What do I get with this PSAT score? (Merit, Commended, etc.)

<p>I got a 205 (97th percentile).</p>

<p>64-CR
75-M
65-WS</p>

<p>I live in Washington state?</p>

<p>Is there anything for my score? or did I not score high enough?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>If your score is a 205, you should get commended, since last year’s cutoff was 203. Your subscores only add up to 204 though, so where did that extra point go?</p>

<p>I got a 216, which I am unbelievably ****ed about, considering the fact that I got a 236 last year. GRRRR…</p>

<p>I think that they were a little harsh on the scoring this year. Last year, my mom told me that a kid got one wrong in the math section and got a 79. This year, I got one wrong and went down to a 76. I could have gotten into semi-finalist (maybe) if I hadn’t gotten that ONE math question wrong.</p>

<p>haha don’t worry about it, i got a 213 and was a semifinalist</p>

<p>oh wait, it was a 231… sorry! anyway the reason i forgot is bc it’s really unimportant… it doesn’t say much to colleges that your sat score wont, and if you get the scholarship it’s not that much money relative to how much college costs (2000ish). SO RELAX.</p>

<p>I’m not that unhappy about it. It was just a bit of a hard blow on my self-esteem, especially since everyone else in my grade improved from last year. My initial theory was that I’m getting stupider every year, but then I realized that the SAT doesn’t really measure your true abilities. So now I’ve let it go :)</p>

<p>Actually, you’d be surprised how many colleges give full tuition scholarships to National Merit Finalists. USC (s. california), for example, gives half-tuition to finalists, and that’s an exellent school. University of Tulsa offers full rides, and that’s a nice school, too.</p>