I got a 1350 Sophomore year and then raised that to 1500 Junior Year. Selection Index was 224 which was above my state’s 221 cut-off.
Out of a class of 556, my public school had 41 National Merit SemiFinalists, 41 Commended Scholars, and 6 National Hispanic Scholars this year. Every year, my school has the most NMS Semifinalists in the state. You can imagine how competitive my school is lol.