<p>On education, look at this thread on PSAT scores required to move on in the NMS competition in 2008:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/696125-psat-scores-national-merit-semifinalists-2009-h-s-class-2010-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/696125-psat-scores-national-merit-semifinalists-2009-h-s-class-2010-a.html</a>
The lowest scores all come from the south and northern midwest (ND, SD, Wyoming).</p>