<p>Haha do it online! It takes 2 minutes 
Stress is unnecessary in this situation :P</p>
<p>^^^ Don’t worry, at this time it’s really not that important. S didn’t even apply to the two places he sent the scores to at this time. Next year it is more important and you still have a lot of leeway and chances to change up to the last minute.</p>
<p>Haha I know, but I haven’t had a chance to think about which colleges to send it to! I don’t really have a top 2 yet, and I don’t know which colleges are best in this situation.</p>
<p>Your top two favorites isn’t necessarily the way to go. Spend 30 minutes right now looking at each school’s common data set and see which ones say demonstrated interest is important.</p>
<p>My top school doesn’t have interest listed as important. Should I pick two schools I care less about? Or should I send it anyway and hope they’re just kidding? :)</p>
<p>209 in NV and I got one a few weeks ago. I ended up sending the score to my top two schools anyway. I don’t know if someone’s asked this already, but: do we usually get letters back from the school’s we’ve sent it to? or like, any aknowledgement at all?</p>
<p>Commended as a 202 from NY.</p>
<p>This topic is keeping records for -semifinalist- scores, not top 50,000 scores, correct? I’m just trying to devise what the numbers mean near each state. I’m fairly confident with my 227 in New Mexico, but I’m not sure if the 208 from last year is the semifinalist or top 50,000 cutoff.</p>
<p>The 2008 scores are for semifinalists by state. Commended is nationwide and is 200-202.</p>
<p>i got commended, but i don’t have the letter with my login and we were supposed to report which colleges we want scores to be sent to by yesterday, (i learned of this today when other commended students asked me which colleges i chose to inform). Is there any way that I can contact NMSC and get my scores reported, or since its after the date am I pretty much done…? </p>
<p>my college counselor told me that he once had a student who never recieved the letter but her psat scores obviously meant she was commended, so she contacted the office in july and her scores were reported… do i have any chance?</p>
<p>Call and ask</p>
<p>To anonymous…I called National Merit when my daughter didn’t get her letter. They were very nice and looked it up and even sent her one when we hadn’t asked.</p>
<p>That said…THIS step? This Score Reporting Step? Is, in my opinion, fairly useless. BUT…I nevertheless made SURE my daughter got hers sent anyway. You never know. </p>
<p>So, call National Merit and explain and see what they can do. If WE are just having to send it to them now, then THEY don’t have them all received yet so perhaps they can take your request verbally. Or…? They have to process 100,000 pieces of mail so it’s a big task. But I’m hoping they’ll make an exception for you.</p>
<p>Thanks, I think I’ll call them and ask them if they can process my request. I know it probably doesn’t make a huge difference, but it does show interest. I mean, we can only send to two schools… so the school knows that they are one of our top choices.</p>
<p>I just called in and apparently May 26th was the last day to have NM send out the letters to the two colleges of your choice. I have read, however, that the choices can always be changed. If so, then why would May 26th be the last day to send the letter to your colleges of choice?</p>
<p>You’re confusing things here. NM will ask Semifinalists when they are notified to state a first choice. This choice can be changed up until their deadline which, I believe, is sometime in April of the senior year.</p>
<p>The letters sent to the two designated colleges are fairly meaningless. It’s just a way to say “Hey, look here! You may want to pay some attention to me since I’m a high scorer.” FYI, the two colleges which my daughter did notify just sent her a simple letter of congratulations in response. Later they waitlisted her.</p>
<p>My son scored surprisingly high on his PSAT in October, 218. We live in MS, notorious for its low cut off score. He has an outstanding academic record (4.0 gpa), but we are displeased with his SAT score he received in May: 580 M, 570 CR, 510 W (1660). His guidance counselor told him that all he needs is a decent score to move to Finalist status. What is a “decent score”? Must we continue to worry? Thanks for any help</p>
<p>IloveAPCal, was your son just having a bad day? I think PSAT and SAT scores are usually more closely correlated than that. He should certainly take the SAT again if possible.</p>
<p>A “decent” score means different things for different students, just like in college admissions, where strong recommendations and essays can offset low test scores. In any case, good luck to him.</p>
<p>What do you have to do to get from semifinalist to finalist? I have a 226 PSAT score in Ohio and scores of 2110 and 2300 on my SAT. Do I have to do anything?
Can I be National Achievement and National Merit at the same time?</p>
<p>Millancad, Yes you can be Natl Achievement and National Merit at the same time. Thats usually a very “small club” to my knowledge. Congrats to You. I actually found this on one of CC’s active poster “eatingfood”. Hopefully this link takes 
You should however, send your 2300 sat score and keep your GPA up to get the finalist status, which I have no doubt you will!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/676413-official-uc-berkeley-decision-thread-class-2013-a-3.html#post1062122505[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/676413-official-uc-berkeley-decision-thread-class-2013-a-3.html#post1062122505</a></p>
<p>^^ I know someone who was Natl Achievement, Natl Hisp AND NMF!</p>