[HUAY]

O_O Did anyone get their scores yet?

We just got ours today (took it on the 21st)

Holy cow. =|. I did so badly T_______________T;

Last year.. I would say I did well as a sophomore.. But. This year I did lamely as a junior >|.
LOL Its too bad of a score to say what it is; but yeah. I got the exact same thing.

well not the same scores in each part, but the same overall score. I didnt qualify for the NMS... And yeah. Holy cow T_T; I murdered the first two parts. I did well on the writing though.. And yeah. Wow.

+__________+

[saera]

Yeah...we havent gotten ours yet.

I think I did worse than sophomore year. Because my mom made me take the psat class, and i scored lower during the practic psat than I did sophomore year.

T___T

But then my counselor thinks I'll get nmsqt because my act score was high. I hope I can qualify for semifinalist.

I'm afraid my mom might murder me.

[heartdrops]

I'm getting mines on Dec. 14 >__< I know I did horrible but I don't really care since I'm just a sophie LOL.

[alicimoo]

I did really bad. :[
But I'm a sophmore, so I'll be taking it again next year. >__<

What is the qualification for the NMS?

[HUAY]

T___T ah; lucky sophomores. It felt so good when the grade didnt really matter.

alicimoo - Qualifications for the NMS are that 1) you're a junior and 2).. The index thingy or whatever changes from year to year.. but I think its usually above 200 (2000).. (Last year, one of my friends got like.. 2000 something.. but yeah, she didnt qualify since she wasnt a junior.)

When you get your score sheet, when you open it up, on the upper right corner-sideish, theres your grade (probably 3 digits, you just add a zero to see what you scored out of 2400).. the people who qualify for the scholarship have a little * next to the number. (ie 220*) <-- i wish I got that.

[flyaway]

^i thought when you have the * it means you don't qualify. because i think soph year i got the *, because sophs can't qualify

usually, the cutoff is above 210ish. last year, it was around 219 because that's wat i got and i qualified. i think it was 216 for california, but im not sure. the cutoff is usually somewhere around there.

[viedeluxe]

I didn't get it back yet, but I'm trying to wait patiently. I hope I got NMS.
*sigh

[saera]

The qualifications change every year. It's just the top 1% of the scorers.

Illinois last year was 218.

I heard that my school has the scores, they just arent handing them out. GRR

[ypark]

we haven't gotten ours yet either.

relax everyone. its just the PSATs

[animagelet]

i remember i got a 218 and i made it to the top 1% in ny. i didn't do that hot anyway. and i have no idea about the national shizz. all they did was send me a letter.. and i picked two colleges i was interested in.. and the rest was history. i think my score was too low to qualify.

[Acidity]

We haven't gotten ours back yet. Probably in a week or two, though..

I'm a sophomore, so I guess it doesn't matter, but it'd still be a pretty nasty wakeup call if I did horribly.

Just wondering, do PSATs actually count for anything other than NMS?

[jess89]

i got a 209 (i think) as a junior and i qualified for the NMS thing. unfortunately i only got an honorable mention and didnt move onto semifinalist status. oh well. i did pretty bad cause my actual sat score was 2250 :x

[boom]

i got mine yesterday. i got a 230.
i know someone who got a 214 and still got 99th percentile. the cutoff is pretty low i'm guessing.

[joonage]

i got mine yesterday. i got a 230.

... Dang ... good job.

Hmm ... I don't know when my school is handing the scores out ....

I felt like I did better than freshman year. I only got like a 160 last year. xD

I'm hoping for a 200 ....

[lovablekrnstar63]

i'm a sophomore and i took it
do the schools hand it out, the scores i mean?
and to qualify for the NMS thing
you have to score in top 1%?
b/c literally more than half my school qualify for that thing

[alicimoo]

^
Yea the school hands the scores back to you.
How'd you know that your whole school are in that top 1% if you haven't gotten your test back? o_o

T___T ah; lucky sophomores. It felt so good when the grade didnt really matter.

alicimoo - Qualifications for the NMS are that 1) you're a junior and 2).. The index thingy or whatever changes from year to year.. but I think its usually above 200 (2000).. (Last year, one of my friends got like.. 2000 something.. but yeah, she didnt qualify since she wasnt a junior.)

When you get your score sheet, when you open it up, on the upper right corner-sideish, theres your grade (probably 3 digits, you just add a zero to see what you scored out of 2400).. the people who qualify for the scholarship have a little * next to the number. (ie 220*) <-- i wish I got that.

...ahahah that's so high. T___T

Is the percentile based only on the people in the school or is it national?

[Acidity]

^ I think it's based on state.

Got mine back today. :/

I'm a sophomore, and I didn't even break 200. Not exactly encouraging. ><

[Loveholic2u]

i heard that i will be getting it tomorrow...sigh..i'm only a sophomore, so it doesn't really harm me..lol

[jvchou1316]

errgg got mine back today.. didn't pass 200. =(. i haveta work my butt off in the next year.

[lovablekrnstar63]

got mine back
175
nvm
i got a 185
not too discouraged
considering i never took an SAT class before
but i gotta work my butt off for next year
i'm getting perfect scores next year!
*yeah right*

alicimoo:
not for this year
but past years
its on wikipedia
haha
not half i was exaggerating..
hang on

2006

National Merit Semifinalists: 39
National Merit Commended Scholars: 66

2005

National Merit Semifinalists: 42
National Merit Finalists: 40
National Merit Commended Scholars: 72
National Hispanic Scholars: 7

2004

National Merit Finalists: 30
National Merit Commended Scholars: 51
National Hispanic Scholars: 8

thanks to wikipedia
i dont really know what they are though?
is it like
good for colleges or something?