National Merit Commended Scholar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you know national merit cutoff for 2025

DC was 223, VA and MD were 222. DC is the highest cutoff in the country. MD and VA are tied for second highest.

https://www.compassprep.com/national-merit-semifinalist-cutoffs/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid listed it on Common App. If you have space for it, list it.

Same, especially if you are in a high cut off state (as all locals here are), and to show you are one of the commended students at your school (after all, this is who you are mostly being compared to), and because it shows consistency of achievement (assuming you also ended up with a strong SAT score).

[Anonymous]

I won’t put commended in the app, what colleges ate they applying to?

[Anonymous]

Our FCPS commended student put it on the application and got accepted to several Ivies (attending HYP) and waitlisted at others (rejected from none). I don't understand why you wouldn't list it, unless you have a bevy of more impressive honors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS commended student put it on the application and got accepted to several Ivies (attending HYP) and waitlisted at others (rejected from none). I don't understand why you wouldn't list it, unless you have a bevy of more impressive honors.

Did your student submit ACT/SAT test scores as well? Did they have any other hooks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our FCPS commended student put it on the application and got accepted to several Ivies (attending HYP) and waitlisted at others (rejected from none). I don't understand why you wouldn't list it, unless you have a bevy of more impressive honors.

Did your student submit ACT/SAT test scores as well? Did they have any other hooks?

No hooks. SAT was near-perfect (so better than the PSAT, or I'm guessing would have made semifinalist!). No ACT. I don't mean to suggest that listing "Commended Student" made the difference, just that it clearly didn't hurt, and I don't think it makes sense to leave it off (again, unless you can fill the app with more impressive awards).

[Anonymous]

Montgomery County, MD, semifinalist list is out:

https://www.mymcmedia.org/158-county-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/

[Anonymous]

Wish someone would publish DC’s list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wish someone would publish DC’s list

There was a thread about DC's list but it got deleted. Not sure why.

[Anonymous]

DC's cutoff of 223 is the highest in the nation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
DC's cutoff of 223 is the highest in the nation.

Shared with NJ and Mass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wish someone would publish DC’s list

There was a thread about DC's list but it got deleted. Not sure why.

Mistakenly listed last year’s totals. Assume the OP of that thread asked the mod to remove it.

[Anonymous]

I am not sure this PSAT score is overly meaningful...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wish someone would publish DC’s list

There was a thread about DC's list but it got deleted. Not sure why.

Mistakenly listed last year’s totals. Assume the OP of that thread asked the mod to remove it.

Ah, that makes sense, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wish someone would publish DC’s list

Someone posted it on Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/psat/comments/1fehvjy/2025_nmsf_delaware_and_washington_dc/