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04-17-2008, 09:42 AM
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#16 | | Member
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| i haven't received anything yet =(
but i also heard that many semis don't even hear back until sept? does anyone know if this is true to any degree? | 
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04-17-2008, 12:02 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: near Houston
Threads: 80
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| In April or May, anyone who scored above the commended cutoff will receive a letter stating that they are recognized, but it won't specify commended or semifinalist. In late August/early September, high schools will notify those students who have semifinalist status. In late September/early October, schools will notify those students who have commended status. | |
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04-17-2008, 03:10 PM
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#18 | | Member
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| is the yale letter any indication of your status in the national merit program?
ie. does everyone get the letter -- or only those who qualified for commended -- or only those who got semi? | |
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04-17-2008, 06:04 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
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| no, the yale letter doesn't indicate anything about your status. | |
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04-17-2008, 07:53 PM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Yale probably has a range of scores that they request from the collegeboard that is totally unrelated to NM cut offs. | |
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04-17-2008, 10:55 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
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| ^ I wonder what that range was... | |
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04-18-2008, 11:45 AM
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#22 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Letter from school or NM?
Is the letter going to come from gc or nm? If gc, it could be a while... | |
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04-18-2008, 11:54 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: near Houston
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| I believe this letter is mailed directly to the student. | |
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04-18-2008, 12:11 PM
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#24 | | New Member
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| Has anybody received their letter? | |
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04-18-2008, 02:11 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
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| Last year, the letters were mailed to the principal at our high school, and he called the students to his office and gave them to them en masse.
My daughter got the letter from Yale and she's a sophomore (our district pays for sophs to take the psat.) | |
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04-18-2008, 03:21 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| my D got hers mailed to our house....she was commended... | |
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04-18-2008, 03:43 PM
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#27 | | New Member
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| I received mine today from my counselor | |
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04-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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#28 | | Junior Member
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| So last year, were the letters mailed home in NY? | |
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04-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
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| I thought they came through the school. Citygirlsmom, is she home schooled?
Let's try to figure out the cut off for the class of 2009. If you got a letter, post your PSAT score, please! | |
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04-18-2008, 03:52 PM
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#30 | | New Member
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| i got a 200, wasn't very pleased but it was atleast enough for commendation apparently. So I guess the cutoff has either stayed the same or lowered since last year. | |
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