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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure how much schools dwell on PSAT and NSMF, but the anomaly for students from this area is that the PSAT score needed to qualify as a NMSF finalist [224 DC, 223 MD, 22 VA]  is so much higher than the national average (214.1) that many “commended scholars” from this area actually scored higher than the AVERAGE NMSF finalist (or at least the mean state minimum semifinalist score).Heck, if you live in West Virginia or Wyoming and meet the nationally applicable score (203) to  be “commended” you are automatically a finalist.  Hey, Harper’s Ferry is less than an hour from the Beltway!

http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2013/12/11/psat-national-merit-scholar-qualifying-scores-and-sat-equivalencies-by-state/#sthash.PVbBmoZN.dpuf
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My DCs PSAT was commended but nowhere close to the NMSF score for this area but I think I counted that DC would have been NMSF in 12-15 states. On the plus side at least DC wasn't one point away from NMSF - that would be annoying.[/quote]

I suppose there is no reason to even mention "commended" status if the SAT translates into a higher score than the NMSF cutoff. For example, a 2300  SAT from DC where the 224 NMSF qualifying score translates to 2240. [/quote]

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