<p>My son got a 240 : )
Sophomore year 231.</p>
<p>CR: 68
M: 76 (I switched some numbers around accidentally… stupid triangle/square combo shape)
W: 67
211
98%</p>
<p>Had I gotten one more question right in any section I would be nicely above/at the TN cutoff of 212 – this really sucks. I really hope the cutoff drops one measly point.</p>
<p>Yeah and I will be the lowest score in this thread already posted at a 160 (49CR, 57M, 54Wr)…Even though I didn’t try as hard as I should have this really pains me.</p>
<p>my counselor told me that the school got the scores two days ago and they will be released next week. i hate waiting that long :(</p>
<p>Just got mine in the mail…and I got a 144 
The reason why I a happy is because I’m only in the 10th grade and it doesn’t matter! :P</p>
<p>Just got mine today so I guess NJ kids’ scores are in ^_^</p>
<p>Just got mine today in California. Is this website really accurate? [National</a> Merit Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html]National”>http://www.collegeplanningsimplified.com/NationalMerit.html)</p>
<p>Guidance counselor announced they were available for pickup today. Did better than my SAT by 50 points, which really sucks (I took it a week before).</p>
<p>226- 73/80/73 perfect math. Harsh math curve; good thing I got lucky.</p>
<p>ecobags,
Yes, but only last year’s cut offs are shown. If you do not have an asterisk by your score, I believe you made it to the next round, so to speak. We should start compiling a list as they have done in years past. So the following are the lowest cutoff scores who have made it so far that I know of. If you all cooperate,I will edit as we go.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi 205
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming</p>
<p>KALee94: The asterisk merely indicates whether you are eligible to advance to the next round; not if your score meets the determined cut-off. </p>
<p>For instance, I had an asterisk last year, but not this year because last year I was a sophomore.</p>
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<p>What, exactly, do you mean by this? My son has a PA score that is a 212, presumably too low for NMSF for our state, but there is no asterisk by the score - any of the 4 scores on the paper copy (selection index or otherwise). He had a clock/watch mishap in the room he was in and didn’t get to complete 3 math questions with the harsh math curve to boot. If he’d gotten to do those, I’d be breathing easier right now, but unless there’s something to this asterisk thing and PA really dropped (4 points), I’m thinking he’s just commended and we’ll be skipping the SAT (as he has a decent ACT already on the books). </p>
<p>He is a homeschooler, but I don’t think they have a separate category for us.</p>
<p>My friend did not have an asterisk last year as a sophomore and made the state cut off although I did have the asterisk and did not make the cut off. This year both of us are above last year’s state cut off and neither of us have an asterisk while another friend (far below last year’s cut off) does. For other states, where the state 99% is above national 99%, I would not say that no asterisk represents the cut off (DC/NJ); however, for my state (I only made 98% of the nation, but I’m a safe distance away from last year’s cut off), I would bet no asterisk means we made the cut off. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>I believe it has nothing to do with the score.</p>
<p>^^An asterisk merely indicates if a student is eligible to receive the scholarship. Like, if your son was not a U.S. citizen or was a sophomore, there would be an asterisk next to his selection index.</p>
<p>unless, of course, there was a mistake on my friend’s test last year, and she really should have had an asterisk, which really has thrown me off and make me worried for her score this year. 
She dropped two and is now the exact cut-off score from last year.</p>
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<p>That actually makes more sense. I had a feeling 4 points was too much to hope for. Thanks for the explanation!</p>
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<p>No, asterisk simply denotes that you’re not a junior (which means that your score, no matter how good, does not qualify for NMSF).</p>
<p>203!
Got Hispanic Recognition for sure.</p>
<p>For our school, PSAT results come in tomorrow! So apprehensive, yet so excited at the same time. Looking at the previous posts, the math curve seeme quite unforgiving. I hope I got em all, but I probably made a fatal mistake like 3+7=21 like I did last year. I just want 210 and I’ll be satisfied. I’m not so sure though, because my school has a bad history of producing subpar PSAT scores. Last year, my 194 was among the highest scores in the school (all grades) and I was a freshman T_T. Our high school didn’t even have a NMSF last year.</p>
<p>^lol we had 23 NMSF last year</p>