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hi everyone. well i was just wondering what score i would need to get to get the nat'l honor finalist/semifinalist stuff, and would this greatly help my admission to ivy colleges? i know i won't do as good this year (1600-1800) but if i take the psat again senior year, do i have another shot of getting the certificate? please answer and thanks!

By Meganc123 (Meganc123) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 01:40 am: Edit

you can't take the PSAT senior year. Only junior year counts for National Merit stuff

By Anastasia_B (Anastasia_B) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 04:18 pm: Edit

megan's right. sorry.

but you might want to know that schools won't mind that you're not a semi-finalist or anything. just study and do well on your SAT I. that'll matter a LOT more than the PSAT.

By Zoogies (Zoogies) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 07:37 pm: Edit

You take the PSAT's junior year and the award process goes on through your senior year. There's a certain cutoff each state for the semifinalist score, varying from a simple 201 to a brutal 221 or something.

So yeah, you better do well this year.