# Is there any harm in sending my SAT scores to National Merit?

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**Tags:** psat, sat\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/is-there-any-harm-in-sending-my-sat-scores-to-national-merit/7706 "2016-04-15T03:22:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@chris\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/u/chris_prepscholar)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/is-there-any-harm-in-sending-my-sat-scores-to-national-merit/7706/1 "2016-04-15T03:22:54Z")

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I recently took the in-school SAT and realized that I have some free score reports. I wasn't planning on doing anything with this new SAT score (because I did fine on my ACT).

I was wondering if I could send my past score (2020 from November) + the SAT I just took to the National Merit people in case I get national merit semifinalist/finalist status (I got 216 on PSAT in FL).

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**Author:** ![sam\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@sam\_prepscholar](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/u/sam_prepscholar)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://experthub.prepscholar.com/t/is-there-any-harm-in-sending-my-sat-scores-to-national-merit/7706/2 "2016-04-16T01:53:10Z")

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It does sound like your PSAT score will qualify you for the competition [based on the state cutoff scores listed in this article](https://blog.prepscholar.com/does-your-psat-score-qualify-for-national-merit), so **you can send your SAT scores to National Merit now if you would like.** There wouldn't be any harm in sending the November score because it's higher than a 1960, which is [the traditional qualifying SAT score for National Merit Finalists.](https://publicuniversityhonors.com/2015/09/14/the-national-merit-journey-what-you-need-to-know-part-one/) **If you improved or matched that score on the more recent test, you could also choose to just send that one instead of the one from November.** That's actually the ideal situation considering the fact that you have free reports available for your latest scores. **The NMSC will only need to see one acceptable SAT score, so send whichever one you feel best reflects your abilities.**