<p>3 weeks :P</p>
<p>Just finished first semester! Aced all my finals! Now just waiting for SAT results! Oh and this past weekend I won a national tournament for soccer! So excited.</p>
<p>Got a 223 on the PSAT! Sort of disappointed, but still- Hello National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist! In NC, that is.</p>
<p>i ****ed up my PSAT so bad… 180 
im so mad at myself for making the simplest of mistakes</p>
<p>One week left, barely have an A in AP Bio and Pre-Calc. Crunch time? I think so.</p>
<p>Ha, at least you guys can see your scores. We won’t be getting ours until after Christmas break. -_-</p>
<p>Does your school have Naviance? If so you can use that to see your scores.</p>
<p>I got a 202 on the PSAT… Good enough for commendation?</p>
<p>175
CR: 54 (expected this)
Math: 59 (I think my score went down…)
Writing: 62 (I thought I was going to do worse so…)</p>
<p>Overall I improved my score by 10ish points. Though I was sick on the day of the test, had a HORRIBLE cough and didn’t sleep well the night before so I think my real SAT score will be SO much better.</p>
<p>I somehow managed a 207, amazingly…my CR was a 70 and my math was a 69…weird.</p>
<p>@Stanfordman1891, I think it depends on which state you live in and the results of everybody else you are up against, but you have a good shot to be commended. Last year, a 200 was the cutoff to be commended, but the year before was 202. But if you live in North Dakota, for instance, a 202 would probably make you a NMS semifinalist at the least. Here’s a website I found with some cutoffs:</p>
<p>[National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html)</p>
<p>I got a 171 psat last year, and a 1960 on my sat this year. Hopefully I got lucky that day and scored a 200+ we haven’t gotten our scores back yet though.</p>
<p>This is really random, but I hate chance threads. No one has any idea if you have a chance of getting in or not except admission officers.</p>
<p>Plus, the majority of people who respond to chance threads can only compare the OP to other CCers, which is a minuscule representation of the ones accepted. And that’s an understatement.</p>
<p>I don’t really like the “chance me” threads either. I feel like the people who post there just want a good response from somebody else to boost their spirit.</p>
<p>The only thing they’ve really done for me is lower my self-esteem. I read some aloud to my mother and she said they must be lying and would need more than 24 hours in a day to do all the stuff they did. But I’m fairly sure they’re not.</p>
<p>LOL I also loath those dumb chance me threads. I scored a 54 on CR, 62 on Math, and 53 on Writing… I am not the best test taker. Aside from the PSAT, do you guys think a fourth year of science is beneficial for a business major???</p>
<p>I opted for AP US govt instead of AP enviro because i feel the govt plays a little bit more of a role in business than environment does.</p>
<p>Some of the colleges you’re applying to might want you to have a fourth year of science. Check their requirements.
Other than that, just take rigorous classes that you find interesting and relevant.</p>
<p>On I forgot to post my PSAT breakdown:
80 CR / 80 M / 77 W</p>
<p>LOL I won’t even bother posting my PSAT scores. Lets just say, I have a lot of practicing to do.</p>