<p>That Math curve is ridiculous. I made one stupid, stupid mistake (that I know of … maybe I made others), and that’s a 4 point difference.</p>
<p>=(</p>
<p>I made three mistakes. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>i don’t remember any of the questions so i really have no clue what i’m going to get</p>
<p>Anyone have any idea what nat’l achievment scholar will be this year?</p>
<p>my school just said they got theirs today. im checking tomorrow</p>
<p>your schools could be holding onto them. you should all be pushy and demand your scores.</p>
<p>what’s nat’l achievement scholar?</p>
<p>yea–i’ve never heard of that</p>
<p>I think he means semi-finalist or finalist.</p>
<p>so what are you asking? cutoffs…is national acheivement scholar the same as commeneded or what?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nationalmerit.org/nasp.html[/url]”>http://www.nationalmerit.org/nasp.html</a></p>
<p>Scroll to the bottom, that explains Nat’l Achievment Scholar.</p>
<p>thanks for the link</p>
<p>callProspective, what was the 99+ cutoff last year. 223 this year it looks like.</p>
<p>224 was the 99+ cutoff for 2003.</p>
<p>I think this info suggests that the cutoffs will be lower on average, not higher. At worst the same. What am I missing? What is all this hysteria on the boards about the class of 2006 be bigger and smarter and the indices are going to be up 3-4 points? This data does not support this view.</p>
<p>i certainly hope so turkey!!!</p>
<p>The curves, not the actual indices, are affected by how well we juniors do as a whole. For example according to last year’s statistics, a -1 raw score equated to a 770, but this year a -1 raw score equates to a 760, suggesting more '06ers scored in the 760-800 range than '07ers.</p>
<p>The College Board alters the curve to make the 99+ index stay at about 223-224.</p>
<p>223-224? That can’t be right. If you look at the state by state data posted on this forum the highest cut off for any state for the 2005 scholars is 222.</p>
<p>The top 99th percentile in each state, not 99+th percentile, get NMS semi.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the index cutoffs will be one point lower than those of last year’s PSAT for most states (ie. CA - 2003 = 216, 2004 = 215).</p>
<p>Exactly right</p>