how many points do i have to make before reaching level 3?

You will need 51 more, 1000 points.

Prior to your question you had 949 points

so you would have needed 51 points before you get to level 3 which starts at 1000 points.

Asking questions cost 5 points.

so you total is 944 points.

what you need is 56 points

before you get 1000 points and level 3

answer questions ( 40 a day on level 2 ) each question answered 2 pts

vote for undecided questions here too 40 a day

1 point is awarded here

get your answers chosen as the best 10 points.

choose the person who answers your question 3 pts.

rating answers

thumbs up means you agree with answer

you get 1 pt ( up to 50 ) if you wrote an answer and its rated the best.

thumbs down no score

once a day log in 1 pt

if a questions and answer is deleted 2 pts

violation -10 points.

You 51 more to get to level 3.

Here this link will explain everything you need to know about levels and points

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=...