When are NMSF announced?

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Some other schools seem more obsessed with getting on the volleyball team than doing psat prep.

Boy's Volleyball tryouts were brutal at TJ this year.
There were literally zero boys in active volleyball clubs (a couple had some prior experience) the coaches had to teach kids what a rotation was.

Meanwhile other other schools have 3 or 4 club players.

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Anonymous wrote:As a warning some schools are terrible about notifying students. I had to follow up multiple times with our FCPS high school.

Your kids go to TJ?

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

Khan is free and takes a lot more effort. Just paying $1500 to Princeton review makes it super easy.

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

I think this is the princeton review guarantee. It's at MOST a 150 point improvement.
https://www.princetonreview.com/legal/guarantee-better-scores?ceid=hs-honors

I think it's a bit of a scam. They give you the test that they use for the baseline the overwhelming majority of the time (these tests are in fact harder than the actual test) and you can never have taken a test prep course before.
They also require completing course work and practice tests and I think if you do all the work that they requite to be eligible for the refund, you get similar results from khan academy.
If you diligently do khan academy and then do any of these prep courses, I don't think you see much of a difference in test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

Khan is free and takes a lot more effort. Just paying $1500 to Princeton review makes it super easy.

You're mostly paying for external motivation because the parent doesn't want to pester the kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

Khan is free and takes a lot more effort. Just paying $1500 to Princeton review makes it super easy.

You're mostly paying for external motivation because the parent doesn't want to pester the kid.

Khan really isn't all that great compared to for $$ resources like AoPS, RSM or even Brilliant.

[Anonymous]

The real resources that matter are caring and loving parents that take the time and interest in their child’s education to help them achieve these great heights. It starts at a young age and is not something a school can do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

Khan is free and takes a lot more effort. Just paying $1500 to Princeton review makes it super easy.

You're mostly paying for external motivation because the parent doesn't want to pester the kid.

Khan really isn't all that great compared to for $$ resources like AoPS, RSM or even Brilliant.

For the SAT? I am not familiar with AoPS and RSM being good for anything besides math. And math is the easiest part of the SAT. About a third of asian kids get above a 700 in math, 20% get above a 750.

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Anonymous wrote:The real resources that matter are caring and loving parents that take the time and interest in their child’s education to help them achieve these great heights. It starts at a young age and is not something a school can do.

It also take parents that know how to effectively nurture a child's education.

[Anonymous]

I suspect that we will see a larger increase in the number of commended students but also a large increase in the number of students who do not receive any awards.

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect that we will see a larger increase in the number of commended students but also a large increase in the number of students who do not receive any awards.

The same percentage of kids in Virginia get NMSF every year.
Those NMSF awards went to other parts of the state not other parts of the county.
Commended is a nationwide cutoff.

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect that we will see a larger increase in the number of commended students but also a large increase in the number of students who do not receive any awards.

The same percentage of kids in Virginia get NMSF every year.
Those NMSF awards went to other parts of the state not other parts of the county.
Commended is a nationwide cutoff.

Yes, I also noticed that VA is a lot less competitive for NMSF than nearby states like MD these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Most of the places guarantee a 200+ point improvement.

Regular use of Khan (free) can also lead to large gains.

Khan is free and takes a lot more effort. Just paying $1500 to Princeton review makes it super easy.

You're mostly paying for external motivation because the parent doesn't want to pester the kid.

Khan really isn't all that great compared to for $$ resources like AoPS, RSM or even Brilliant.

For the SAT? I am not familiar with AoPS and RSM being good for anything besides math. And math is the easiest part of the SAT. About a third of asian kids get above a 700 in math, 20% get above a 750.

Those programs are for the very top students. It's mostly a chicken and the egg thing though. If you can afford them, your kid will do well in math.