National Merit Semifinalist Cut-off Score for DC?
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Anonymous
| A similar thread exists elsewhere on DCUM, but I think the topic might get greater exposure here. If anyone has a student in DC who has been notified by their school as being a NMSF (notification would have been given last week), would you consider posting your student's qualifying PSAT score here? We're over on College Confidential trying to determine a number of state cut-offs, including DC, and this would help some parents and students. Thank you for any help you can provide. |
Anonymous
| It is usually 222 or 223. |
Anonymous
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If you don't mind someone adding on here, any info about Virginia's cut off would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! |
Anonymous
VA's has historically been 225. |
Anonymous
Actually, Virginia's highest cut off ever was last year at 222 or 223. DC has the highest of 224 (last year anyway) |
Anonymous
There is no "historic" score. It changes every year to achieve the right number of semi-finalists. DC does not have a score, it is linked to whatever the highest state score is, which is usually Massachusetts. What matters are percentiles not raw scores. The raw score will change, the percentile will always be the same. |
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Anonymous
Last year it was 222, up from 218 the previous year. supposedly dropped this year to 220/221. I don't think it's ever been 225. Not sure any state has actually been at 225. |
Anonymous
Just found out from my friend on CC that DC is staying at 224 this year again!! That's pretty unbelievable that the commended cut off went down 2 pt and every other state is going down. That's a shame for my daughter who has a 223. 
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Anonymous
Yes, last year's was 222 and that was 5 points higher than the year before. Does anyone know if any of the public high schools in NoVa have notified any of their students yet? And if so, is there any indication that the cutoff has dropped since last year? |
Anonymous
I will be totally bummed, as my DH's also is 223. Is this credible, or just too early to say? |
Anonymous
A new poster on College Confidential said her son with a 219 in VA was told he's a semifinalist. This would be great as my son also has a 219, but we haven't heard anything yet. |
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This is the OP. I don't even live anywhere near DC and *I* hope the DC cut-off is not 224! Over on College Confidential, 224 is the cut-off being posted, but that's why I came over here yesterday...hoping to find a student who has been notified w/a 223. I'm not giving up hope on the 223 yet, though it does appear 224 may be the cut-off for DC. We will know for sure on 9/10 when NMSC publishes the complete list of NMSFs. On 9/10, you can also call NMSC directly to find out if your student is on the list.
Congratulations to those who are getting good news! I will keep checking back to see if we obtain additional info about cut-off scores. Thanks. |
Anonymous
| It is 224. Highest in country, along w/ New Jersey. |
Anonymous
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Here's complete list
Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2015 National Merit Semifinalists: Alabama 207 Alaska 210 Arizona 213 Arkansas 206 California 222 Colorado 213 Connecticut 220 Delaware 215 District of Columbia 224 Florida 211 Georgia 215 Hawaii 214 Idaho 211 Illinois 215 Indiana 212 Iowa 207 Kansas 213 Kentucky 210 Louisiana 208 Maine 212 Maryland 221 Massachusetts 223 Michigan 210 Minnesota 215 Mississippi 207 Missouri 209 Montana 206 Nebraska 209 Nevada 208 New Hampshire 212 New Jersey 224 New Mexico 210 New York 218 North Carolina 212 North Dakota 201 Ohio 213 Oklahoma 206 Oregon 217 Pennsylvania 216 Rhode Island 212 South Carolina 209 South Dakota 203 Tennessee 212 Texas 218 Utah 208 Vermont 213 Virginia 219 Washington 219 West Virginia 201 Wisconsin 208 Wyoming 204 |