<p>I don’t exactly know where to go to find out if my score is good/bad/average or what I need to do wrong. </p>
<p>I live in Indiana. Does anyone know the National Merit Scholarship Cutoff Number?</p>
<p>I have a 3.7/4 GPA but I got a 158 on the PSAT (47 CR, 54 MATH, 57 WRITING) It says I did better than 69 percent of juniors in my state. I still feel like this is a bad score since I want to go to loyola chicago or possibly nyu.</p>
<p>What do these scores mean? and What do I need to do to improve them? Any tips? I skipped the ones I didn’t know and then went back to see if I knew them then. Then If I didn’t know them, I just skipped them.</p>
<p>Please respond!</p>
<p>Last year’s semifinalist cutoff for Indiana was 213. </p>
<p>Your score translates to a possible 1580 (out of 2400) on the SAT. You need to focus on improving those scores.</p>
<p>I suggest you check the stickied thread at the top of the SAT preparation forum for the “Xiggi method”. If you can motivate yourself, you can prepare well for the SAT.</p>
<p>You seem to be a good student judging by your GPA and not being complacent with your current PSAT scores. I would say that the only thing your PSAT score is indicative of is a lack of preparation. I think that is a good thing since your dissatisfaction can be easily assuaged by spending an hour or less studying some type of SAT/PSAT prep book. Also, if you seem to do really well in school you may consider taking the ACT instead which is supposedly more knowledge based than reasoning ability or w.e .</p>