<p>In Illinois last year, the cutoff for semifinalist was 216. My 3 practice tests have been 211 (75 CR 62 M 74 W), 198 (70 CR 65 M 63 W) and 204 (69 CR 66 M 68 W). All my tests were taken on very little sleep, in a distracting environment, and battling a nasty allergy attack. Assuming I go in healthy and with enough sleep, would it be possible to qualify? What extra steps can I take tomorrow to bump up my scores a bit? Thanks everybody!</p>
<p>you need to really bring up your math scores, usually its an easy 75-80/80 that boosts your score, but in your case its either much less or on par with your verbal/writing scores. Math questions are repeated in style and form, so if you truly understand your mistakes on all 3 practice tests then you should ace the next one. My guess is you don’t. Review very carefully what your mistakes were and how to actually do the problem. when you figure that out make up a question with different numbers and see if you can solve it. when in doubt, post here and ask for help. We have a few math geniuses here and there ;)</p>