National Merit Semifinalist Cut-off Scores for High School Class of 2016

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National Merit also has the Achievement Scholars which recognizes the highest- scoring African American students and Commended Scholars (which has a nationwide cutoff).

ah ok. So it seems other PP's are right. It is a policy aimed at making sure not too many asians 'spoil' things.

Aren't thess the same score cut offs from the 70s? If so, it is not about the asians.

The score cut offs are about having a proportional representation from all of the states.

Itis more about ensuring kids from Mississippi and Louisiana get an opportunity to be represented and very little about keeping asians out.

[Anonymous]

Curious - why are states with the lowest scores the ones fighting common core the most?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National Merit also has the Achievement Scholars which recognizes the highest- scoring African American students and Commended Scholars (which has a nationwide cutoff).

ah ok. So it seems other PP's are right. It is a policy aimed at making sure not too many asians 'spoil' things.

NMSC has been designating semifinalists the same way for decades, since long before the more recent increase in numbers of Asian Americans. They want their competition to represent all 50 states and the method they use assures that every state is equally represented.

And I think this is perfectly acceptable methodology.

- Asian parent

Are you married to white/Jewish?

Not that I know of... Why?

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks to the TN poster reporting a 212. We also have that score reported on College Confidential, but I'm not sure if we know that 212 is state cut-off. Do you happen to know if 212 is the cut-off, perhaps as told to you by the school principal or GC?

Thanks to the PP who posted a list of prior years' scores by state. We're seeking the cut-offs for Class of 2016, so those scores are not reflected in that list, unfortunately.

There are several East Coast parents & students on CC who would love to know state cut-offs before the Labor Day weekend. If anybody can help with that, I know they'd appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

I was going through this last year. My child's school didn't give out the letters till the last class on the last possible day. We would have liked to have known earlier, but in the long run it really doesn't matter. Good luck to those waiting!

[Anonymous]

I have the the list

Here are some tallies:

DC
Georgetown Day - 3
Georgetown Visitation - 1
Maret - 3
NCS - 4
Sidwell - 16
St Albans - 6
St. John's - 4
Wash International - 2
Woodrow Wilson - 2

VA
TJ - 163
Potomac - 5

MARYLAND
BCC - 6
Holton Arms - 2
Walter Johnson - 2
Walt Whitman - 9
Churchill - 8
Montgomery - 41
Wootton - 10
Blair - 41

BALTIMORE
Bryn Mawr - 2
Calvert Hall - 1
Gilman - 2
RPCS - 2
Park - 1
St. Paul's - 2
SPSG - 2
McDonogh - 3
Loyola - 3

[Anonymous]

To the javascript:void(0);person who posted the tallies of semifinalists: Do you know if 224 made the cut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the the list

Here are some tallies:

DC
Georgetown Day - 3
Georgetown Visitation - 1
Maret - 3
NCS - 4
Sidwell - 16
St Albans - 6
St. John's - 4
Wash International - 2
Woodrow Wilson - 2

VA
TJ - 163
Potomac - 5

MARYLAND
BCC - 6
Holton Arms - 2
Walter Johnson - 2
Walt Whitman - 9
Churchill - 8
Montgomery - 41
Wootton - 10
Blair - 41

BALTIMORE
Bryn Mawr - 2
Calvert Hall - 1
Gilman - 2
RPCS - 2
Park - 1
St. Paul's - 2
SPSG - 2
McDonogh - 3
Loyola - 3

was MO among the sidwell ones like Chelsea was?

[Anonymous]

I don't have any of the state cutoffs, just a copy of the list

[Anonymous]

I bet all of 41 out of 100 kids are magnet kids for Blair and RM. Crazy numbers.

[Anonymous]

the dc privates, sans sidwell seem really low.

is that normal or was it a bad year?

[Anonymous]

To the person who posted the tallies. Do you have any specifics for howard county schools. Highly appreciate any information. Thank you in advance.

[Anonymous]

If true, a bad year.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind DC cutoff is usually 2-3 pts higher than MD and MD's cutoff is usually 2 pts higher than VA and, therefore, DC's cutoff is usually 4-5 pts higher than VA.

[Anonymous]

Are these the tallies for 2016 or prior years ?