National Merit Cutoff Predictions Class of 2017

Paying for College Financial Aid (Need-Based, Merit Aid, Loans)
5941

Congrats @Tgirlfriend !! <:-P

5942

Congrats @Tgirlfriend ā€“ so happy for you are in!! Know it has been a long wait.

5943

This is just way too arduous! The only way this misery can end, is for two candidates from same school with low-end of the predicted SI, with the lowest SI not confirmedā€¦

5944

Thanks everyone. I am headed up to the school now.

5945

Congrats @Tgirlfriend !!! :slight_smile: Well deserved!

5946

@crazydad Results have just started to come in, so itā€™s still too early to be able to confirm that yet, for Texas or anywhere else.

You know how on election night results trickle in over 6-24 hours, and even there there are a few precincts who donā€™t report until a few days later? This is kind of like that. :wink:

The only way to figure out a stateā€™s cutoff at this point is for someone to make it at one number, and then for someone else to not make it at the number just below - and then both of those people have to report here (end even then it will be unofficial).

Example (with made up numbers): If someone in the state of Jefferson (made up state) says they made it at 222, and then someone says they had 221 and didnā€™t get a letter (or didnā€™t get called to the GC), then the cutoff for Jefferson is 222. Note that ā€œdidnā€™t get a letterā€ means waiting a couple of extra days since not everyoneā€™s mail comes on the same day, kid could have been absent when the GC called, etc.

It may be a few days before we know.

5947

@Tgirlfriend Are there any other students who qualified with a lower score?

5948

Congrats to you and your son @Tgirlfriend ! Hopefully youā€™re feeling better today and can celebrate! I hope my Dā€™s school is as forthcoming with the info to confirm.

5949

Congratulations, @Tgirlfriend! And thank you for confirming that 221 is in for TX! Iā€™m doing a little happy dance for my D, too! (Also a 221!)

5950

Alabam

5951

What about Alabama @Tschoonover44

5952

My daughter is at 222 in texas

5953

Congrats @ā€œcrazy dadā€!!!

5954

Awesome, crazy dad - sheā€™s in then!

5955

@crazy dad now itā€™s time to REALLY get crazy! Congrats!

5956

Congrats to those who made it so far! Thanks for sharing!

5957

@Tgirlfriend - if you were willing, ask your GC for what the lowest SI from your school that made it.

That would be immensely helpful!!!

5958

(dup post)

5959

@thshadow Her son is the only one. If she could get her hands on the bookā€¦ :wink:

5960

But the book doesnā€™t give cut-off information, per @PAMom21.