States with the highest numbers of paper checks include California, New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina. There may be a little wiggle room, but Social Security would like people to willingly give up those paper checks.
Remember that the new PSAT is scored between 320 and 1520, which is a composite of the Math section and the Reading and Writing sections together. To score in the 70th percentile or above, you want to aim for at least a 490 in Reading and Writing and a 500 in Math (or a composite of 990).
If National Merit is in your sights, you want to aim for a score of around 1400 on the new PSAT. This score varies somewhat by state. Check out the cut-off scores by state here, as well as all the other criteria you must meet to quality for National Merit.rep for the Junior Year PSAT Once you find out the results of your sophomore year PSAT, you can set goals for the junior year PSAT. Based on how much time you have to prep, you can set your target scores. With serious prep, you could improve by hundreds of points.