the cherry on top of my day- after waking up late, almost missing the bus, and dissecting cats.....</p>
<p>the writing curve = ridiculous</p>
<p>I know this is prob. a stupid question, but do colleges see your scores?</p>
<p>Hmm... Nationally, I got 99th percentile across the board. In DC, I got 97, 97, 99. I received a 223 total. Do those percentiles indicate that I won't be a semifinalist in DC, even though I'm in the 99th percentile overall (says the score report I received from my school)?? ...:(</p>
<p>the writing curve was insaaaaane!!!!!
i got 1 q wrong
and was docked 4 points for it
even though they don't even take off 1/4 point for those questions</p>
<p>craziness</p>
<p>that's why NMS is largely viewed as irrelevant by most reputable colleges</p>
<p>It keeps asking for the access code- where do we get that?</p>
<p>Re: cutoff for NMF---I think I've heard elsewhere that grades are factored in? Any thoughts on min GPA?? </p>
<p>Thanks...</p>
<p>Do you think it's possible for a 213 to get it in CA?</p>
<p>As a public service for all of you who have just received scores... Post # 493 has the final qualifying scores for NMSFs who will graduate in 2008.</p>