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Anonymous wrote:NMS cutoff is such a low bar anyway. Either raise the bar or get rid of SAT superscoring. You can't argue that all these kids get so much "smarter" in one school year to account for all the fake 1500+ SAT scores, especially when both tests have been dumbed down so much over the years.

You are making no sense at all, and it's clear you have no idea what you're talking about. NMSF isn't linked to the SAT and it's not superscored.

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I know more than you about the PSAT and SAT. To assuage your reading comprehension, here you go (and please excuse the wordiness used so that you can follow the object, subject, and their respective pronouns):

1. The PSAT is not a difficult test and has been dumbed down over the years. Pretty much every "smart" kid should qualify for the NMS cutoff unless they actually dgaf and sleep through it.
2. The SAT is not a difficult test, either, and has also been dumbed down over the years. Getting a 1500+ in one sitting should not be that hard for pretty much every "smart" kid given the dumbed down revisions that have occurred over the years to allow girls and certain underrepresented minorities to score higher by lowering the aptitude ceiling.
3. Superscoring has become a thing because it allows: a) otherwise unqualified rich(er) kids to take unlimited tests to boost their score one section at a time, and b) the College Board to make more money by milking those families
4. There is not that much actual standardized test learning for kids between 11th grade October and 11th grade spring/12th grade fall to account for all those supposed 1500+ SAT scores in the region unless many of them have been superscored.
5. If TJ actually had a bunch of smart kids with accelerated learning ability, we should be talking about 300+ NMS qualifiers because presumably every single kid at that school should have basically started with a perfect math score on the PSAT and, once again, the verbal is not that hard unless ESL—except I know a bunch of ESL kids over the years that have gotten near perfect to perfect PSAT/SAT verbal scores.

Did you know that NMSF cutoff is set to the top 1% of scores of 11th graders in a state? So no, not every "smart" kid can get it unless you're using a very very limited definition of "smart."

Yeah, that’s a ridiculous take. Clearly “every smart kid” can’t be in the top 1%. And how is the top 1% “a low bar”? I would guess way more kids get a 1500 on the SAT in this area than make the NMSF cut-off.

I'm sure they do because the SAT and PSAT are on a different scale. 1500 on the PSAT is a near perfect score (1520 is perfect) and qualifies for NMSF. 1500 is still an excellent score on the SAT but 1600 is a perfect score.

Also, the PSAT isn't superscored.

[Anonymous]

Like everything, it's partially about how you play politics at your school.

"Merit Scholar designees must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. They also must demonstrate participation and leadership in school and community activities, and exhibit potential for success in rigorous college studies."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like everything, it's partially about how you play politics at your school.

"Merit Scholar designees must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. They also must demonstrate participation and leadership in school and community activities, and exhibit potential for success in rigorous college studies."

No, it's not. This is another super ignorant take. The NMSF designation - which is what was just released - is based solely on the PSAT score. Nothing else. Those other factors come into play later in the competition to become a finalist and to get an actual scholarship.

The principal recommendation is pretty much a check box. What principal would not endorse a NMSF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like everything, it's partially about how you play politics at your school.

"Merit Scholar designees must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. They also must demonstrate participation and leadership in school and community activities, and exhibit potential for success in rigorous college studies."

No, it's not. This is another super ignorant take. The NMSF designation - which is what was just released - is based solely on the PSAT score. Nothing else. Those other factors come into play later in the competition to become a finalist and to get an actual scholarship.

The principal recommendation is pretty much a check box. What principal would not endorse a NMSF?

Correct, the principal endorsement is a mere formality to move on to Finalist and is not the gate keeping that the PP thinks it is.

I actually can’t think of another scholarship that is better at being just based on merit alone.