National Merit Commended Scholar?Answered
So I just got my PSAT/NMSQT score back, and it was a 1440 with a selection index of 216, which is just a few points below the predicted cutoff for my state. Does anyone know anything about the National Merit Commended Scholars? If so, what is it? Thanks so much! :)
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Congratulations that is a great score for the PSAT. The big take away for you is that, you are on your way to scoring well on the SAT when you take that. So getting a 1500-1520+ is certainly within your reach. And depending how effectively you prep for the SAT, you may achieve a higher 99% percentile score. While that alone is not enough to gain admission into top 20 schools, it is a great data point you can add to your Common App, that shows evidence of your potential to succeed as a college student.
You will not get a scholarship for your PSAT score, but I'm sure you will be getting a lot of marketing collateral from top schools as they use high PSAT score as a filtering mechanism to generate college lists for them. They buy the 1000s of names of HS students for .47 cents a name from college board directly.
Its a great achievement to get a high PSAT score, but you can't really monetize this into $$$. Nevertheless, it should give you confidence going into the SAT testing season and with some tweaking and focused prep, you will get to your target score whatever that is.
Good Luck.
Yes, they are a group that gives scholarships to people who make it. You have to pay 75 dollars to join if you are invited but I didn't think it was worth it.
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You're thinking of the National Society of High School Scholars, which is definitely not worth the $75 in most cases. The NMSC give out scholarships for high PSAT scores.