<p>^It means you scored better than 99% of the people in the country, not necessarily your state.</p>
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You sure these are all “scanning errors”?</p>
<p>math 68
critical reading 73
writing 69</p>
<p>total 210. tennessee’s cutoff last year was 213. 
let’s hope all of the juniors in tennessee did really bad this year so that the score goes down 3 points, cause otherwise im just commended. LAMEE</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>For those who are complaining about not having your scores back, have patience. I was a TA when my school had ~1800 people, 3/4 of whom tested, and we got the test and answers back seperately, had to alphabetize the booklets and then match them up and then sort by grade and re-alphabetize and then by homeroom and it takes a while. In a year, you’ll think back and think how dumb it was that you were so anxious to see your score. Then again, I’m anxious now about hearing back on other things, so maybe I shouldn’t talk :)</p>
<p>I’m sure y’all did great. I mean, you’re CCers.</p>
<p>I got a 209 last (sophomore) year:</p>
<p>77 CR
71 Math
61 Writing</p>
<p>This year I got a 236:</p>
<p>80 CR (1 wrong answer)
76 Math (2 wrong answers)
80 Writing (0 wrong answers)</p>
<p>What are my daughter’s chances of semifinalist status in NY with a 221? Last year it was 217 but in past years it has been as high as 219. Any ideas?</p>
<p>I think she has a great chance. From what I’ve seen, cutoffs can vary +/- up to 4 points year to year, but that seems to be unusual. Typically they only change 1 or 2 points up or down. Good luck!</p>
<p>cuhope–</p>
<p>I think her chances are quite good. The cutoff would have to go ABOVE her score–to a 222–for her to miss NMSF. That is extremely unlikely in a large state, unless there has been a policy change about the number of people taking the test. In the large states, the large population size means that the cutoffs tend to be more stable, typically changing by 1 or maybe 2 points in a year.</p>
<p>Congrats, and start reading the forums about the process for going from NMSF to NMF, as well as the various automatic scholarships for NMF. It is a pretty confusing process, but the very best intell is provided by parents here on CC.</p>
<p>Ugghhhhh, we don’t get ours back until after the break.
Our school doesn’t even have the too big excuse either.
I think only about 100 students took it. :(</p>
<p>@Raspberi: I think your points are valid and all, but to be fair, our school doesn’t have the same logistical issues that your’s had. Plus, they have a school e-mail account for everyone who goes there, so it’s unreasonable for them to mail out the access codes, at the very least.
Meh…</p>
<p>E: Plus, they won’t even let you go and look at your scores, which is what annoys me, especially because they’re right in plain eyesight in the college guidance office.</p>
<p>Son got a 220 in NY. He’s hoping to make the cutoff, but we’ll only know in September.</p>
<p>Raschu posted this link to this year’s PSAT curve on the other thread.</p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.co…sqt-scores.pdf%5B/url%5D”>http://professionals.collegeboard.co…sqt-scores.pdf</a></p>
<p>Look on the third/fourth page for the curve. Note that the reason for a blank space above math and writing is due to the lower total possible raw score.</p>
<p>Thx for the encouraging words ohiomom3000 and ut84321. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>Love how my archnemesis got a 225 on her PSATs and is willing to brag to everyone in the world that she beat me by 5 points. COOL. My good day just went from a 10 to a -700.</p>
<p>cuhope: Your D’s chance is just as high as her score percentile.</p>
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<p>Ignore it and go beat his/her ass on the SAT/ACT.</p>
<p>Son scored 231
80 CR
80 Math
71 Writing</p>
<p>PSAT Soph. year 200
PSAT Freshman year 196</p>
<p>Re “Raschu posted this link to this year’s PSAT curve on the other thread.”</p>
<p>To give proper credit, I got it from Yankee Belle, who posted it on page five of this thread.</p>
<p>Just got my score back today and it dropped 5 points from my sophomore year score to a 191. That rules out national merit but national achievement may still be possible. I hate myself right now.</p>
<p>I got 73CR, 69M, 73WS, 215 overall. ■■■ for living in NJ :(</p>