PSAT/National Merit Scholarship 高中会组织10年级,11年级的考PSAT,只11年级的PSAT才算。PSAT满分1520,RW760,M760,换成SI-selection index=(RW/10) x 2 + (M/10) x 1,最高228。均为1480, SI(RW720+M760)=220, SI(RW760, M720)=224
NMSF各州1% cutoff index 不同,加州麻州新泽西最高通常223,South Dakota 209。去年题简单,错一题扣20/30分,结果大家都低, cutoff 低于往年均值1-5;今年阅读难,错4道只扣10分,大家都高,由于疫情,在11月15号之前申请可用SAT代替PSAT(cap 228), cutoff估计高于往年均值1-3.
每年16000个NMSF, 需要有一个confirming SAT score(今年免),在PSAT考期的前一年到后一年的SAT都可以。NMSF刷掉1000, 会有15000个NMF,其中一半即7500成NM scholar, 每人奖$2500. 2500人由NMSC给, 5000人由父母参与公司及录取学校给。剩余7500 NMFs只有Title,没奖金,但是很多州大及私校给奖。
私立USC,US News #24, NMF减一半学费;Baylor U几乎全奖。公立UF #30,NM scholar全奖。Texas A&M #66,NMF $10K x 4年+州内学费,+其他奖项, 近全免。U of Alabama, UT Dallas等校全奖。
很多大学给NMF奖: www.nmfscholarships.yolasite.com
哪些大学录取NMF最多?
Colleges enrolled the greatest number of NMFs in 2017-18
Rank University Total College$ NMSC/other$ Notes
1 University of Southern California 276 211 65 half tuition
2 University of Chicago 249 184 65 $5-10k/yr
3 University of Florida 231 195 36 to full ride
4 Harvard University 195 0 195
5 University of Alabama(Tuscaloosa) 185 155 30 full ride
6 Vanderbilt University 182 118 64 some tuition
7 Texas A&M University 178 145 33 to full ride
8 University of Texas, Dallas 175 145 30 full ride
9 Northwestern University 172 130 42 extra $500
10 Stanford University 157 0 157
11 University of Oklahoma 156 132 24 free tuition
12 Arizona State University 151 127 24 free tuition
13 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 147 0 147
14 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 137 112 25 $1k to full
15 Purdue University 133 107 26 extra $500
16* University of California, Berkeley 124 0 124 $2k/yr
16* Yale University 124 0 124
18 Northeastern University 118 95 23 $10-28k
19 University of Pennsylvania 111 0 111
20 Duke University 106 0 106