Note: State cutoffs are not known at this time. Good luck!
no scores yet in northern NY. also no access codes received by GC dept 
@EarlVanDorn, follow up question for your analysis; “Historically a score that would put one in the 97.5th percentile nationally was enough for NMSF in Mississippi.”
How do you find out what historical national percentile for your state?
@chillkitty Even if you don’t want to go to one of the schools that offer an automatic $150,000-plus scholarship to National Merit Finalists, being able to put the honor on an application can make a big difference. It’s a point of pride for colleges to have a lot of National Merit Finalists choose them, so I think it increases one’s odds of admittance. And for schools that don’t have the automatic scholarships, it can increase the chance or amount of merit aid.
I just can’t imagine intentionally putting oneself at a competitive disadvantage.
2300/2400 is pretty solid. You can use that for nmsf if you want i looked it up.
our rationale is this: The most competitive schools sometimes require that you submit ALL standardized test scores. To take a chance that she would score less well on the SAT than what she got on the ACT is risky. Also do you know if you are a finalist/winner by the fall? I would think having semifinalist designation would be enough of an advantage. I welcome anyone else’s thoughts on this. Maybe my logic is flawed.
Is anyone from Virginia? I got a 1400 with a selection index of 210. I’m from Virginia so I’m just curious if I’d be close for the qualification.
@4beardolls I’ve tracked Mississippi scores for a number of years, and in fact the historical cutoff scores can be found on the CC site. The College Board publishes a guide every year called “Understand Your PSAT/NMQTS” which has the percentiles for the subscores and the selection scores. And as for knowing the total number of state winners, it’s just been from lots of Google snooping each year. They never list all of the winners, although a couple of times I’ve managed to get a statewide list.
When will cutoffs be made available? Im at 214, so right on the border for Ohio.
“Is anyone from Virginia? I got a 1400 with a selection index of 210. I’m from Virginia so I’m just curious if I’d be close for the qualification.”
OK, this is interesting. I know of a kid (sophomore) who got a 1400 with a selection index of 207 from Ohio. Does anyone know why the SI would be different? Are they taking the state into account?
@suzy100 SI=Reading+Writing +Math, PSAT=(R+W)/2 + Math
There are quite a bit of variations in Score and SI combination.
anyone else not get the email yet?
1450 score
215 selection index
Does this make it for CA?
@suzy100 No, the SI is based on individually scored sections out of 38 (with a total of 228). So depending on the range a student scores in, it can result in a range of SI scores despite the same overall score (out of 1520). SI is used to calculate NM rather than the latter.
The concordance table does not equal the NMSC selection index, because the old PSAT just added all sections together and the new one doubles the verbal/writing section and adds it to the math to get the selection index. Look on the college board report page, click on “See Details,” and you’ll see the NMSC link there that will give your selection index.
I think the concordance table is just to try to give you an idea of how these year’s PSAT score would have translated to last year’s…not what your chances are at NMSF.
@chillkitty I think your logic is sound if you plan to apply to elite schools that look at all scores, as long as the C35 includes 35/36 in M & R. If you were going for merit $, then I would say ‘no’. It seems crazy to me, especially since she did well on the PSAT, but I can understand it. My D got a 34, and even though we are going after merit, we may be done as well, just because she has other things to do in life besides study. We don’t know our score on the PSAT yet, though. If it seems good, then she will probably take the SAT just to try for NMF.
So I was able to get my freshman score but not the Juniors. He has a 1240 with a SI of 186 which if I look at the concordance tables means he has scored lower than both my older kids as did as freshman. I’m really kind of surprised about that. I’m thinking maybe he should focus on the ACT…
If anyone is still trying to crack the TASP conspiracy, I scored 99% (1460) but got no TASP letter. However, I did get letters from Stanford and Harvard.
How do you calculate SI? I’m from NJ and got 1440
Please hrlp