*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)*

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<p>@emersonballer21‌ I think you might…But you’re cutting it pretty close to the cutoff.</p>

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<p>223 in California. How’s my chance for semifinals?</p>

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<p>@jacob9874‌ I think you have a pretty good chance; last year cut off was around 221-224 (not sure). Did you get your score report online? Fellow californian here</p>

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<p>You guys anticipating a cutoff increase on the whole or a decrease? I honestly thought this years test was harder even though I did better on it, so I’d predict a decrease in cutoff. What do you all think?</p>

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<p>@lkim97 I used Palm’s way to find out my exact score. Very nervous that the cutoff might bump up to 224.</p>

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<p>@psatkid, were the scores on the paper report accurate towards palm’s method?</p>

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<p>@jacob9874 What is palms way? Hopefully the cutoff will be 223 or lower! Good luck!!</p>

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<p>I got a 215 and am from NY. Any change I will make the cutoff? Also my paper report completely matched palms method!</p>

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<p>Palm’s way is in the page <a href=“*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)* - #1861 by anxxghost - National Merit Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/1695699-official-psat-thread-2014-us-p125.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Is the Jacob URL only for Form S? I used it and said 76 for WR, but I took the Wednesday form W test and missed one question.</p>

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<p>@hc6262 I got the same score. The cutoff has been 215 in the past, I really hope it is this year too. It would really sting if I missed it by a point or so. </p>

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<p>Does anyone know why I keep getting a my college quickstart is temporarily unavailable message for every single link? Any help is greatly appreciated as I’m kind of anxious to find out what I got</p>

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<p>211 from Ohio. Any chance I could make NMSF? It was 213 last year and has been 211 before.</p>

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<p>Will probably be 211-214. You might be on the edge.</p>

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<p>Would the curve be higher or lower than last year’s? Fingers crossed</p>

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<p><a href=“Understanding PSAT/NMSQT Scores - SAT Suite”>https://www.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores-guide_0.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@jacob9874‌ the curves for reading and writing were harsher last year but math was easier</p>

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<p>So have people gotten scores back from their actual schools yet?</p>

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<p>Daughter got scores from her school and Palm’s method was an exact match</p>

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<p>@Parent1337 Same here. Guidance counselor verbally gave me the scores (paper reports will be distributed soon) and they matched Palm’s method.</p>

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<p>What state are you from? Thank you</p>