<p>i got 99%. does it mean semifinalist. I feel that you are the most knowledgeable person on this forum. Is there such a thing as 99.5%+? If so, what is the basis for semifinalist? Can a person with 99% still not be a semifinalist?</p>
<p>semifinalist is based on each state. the search button does wonders.</p>
<p>You can be in the 99th percentile and not be a semifinalist. </p>
<p>There is such thing as 99.5th percentile -- just as there is such thing as 99.6th percentile, and 86.252nd percentile... but obviously the score reports are not that exact.</p>
<p>The top one-half percent (by state) are semifinalists -- so yes, anyone in 99.5 percentile or above.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the score would be for top 99.5% for CA?</p>
<p>or just to those seniors who got to semifinalist, what was their score?</p>
<p>I think CA is around 215. There are exact cutoffs per state floating around CC on various threads.</p>
<p>EDIT: copied from the "PSAT results are in" thread (only copying what's posted there, don't shoot the messenger if these stats aren't correct! Anyway, I think some are off because I know someone who got a 214 in MN last year and got NMSF. According to this, the cutoff was 215 so that can't be right. Anyway, my guess is that these stats are pretty close for the most part.)</p>
<p>2005 Cutoff index, #of semi. finalist, # commended::::2004 cutoff index, # semi, # Commended</p>
<p>AL,210,233,226::::208,247,201,
AK,211,40,51::::210,39,43,
AZ,211,271,339::::212,222,375,
AR,202,158,16,</p>
<p>CA,216,1869,4338::::216,1913,4509,
CO,213,234,448::::211,243,430,
CT,220,184,821::::219,207,904,</p>
<p>DE,220,184,821::::217,40,120,</p>
<p>FL,214,688,1390::::214,690,1457,
GA,217,378,1076::::214,398,904,
HA,216,68,191::::214,73,156,</p>
<p>ID,208,96,72::::204,92,46,
IL,216,694,1752::::214,726,1676,
IN,212,344,577::::211,339,518,
IA,209,208,212::::207,206,179,</p>
<p>KS,214,177,354::::212,191,274,
KE,210,234,231::::210,231,255,</p>
<p>LA,209,254,217::::209,274,266,
ME,214,83,172::::211,79,134,
MD,222,331,1677::::222,325,1486,
MA,222,333,1668::::222,337,1771
MI,210,591,632::::209,557,636,
MN,215,321,746::::212,366,606
MS,203,154,21::::200,165,0,
MO,213,344,532::::212,353,511,
MT,207,67,56::::206,64,58,</p>
<p>NB,208,125,87::::205,125,98,
NV,207,89,57::::204,87,36,
NH,215,75,167::::213,71,150,
NJ,221,480,2170::::221,492,2275,
NM,209,108,92::::208,108,84,
NY,218,955,2901::::218,956,3069,
NC,216,387,955::::213,361,760,
ND,204,50,16::::202,53,10,</p>
<p>OH,214,675,1303::::212,723,1233,
OK,208,224,162::::206,222,141,
OR,214,184,368::::213,176,393,</p>
<p>PA,215,757,1603::::215,722,1840,
RI,211,55,94::::213,61,122,
SC,213,190,354::::211,206,296,
SD,205,54,26::::206,60,35,</p>
<p>TN,216,258,569::::213,273,520
TX,216,1273,2810::::216,1248,2936,
UT,204,181,49::::200,196,0
VA,219,413,1462::::219
VT,213,42,97::::213,41,107,</p>
<p>WA,216,313,853::::214,350,755,
WV,202,108,9::::201,114,8,
WI,211,378,475::::209,373,419,
WY,203,35,10::::200,37,0,</p>
<p>D.C,222,85,215::::222,80,243,
Territories,202,30,3::::200,27,0
Outside US,222,49,337::::222,45,344,</p>
<p>annie: Thanks for this info. Can you please tell me where you obtained this data so I can check it out . I am in PA and I got 217 this year. Thank you very much. Dana</p>
<p>CA was 217 for 2005.</p>
<p>
THe info's been floating around on the web and also on several CC threads. I'm not entirely sure of its accuracy, but all the numbers are within the ballpark.</p>
<p>see thread <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74297%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74297</a><br>
post #202 for details.</p>
<p>does anyone know the semifinalist cutoff for c/o 2007 CALIFORNIA??</p>
<p>The cutoff scores for this year are released sometime in September.</p>
<p>i was 99% in 10th grade and didnt make it - i live in nj</p>
<p>Yes, given that NJ has a cutoff score of 222 (as does MD, where I live, grr...) 99% probably doesn't cut it. But in 10th grade, 240 doesn't cut it either.</p>
<p>Fermat....</p>
<p>Your score as a 10th grader doesn't count AT ALL -- even if you got a perfect score. Your score as an 11th grader is the only one that counts. Good luck in October.</p>
<p>2006 Cutoffs:</p>
<p>State 2006 Index Cutoff 2006 # of Semifinalist 2006 # of Commended 2006
Alabama 212 224 305
Alaska 212 40 53
Arizona 212 276 325
Arkansas 206 151 69
California 217 1,860 4,660
Colorado 214 231 522
Connecticut 220 199 876
Delaware 219 45 160
Florida 215 728 1,464
Georgia 218 407 1,193
Hawaii 214 76 130
Idaho 207 94 55
Illinois 216 726 1,708
Indiana 213 341 585
Iowa 210 198 204
Kansas 215 170 378
Kentucky 212 221 278
Louisiana 211 244 262
Maine 212 80 115
Maryland 222 317 1,619
Massachusetts 222 336 1,721
Michigan 211 545 625
Minnesota 213 351 563
Mississippi 204 145 30
Missouri 213 317 509
Montana 211 60 77
Nebraska 208 121 94
Nevada 205 94 41
New Hampshire 217 71 195
New Jersey 222 460 2,271
New Mexico 209 108 89
New York 218 1,006 2,767
North Carolina 216 280 952
North Dakota 208 42 36
Ohio 215 684 1,386
Oklahoma 208 218 148
Oregon 214 181 348
Pennsylvania 215 733 1,675
Rhode Island 214 54 115
South Carolina 212 190 281
South Dakota 206 53 23
Tennessee 216 267 558
Texas 217 1,233 3,141
Utah 207 157 105
Vermont 218 45 105
Virginia 220 389 1,524
Washington 216 334 800
West Virginia 206 96 40
Wisconsin 211 369 471
Wyoming 204 32 5
Dist of Columbia 222 64 205
US Territories 204 22 4
Outside the US 222 51 317
Totals 16,012 36,844</p>
<p>Just to be clear, those are last year's cutoffs (for seniors graduating from high school in 2006).</p>
<p>that's not necessarily true - if you are doing early admissions (such as myself) then you can opt to have your 10th grade score count</p>