Chances for national merit semifinalist?

ambition44
Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:34:35 +0000

I just got my PSAT results from school today (it took a while). I got a 211 (kinda disappointed - I was aiming for a 220+), and I’m in Michigan.

Althought this website [National Merit Scholarships](http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html) says that Michigan’s cutoff for the class of 2011 is 209, I’m not really sure how reliable it is. Seniors who qualified for semifinalist at my school say that the cutoff for MI is around 219 (which is ridiculous, but got me worried).

Do you guys think that I have a shot at qualifying for semifinalist? I’m one of the highest ranked students at my school, but I suck at standardized testing…every year my school has about 15 people that qualify for semifinalist, and to people that know me, they expect me to qualify, but I’m too embarrassed to even tell people my score (there are really good people who got 220+).

So just be honest, and help me out here :)