@vistajay Some tangible benefit from a CA university. That covers only 50% of tuition though.
Yo the CB can smd, there telling me to wait until Saturday for my scores
@MrAustere did ur score just pop up on the website
But there are two percentiles… Sample Percentile and User Percentile… and for us they are different
@MrAustere my scores are still the one from last year, also did u have to use an access code
@hopeforthebest82 I called CB like 5 times. They finally figured out what was wrong with my test.
If it helps:
1390 99th percentile
Reading/Writing 680 98th percentile
Math 710 98th percentile
SI 207
@websensation Absolutely. They have just decided to buy top students. Oklahoma is doing the same. I think Texas A&M offers something similar, but it may not be automatic.
Here’s the link:
http://scholarships.ua.edu/nationalscholars/
@Jay12321 My best guess is that 211 won’t do it for Illinois.
@randomletter Good points. I’m also hoping we are looking at 11th grade percentile (seems the breakdown gives you lots of choices). Assuming so, our numbers would
99%
Verbal - 690
Math - 720
Total - 1400
To get a 1400, the two extremes are 640V, 760M = 204NMI or 760V, 640M = 216NMI
Looking just at the Verbal and Math percentages, it seems like having both scores barely make it is a reasonable cutoff. Some kids will do better on one vs the other, but presumably that mostly balances out. a 690V and 720M = 210NMI. My guess is that this is where the 99% number lies. Now we need to find out how far away most states are from the 99% cutoff each year. I can’t quite find this but believe it is out there. Anybody have this info?
@MrAustere I’m trying to call them but it sent me straight to a voicemail saying call later
@payn4ward I am using the sample percentile, because that is what they report with the big numbers at the top of the score sheet, and I’m pretty sure what they report on their Understanding the PSAT report.
Will a 213 be enough in Maryland?
Do you think a 214 could be enough in NJ?
I have a hardcopy list of state cuts for many years, but I can no longer find the website where I found that information.
@drshoema, college board doesn’t release percentile data above 99, even though that is what this competition is all about. Crazy. But that’s why looking at percentile data isn’t that helpful.
If you are willing to do the work, you could go through some old scoring charts and look at the raw numbers of how many students got each score and work it out. Assuming they released that info for PSAT. I know it’s available for SAT but not sure about PSAT.
Is 200 for SI good enough for national merit commended? Last year it was 202/240
Previous scoring reports did list cuts for the 99+ percentile (I have data for quite a few years), which ended up being very, very close to those top state cuts (NJ, CA, etc). I would guess that was anything above the 99.5th percentile. This number previously ran from 222 to 225.
I got a 720 on verbal and a 660 on math with a 210 selection index. 99% “Nationally Representative Sample Percentile” and 98% "
Your PSAT/NMSQT User Percentile - National"
For reference.