<p>WIMom - I remember my parents telling me to take the SAT with National Merit in mind. The SAT IIs were taken for schools that do allow score choice, unlike Yale which does not.</p>
<p>QuantMech - I am from the midwest of the country. ACT does seem more popular around here. Most of my friends at my school have taken or are taking the SAT I and some SAT IIs. My PSAT was 225, and that should put me into the National Merit Semifinalist pool this September. Our state’s cutoff was around 212 or 213 last year, if I remember correctly. I would assume that this cutoff will remain the same or move by one or two points in either direction this September.</p>