Class of 2019 National Merit Worry Thread

COngratulations !!!

I live in Oklahoma and can confirm that not only has 216 made it, but 215 has as well. I have no information on if the cutoff has dropped below that.

Whoa. That means OK’s cut off went down from 216 last year.

^ Yes. Art said some states would. Looks like that really might be the case.

Alright then, hoping IL stays at 221 then. I hope seeing a few go down means not many went up.

I’m hoping 221 stays in IL as well. What district are you in?

That makes two of us…daughter with a 221 in IL as well!!! Mt. Zion (Central IL)

Good news so far! Son has 223 in Illinois and was still nervous. Looks like it should be fine. Good luck to you all!

223 is a good number! Awesome job! We are in Schaumburg area - haven’t heard anything yet.

I can’t imagine 223 won’t be plenty high! Congrats. Anxiously awaiting and trying not to be frustrated as I see other states with qualifying scores well below 220, while we are stressing about whether 221 will make it in IL!

i so hope that CA went down 1 point!!! But not holding breath :slight_smile:

I’ve posted a few of the updates in the other thread (Arkansas, Tennessee). If you see a score update or get notification yourself, please post to the other thread, too. We were hoping to see something in the mail today, but nothing yet (Nebraska).

s19 just got home from school and I asked him if there was any talk about NMSF. He said he heard they won’t know until 9/13!

@homerdog, fortunately he’ll know well before then but it sounds like the school might be holding on to application instructions till the press release date? Frustrating!

@JBStillFlying I think that’s going to be the case here. They will call the kids down and announce on the same day.

My Ds counselor said she will notify us as soon as she receives them.

Waiting in Missouri…

Still waiting in Ohio for some news. DS has a 219

Virginia is <= 223. Letter received at high school in yesterday’s mail.

NMSC is in Evanston IL. I would think we would have heard from some IL homeschoolers by now! Waiting with a 223 and no hope for the school letting us know before October let alone September 13. Last time we went through this the envelope was sitting on someone’s desk for weeks and we had to hunt it down.