Received brochure because of PSAT score?

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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Today, I received a brochure from College Board in the mail. The cover says “Congratulations on your great performance on the PSAT, _________” with my name in the blank space.

My score was in the 99th percentile nationally. However, I already completely gave up on NMSF because my score is 2-4 points lower than what it will likely be for my state this year and 2 points lower than my state’s cutoff last year.

Getting this brochure thus confuses me. Is it indicative at all that I might actually have a chance at NMSF? Or do they just send it out to everyone in the 99th percentile regardless of whether the score is enough in their specific state?

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What did the broucher say other than congratulations?

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@3scoutsmom

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/professionals/starter-college-list-spring-mailing-sample.pdf

My brochure is the same as this one except that mine had my name and a different starter college list

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@cityonanocean I don’t think this has any connection to National Merit. I think this was generated because you have generally good scores. Did you get the “We Want Your Brains” flyer from TAMU? I think that one was just sent out to possible NMSF.

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@3scoutsmom

No, I haven’t received that flyer. That’s interesting, thanks for sharing your insight!

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wow… did you see those net cost estimates

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@mom2collegekids

I could not help but stare at the estimated net prices for awhile either. Wow.