<p>YES! An e-mail from none other than the GAMECOCKS!</p>
<p>How does the trend look for illionis silverturtle? I was unfortunate enough to get a 213 and last years cut off was 214. haha how large are my chances?</p>
<p>Btw, how are you all looking at 2008’s means scores and what not? I can’t find a link.</p>
<p>For Illinois, the percentage of those with 70+ in Critical Reading fell from 3.7 to 3.6. The percentage of those with 70+ on Mathematics rose dramatically from 4.9 to 6.1. The percentage of those with 70+ on Writing rose from 2.5 to 2.9</p>
<p>Calculated by adding the numbers from above: from 11.1 to 12.6; net change of +1.5. The cutoff should go up or stay the same. </p>
<p>The archived data sets can be found in a column on the right of the screen with the 2009 data.</p>
<p>^ One thing we must account for regarding Math is that, because of the curves this year, getting a 75-80 was “easier” (-2 yielded a 75, not a 74); thus, it follows that every state’s math upper scores will be slightly skewed. Also, many people who score high in math do poorly in the other two sections.</p>
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<p>The easier curve is already accounted for in the percentage of people in each score range. Additionally, the fact that people who do well in Math may do poorly in the other sections is irrelevant, as the tendency would be common among all years.</p>
<p>Ok, I seem to be forgetting alot from AP Stats…would a decrease in the number of test takers usually mean a net increase in mean score?</p>
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<p>Perhaps, because those who elected not to take the test would probably have done worse than those who did elect to take it. The mean score, however, does not directly translate into the National Merit cutoffs – they distinguish only at the high end of the range.</p>
<p>Quite true…so what would you predict for FL?</p>
<p>@monstor344: LOL yes, I especially like the ones that say URGENT in the subject. Does anyone know how colleges choose which students to advertise to? Is it just based on the self-selected grade report?</p>
<p>For South Carolina, the percentage of those with 70+ in Critical Reading fell from 2.4 to 2.1. The percentage of those with 70+ on Mathematics rose from 2.1 to 2.2. The percentage of those with 70+ on Writing fell from 2.3 to 2.0</p>
<p>So overall SC went from 6.8 to 6.3; net change of -0.5 meaning the cutoff should either go down or stay the same, correct?</p>
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<p>The sections stayed the same except for a +.3 percentage point change in Math, so the cutoff should stay the same or go up one point.</p>
<p>^ Thank you…it better stay the same lol.</p>
<p>wait silveruturtle…what perecentages were you analyzing?</p>
<p>^ The top percentage ranges for the three subjects from 2008 and 2009.</p>
<p>silverturtle - what do u think about Maryland’s cutoff? I think it was 220 last year. Do you think it will increase or decrease or stay the same?</p>
<p>Hm ok, but it also looks like the 70-74 percentages increased slightly as well…hopefully minute increases like these wont amount to a full point increase.</p>
<p>silverturtle, how likely is it for illinois’s cutoff to go up 2 points?</p>
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<p>Not very likely.</p>
<p>so if anything, 215 is the most it will go up to?</p>
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<p>Most likely.</p>