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PSAT
Jun 7, 2006 21:47:24 GMT -5
Post by Areida on Jun 7, 2006 21:47:24 GMT -5
I took the PSAT as a freshman (just for practice), but didn't get to take it as a sophomore because I was out of town the weekend it was offered at my school.
So now I have to take it for real as a junior this fall. My question is this: anyone know how well you have to do to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship?
I know it's ridiculously high, somewhere in the top 90th percentile, but I don't know specifics in terms of actual scores or the exact percentile it takes to even qualify at a level where there are more people.
Anyone?
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PSAT
Jun 7, 2006 22:14:34 GMT -5
Post by Duskglimmer on Jun 7, 2006 22:14:34 GMT -5
Wait... your a junior... this fall?
okay... to the real question.
I have no clue. lol. I took it last fall and was told that anything 190 or higher was good. But to win anything with the PSATs scholarship thing, you just have to get higher than everyone else. This is of course, different each year. Go figure. I don't really have much more information than that, because well... I didn't care when I took them and now I'm just waiting for THIS fall to come around so that they will tell me if I got anything. Cool, huh? No.
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PSAT
Jun 7, 2006 22:50:12 GMT -5
Post by Areida on Jun 7, 2006 22:50:12 GMT -5
LOL, you're cute, Dusky. But I'm sure you did fine. You're a smart one, you are. And yeah, I'm a junior in the fall. It's freaky how fast high school is going...
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PSAT
Jun 8, 2006 0:41:28 GMT -5
Post by Crysi on Jun 8, 2006 0:41:28 GMT -5
Weird. When I took the PSAT, only sophomores qualified for the National Merit Scholarship.
Anyway, I'm waiting to see how I did, too. I got in the 98th percentile... *cough*
So I'm not sure exactly how well you have to do to qualify. Maybe someone else seemingly knowledgeable about academic stuff will answer... *pokes Brad with a stapler*
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PSAT
Jun 8, 2006 8:05:28 GMT -5
Post by backgroundbob on Jun 8, 2006 8:05:28 GMT -5
www.nationalmerit.org/nmsp.phpGive it up for crazy complicated entry proceedures. Looking at it, I believe that it's not done on Percentile; it's just the highest 55,000 or so scores who get through. Then you've got all the semi-finals etc etc. Good luck!
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PSAT
Jun 8, 2006 8:09:39 GMT -5
Post by Areida on Jun 8, 2006 8:09:39 GMT -5
Woah, nice one, Crys! Ack. Rules... qualifying factors... more rules... it's too early for this. Thanks for finding it, bob!
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PSAT
Jun 8, 2006 12:16:48 GMT -5
Post by Duskglimmer on Jun 8, 2006 12:16:48 GMT -5
I got in the 94th percentile... *glares at the math section* But yeah... a certain number make it to the semi-finals and then a certain number from those make it to the finals and so on and so forth... it's crazy...
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PSAT
Jun 8, 2006 13:16:33 GMT -5
Post by Meshugenah on Jun 8, 2006 13:16:33 GMT -5
i got.. 96? i think it was precentile.. I think it's the top 1% of the top 1%. Meh. So, not me. But it's an nsanely complicated process all the same.
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PSAT
Jun 10, 2006 23:20:36 GMT -5
Post by incandescence on Jun 10, 2006 23:20:36 GMT -5
Your poke has been felt, Crysi! hehe.
The PSAT is graded on a curve. This means it's impossible to predict a cut-off point for recipients, but a general rule is that you need to make 98th/99th percentile to even qualify. At least where I'm from, it's always been the Junior-year PSAT that counted, but it could have been different previously or, I suppose, though highly unlikely, in different states.
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PSAT
Jun 11, 2006 1:00:37 GMT -5
Post by Crysi on Jun 11, 2006 1:00:37 GMT -5
Oops, yeah, nevermind. It WAS Juniors who qualified. Sorry. My Junior year was really, really long, lol. Thought you might feel that, Brad. Thanks for the info. I may still have a shot at this...
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