<p>I got a 2080 on the June SAT (740 M, 680 CR, 660 W), and a 35 on the June ACT (35 eng, 35 math, 35 read, 36 sci).
Obviously, I’d rather submit the ACT, however I need to submit the SAT score for national merit.
I got a 223 on the PSAT and live in MI
- How exactly does this SAT submission for national merit work?
- Will colleges still see the SAT because of the national merit submission?
- Will the discrepancy between the PSAT and the SAT scores cause me any trouble? Should I take the SAT again to fix it? (I didn’t prep at all for this one)</p>
<p>1) they just use the SAT score with your eventual application in Sept/Oct. when they announce semifinalists to choose finalists. But you probably don’t have to worry about raising your score since out of 16000 semifinalists there are 15000 finalists. </p>
<p>2) no, colleges won’t see your SAT score unless you send it to them</p>
<p>3) probably not. I was in a similar situation (PSAT 221, SAT 2130, ACT 35) but i still got finalist and now I’m going to school on a national merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Question 1: National Merit has a code just like the colleges and you just request that scores be sent. Agree with SU on 2 and 3.</p>
<p>The minimum score to achieve finalist status is rumored to be around a 1980. You are perfectly safe,</p>