I don’t see anyone on here trying to take credit for their child’s score, which is what that comment implies. My D took the test & earned the grade but this “we” will be writing the tuition checks & therefore has a very vested interest in her making NMF.
For many different reasons, for sure. That’s why it’s not cool to come off as a “I am better than thou” person. Anyway, my response to that poster is posted at Art’s blog, so I had my say. lol
My D does not mind using “we” when we talk paying for college or need to fill out paper work.
“Thank you for providing this public service, here.”
. . . So I can both brag about my kid and incorrectly make use of a comma in one convenient post.
“Did not want to have to deal with the very intense and overly-involved parents on College Confidential”
. . . because I’m scared of them (but I read and lurk all the time, obvi).
I have seen letters addressed to two of my kids for financial aid.
All the letters are addressed to them but somehow the letter says - source of your funding - parents.
@Mamelot Exactly.
Well, the NMSF mail is not addressed to the student, but the homeschool principal. 
@mommieme Can you provide more information on the 214 for LA since you say your son missed by 2? Sorry, by the way. I know it’s frustrating.
Did the school announce 214 based on a 213 not making it and a 214 making NMSF from that school?
I am taking comfort in the fact that in recent years my state’s cutoff is generally lower than IL.
Here are the historical numbers in case anyone is interested.
Off topic, but I will point out that this thread is approaching 1M views… :(|) 
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@long2181998 I’m sorry but I have no idea what you’re talking about- I only posted on this thread, not the other.
For a student like me who is contributing to a large portion of the financial aspect of college…NMS is definitely a joint journey. I sat and took the test, put in the time to get good grades and learn…but my parents pushed me to get there. So I think “we” is an appropriate word.
For some students, they push or encourage themselves, while their parents put the brakes; for others, it’s vice-versa. There are many ways to get to the same place, and every family dynamics is slightly different. I am actually the one to tell my kid “Please don’t take so many AP classes unless you love to study.” Lol I mean, I don’t think admission officers sit around and say “Oh, look at that. This kid took one more AP class than the other kid, so let’s accept the first kid.” If the college did that, I would not want to attend that college.
Louisiana cutoff score of 214 is the middle of Art’s estimate range for your info. That at least is encouraging. And it does seem to me that for high cutoff states such as NJ/DC, MA, CA and MD, new cutoff scores will be LOWER than the old PSAT cutoff scores.
For us it’s “we” I don’t interfere with DS’s school work or class choices (he chose not to IB history class instead do extra science class. Some parents pushed their kids to take history since it gives more writing practice (ie helps essays)) . “we” part comes with activities and planning for standardized tests and college planning. May be there are some super smart and super mature kids out there, but most kids need some parents help/guidance to wade through the complex college application process and managing myriad of activities!
Principal said Louisiana cutoff was 214. My son made a 1400 on PSAT. I would like to know what score on PSAT represented 214.
@mommieme about a 1420-1430. It depends because the EBRW is weighted twice the Math for the SI.
This might seem like a really dumb question, but with the compressed scores and narrowing of the SI window for NMSF, how does NMC select each state’s cutoff? I understand it’s the top 1% in each state, but I highly doubt that number falls exactly between two SI numbers. Do they round down (thus more than 1%) or round up (thus less than 1%)?
California cutoff is down to at least 221, according to our other thread. (Don’t think this was brought up here yet?) That’s great news for a lot of folks, and for the overall narrative of cutoffs 
Delete. Nutmeg beat me to it.