SAT finalist confirmation range

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>I've searched through a few threads and they kind of give mixed info about what your SAT score needs to be in order to advance to the finalist stage, so could any of you guys help clear this up? </p>

<p>If my PSAT score was 225, would an SAT score of 2120 be good enough to send in as confirmation of my PSAT scores, or should I retake it? I'm not really sure why my SAT was so low last year, practice tests put me at about a 2250-2300 so if I have to retake the SAT it isn't a big deal, but since I'm not using it for college admissions I'd rather not..</p>

<p>Thanks everyone for any responses</p>

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<p>Should be (1960 was reportedly good enough last year), but judging by this year’s PSAT score increases, I would retake to make sure. Besides it may help on admissions and scholarships.</p>

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<p>There is usually one confirming SAT score regardless of what your PSAT score is. 2120 will be way more than enough.</p>

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<p>Yes…everyone has the SAME minimum SAT score to meet…and it’s around 1960. This can go up or down each year, so a 2000 is considered safe.</p>

<p>And the Writing score is computed oddly.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks guys. </p>

<p>mom2collegekids, the score for my writing portion was the highest (780), and I had a 670 in the other two sections. Would this matter?</p>

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<p>so a 2220 (730 CR :(, 740 M, 750 W) with a 223 would be safe? i took it completely cold, and i never want to see it again!</p>

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<p>Should be more than safe provided you otherwise qualify - complete the application and have a good school record.</p>

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<p>Wiz…your PSAT score is irrelevant. </p>

<p>Your SAT is over 2000…it is safe.</p>

<p>*mom2collegekids, the score for my writing portion was the highest (780), and I had a 670 in the other two sections. Would this matter? *</p>

<p>You have to look at the details on your score report. You have to take out something in the Writing section subscore. with a 1340 in the first 2 sections, I can’t imagine that your 780 W (adjusted) wouldn’t be high enough. </p>

<p>Look at your score report and refresh my memory as to what it says in the Writing section and what sub-scores are there. I think you use a subscore or something, but I need to refresh my memory. You might even have to multiply a subscore or something.</p>

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<p>The first post on this thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/994755-sat-score-needed-confirm-psat.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/994755-sat-score-needed-confirm-psat.html&lt;/a&gt; explains how to compute your adjusted writing score.</p>

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<p>go to the Writing score, it shows a MULTIPLE CHOICE score and an ESSAY SCORE. The MC score is a two digit number. Multiply this number by ten to get the adjusted Writing score. In DD’s case the MC score was 70. 70 times 10 is 700, which is 50 greater than her actual Writing score. So, in essence, deleting her weak essay score raised her composite SAT by 50 points for NMF purposes.</p>

<p>So take the Multiple Choice subscore…multiply by 10…there’s your “new” Writing score.</p>

<p>g3org3…I’m sure you’re safe, but what is your new W score? I bet it’s well over 700.</p>

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<p>Thanks, M2CK, for distilling that down. I remembered I’d posted the formula last year, so I found the thread and posted the link, but I was too brain dead to even try to look at it. You pulled out the part that mattered. Thanks again.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks everyone, my multiple choice score is 80 and my essay score is 8, so if I multiply the MC part by 10 that actually makes my score go up to 800 – so I’d have a 2140.</p>

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<p>Ahhh…I knew that you were good to go. :)</p>

<p>Congrats…now relax!!! or try to.</p>

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<p>Haha thanks mom2collegekids, I’ll try :)</p>