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*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)*
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Thanks to @PAMom21 for pointing out the fact that they changed the Understanding Scores report to show the previous year starting from 2012 up till now. So when will we find out the 99th percentile?
@psywar Really? I thought most schools gave reports back in December before the winter break.
@topaz1116 Isn't it 74 on CR because of the -.25 for each question penalty? He'd be at 44.25 with the -.75 penalty from 3 points.
@3scoutsmom Why would you be shocked to see it go down? Based on previous years, I think it might be 216-217 given that after it goes down 1 point from the previous year, it usually goes up by a point or two (which I highly doubt will happen this year) or it'll go down by 2 points
Lemme know your thoughts
12/14 (present) ~You know or will know your scores in the very near future (got ours from the school on 12/12). You can make guesses based on the scoring curve. I didn't do this last year, so I can't speak for that.
2/15 ~ State summary reports come out, along with the national means in subject areas only (no mean for the SI). Many folks last year, myself included, played a LOT with this data. Bigger states are easier to predict than smaller ones, but there is some insight in the number of kids scoring in those upper ranges. For PA, I could make a pretty nice prediction using the total number of kids scoring 70+ in each subject area. For what it's worth, several different calculations all predicted PA would drop by a point, which it did, but for the most part, this just passes the time. ( http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/16974100/#Comment_16974100 )
4/15 ~ Commendation cut comes out. THIS was significant. Last year when it dropped from 203 to 201, that was optimistic for state cuts. Note that this number is not released by NMSC, but schools and homeschoolers got a letter asking that their student info be verified at this time, and when someone would chime in that they got one for the next lower number, we could safely lower the cut. The dust settled in time, and we knew it was 201. ( http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17163663/#Comment_17163663 )
8/15 ~ Letters [start[/i] going out for semi-finalist. They go both to schools and homeschoolers. Your best bet is to find a homeschooler with a similar cut, and buddy up for the long haul. (Love my homeschooling pals!) If you are sitting at 215, and your homeschool pal gets the letter with 214, you might know before your school tells you. Information was shared freely here on CC. I'll dig up a link in a minute, but I suggest you read through the score "rollout" for previous years to prepare, if you want in on that fun. ( http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17558305/#Comment_17558305 )
9/15 ~ You will have official notification in hand, and until early October to complete the next phase. Shortly after this big rollout, commendation letters go out, but they are a bit anticlimactic, as most should know their status by that point.
Good luck to all!
Thanks.