Chances for national merit semifinalist?

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<p>The seniors at your school are wrong. Mich’s cutoff is not close to being that high. Maybe the kids you’re talking to had scores that high and they are assuming that was the minimum. It’s wasn’t.</p>

<p>Mich’s cutoff has been around 209 in recent years. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/files/National_Merit_2010_Semifinalist_Cut_Scores_by_State(3).doc.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fairtest.org/files/National_Merit_2010_Semifinalist_Cut_Scores_by_State(3).doc.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You have a good chance of making NMSF. The cutoff would have to go up 3 points for you not to make it. It “can” happen, but hopefully not.</p>