<p>Thanks so much, fledgling!</p>
<p>It sure would be helpful to have a copy of that guide earlier in this process! They don’t publish it on their Website. Perhaps that document is where the National Merit Scholarships site gets its information from. It has been speculated that they get their lists from CC(!), but apparently not.</p>
<p>I have sorted the cut-off scores by descending magnitude here:</p>
<p>District of Columbia 223
MA 223
Outside the U.S. 223
NJ 221
MD 220
CA 219
CT 219
VA 218
WA 218
NY 217
PA 216
DE 215
GA 215
HI 215
OR 215
TX 215
AK 214
IL 214
NH 214
NC 214
ME 213
MN 213
CO 212
IN 212
OH 212
TN 212
VT 212
KS 211
RI 211
AL 210
FL 210
LA 210
MO 210
NE 210
AZ 209
IA 209
MI 209
WI 209
ID 208
KY 208
MT 208
NV 208
SC 208
NM 206
OK 206
MS 205
SD 205
AR 203
UT 203
ND 202
U.S. territories and commonwealths 202
WV 202
WY 202</p>