<p>Well bummer. It was not in the mail, and since the College Board office is east coast they are gone for the day, and for the weekend. 
I guess we will have to wait through a long weekend to hear anything back. </p>
<p>When do they tell you if you made nmsqt?</p>
<p>In September. </p>
<p>My school only gives back score reports in mid-January. However, some summer programs I’m applying to (apps due early Jan) are requiring my score. Is there any way College Board would give me access to the online score report without an access code or mail something straight to my home?</p>
<p>If you guys are getting a 232, why would u even ask whether or not thats good enough for national merit? Based off your scores, I would assume that either you guys are really smart people or you guys just studied for the test like animals. Since you are getting such high scores, I would assume that you are smart enough to understand whether or not your scores cut it for national merit. Stop trying to brag and get a life. </p>
<p>I do agree with averagewhiteguy that when scores are significantly above “the bubble” folks should probably know how confident they should be. That being said, let’s all be sensitive and know there is quite a bit of stress/anxiety around the psat scores and the possibility that those scores may mean better chances for college acceptance, more opportunities for scholarships, etc…I think this forum should be to provide information, share scores, ask appropriate questions, and be sensitive and supportive to everyone as they go down this “path” of college readiness, college applications, and slogging through the crazy remainder of high school as well. </p>
<p>I will also echo what several folks have mentioned already, the psat score is not the one measurement of a student’s academic ability, and their worthiness as they apply to colleges. I am the parent of 4 children…and I only have one still in high school. One of my three older children (21 yo, 20, yo, 18 yo) was “commended” (score of 213 in Washington) and the other two did not even reach that “level”. That being said, I don’t believe the psat score really affected their college acceptances, etc. We are middle income, from a small rural school district (550 students in the whole high school). I have a daughter who was accepted at Cornell, but she did not have a psat score that made nmsf/nmf cutoff. I just want ALL of the students on this forum to know that your future does not rest on where your psat score falls on the spectrum… all of you are MUCH more than that! </p>
<p>@4kids2graduate thanks for that inspiration. To be honest with you, I am a sophomore so I don’t give a **** about the PSAT, it just bugs me to see such brilliant people asking such silly questions. Also I totally agree, the PSAT is just a test, a number. That and what college you go to do not determine one’s self value. The popular misconception of the PSAT on this site as an indicator of self worth is so far from the truth. If anything, the PSAT is just a test, it doesn’t say anything about one’s school success. I only got a 185 on this PSAT and quite frankly, reading all of these posts about people who got 220-230s asking about whether or not they will get national merit is bothersome because I am not even a junior and just off of minimal research, I know, that anything above a 225 on the PSAT means GUARANTEED recognition as a NMSF. I just would like to thank @4kids2graduate for finally breaking the truth about the PSAT to everyone on this site. </p>
<p>@AsleepAtTheWheel for sophmore year, I had like a 3.8 gpa 1st sem and 3.6 sec sem (Cuz I forgot turnitin.com for the most important essay of the year and got 50% off T_T). But I have 9 classes per sem since I have zero and 7th period and an extra language class outside of school that goes into my gpa so I feel as if they wont look at the inflated one. I actaully got a B plus in math first sem and a C plus in math second sem along with the B plus in English. Te extra A’s brought up my gpa a lot and overall including freshman year, I have a 3.85. Will they look at just sophmore grades or also freshman cuz I did much better freshman year.</p>
<p>And thank you so much @AsleepAtTheWheel and @topaz1116 for your advice!</p>
<p>Does anyone know the rarity of a 240 PSAT? As in something more precise than just 99+ percentile, which is just anything from 224-240. Even better would be to know the exact number of certain PSAT scores in the past. I know I’ve seen one year of SAT scores where it gave the exact number of certain scores. Either would be nice, I really just want to know how close the correlation is! Thanks!</p>
<p>@Fragalaga
My school is 40 years old and it has never had a srudent make a 240 on the PSAT. </p>
<p>you are all wrong. PSAT test your abilitie in all area very deeply, specially math. I know some USAMO takers who tell me math section was too hard for them. My friend all get 2250+ but I only get 2150, because I fail writing section. But this tell me I have to work harder since PSAT is better than IQ test for assessng intelliegence. </p>
<p>@Fragalaga I read somewhere, on average 100 kids a year that score a perfect 240 that is not many considering how many take the PSAT each year!</p>
<p>@69forthewin the PSAT is not a test of intelligence; it is a test of knowledge. It doesn’t test your abilities “deeply”–it just tests how much you know. And how good you are at not making dumb mistakes under pressure.</p>
<p>How would a USAMO finalist think the math section was hard? I’m sorry, but I’m pretty sure the USAMO tests on more difficult topics than Algebra II. </p>
<p>Does anyone know what overall percentiles a 199 or a 200 have?</p>
<p>@topaz1116, I don’t think that post can be taken seriously!</p>
<p>@69forthewin What are you trying to say? USAMO is WAY WAY harder than getting a perfect math score in SAT or PSAT, and to say that USAMO takers think SAT math is hard is just bullshit. Yes, I know someone who made USAMO 3 times in high school, and he’s never gotten a perfect math score in SAT/PSAT, and here I am, who made 800 on all SAT and PSAT I took, but never qualified for USAMO because I was short of 3 or 5 points. But that doesn’t mean he’s stupid (or I’m smart) or SAT is harder than USAMO; it just means that he made stupid mistakes once in a while. Only a selected few hundred are invited to take USAMO each year, and I am pretty sure there are more than those who get perfect score in SAT math.</p>
<p>@PAMom21 why don’t you taake my post seriously? i am new to forums, i am still learning, please correct me if i do thing wrong.</p>
<p>@AverageStudent97 why do you get mad at me? i did not say usamo is easier than sat, i try both and know. all i say is i hear someone who take usamo tell me sat math is hard. Also, beelieve me please i know this from experence, it is not easy to “not making dumb mistakes under pressure.” sat test this very well, those who have no math maturity will make many stupid mistake even if they say they can do harder porblems.</p>
<p>Stupid mistakes aside, there is no way that a serious math student can call the PSAT math “hard”. It’s very straight forward. The ceiling is FAR too low to discern well within the top 10% of the test. The Center for Talented Youth uses the SAT, which is extremely similar, in children under the age of 13 to discern high intelligence, because of this ceiling issue. If children at 9, 10, and 11 are earning perfect scores, it’s not going to be a challenge for the best and brightest at 16.</p>
<p>@69forthewin </p>
<p>The PSAT does not measure intelligence.</p>