<p>I am about to croak, wondering if DS made the cut-off. He got 218 in VA, which is right on the border. The last three years, the cut-off qualifying scores were 218-219-217. Sooo… Will he get the red-carpet treatment for making that magic cut-off score? Free tuition and other bennies at some great colleges and universities?? We are financially challenged, and this could make a huge difference for him and for us. Or will his terrific score still only count as “nice try, kid”? We can’t make plans or know what to do next until we find out if he is a Semi-Finalist. (Grades are enough to make Finalist.) Does anyone know why it takes the CB such a long after the PSATs (almost a year) to decide the cut-off scores??</p>