National Merit Semifinalists

[Anonymous]

National Merit Semifinalist? MCPS has announced some of theirs…..

[Anonymous]

Let me be the first to say...

To Walls, Latin or JR kids...Congratulations on a well deserved honor and what a wonderful reflection of the well rounded education you receive
To BASIS kids...You benefited from a school that teaches to the test...and you have no library
To Banneker kids...You probably come from immigrant families so this isn't really about Banneker, but your culture and parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me be the first to say...

To Walls, Latin or JR kids...Congratulations on a well deserved honor and what a wonderful reflection of the well rounded education you receive
To BASIS kids...You benefited from a school that teaches to the test...and you have no library
To Banneker kids...You probably come from immigrant families so this isn't really about Banneker, but your culture and parents

Hahahaha Best post of day.

[Anonymous]

To TJ...please leave some scholarships for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me be the first to say...

To Walls, Latin or JR kids...Congratulations on a well deserved honor and what a wonderful reflection of the well rounded education you receive
To BASIS kids...You benefited from a school that teaches to the test...and you have no library
To Banneker kids...You probably come from immigrant families so this isn't really about Banneker, but your culture and parents

Can you do this in every thread? please!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To TJ...please leave some scholarships for the rest of us.

You TJ parents are obnoxious and PITA
This is DC schools forum not VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To TJ...please leave some scholarships for the rest of us.

You TJ parents are obnoxious and PITA
This is DC schools forum not VA

The kid is obviously not at TJ. Reading comprehension?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To TJ...please leave some scholarships for the rest of us.

You TJ parents are obnoxious and PITA
This is DC schools forum not VA

The kid is obviously not at TJ. Reading comprehension?

Of course they are not at TJ because I live in DC and this is the DC schools forum.
Idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To TJ...please leave some scholarships for the rest of us.

You TJ parents are obnoxious and PITA
This is DC schools forum not VA

Someone was trying to be funny. Relax. If you are that defensive in response to an obvious joke then maybe you should move to NoVa and enroll at TJ. You seem really insecure

[Anonymous]

Just remember that nearly all the NMSF slots in DC get gobbled up by private school kids.

The awards are allocated by "state" and are based on where a kid attends school, not their home. Because of that, DC has the highest cutoff score in the country just about every year and so any public school kid that makes it on the list is really punching above their weight.

[Anonymous]

TJ's dominance in VA is incredible. https://www.fcps.edu/news/two-hundred-thirty-seven-fcps-students-are-2023-national-merit-semifinalists

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just remember that nearly all the NMSF slots in DC get gobbled up by private school kids.

The awards are allocated by "state" and are based on where a kid attends school, not their home. Because of that, DC has the highest cutoff score in the country just about every year and so any public school kid that makes it on the list is really punching above their weight.

I thought there was some suggestion that the NMSC just follows a policy of setting the cutoff for DC the same as the highest for any state (this year, New Jersey, at 223). If so, it would just happen that the vast majority of kids in DC meeting the cutoff attend private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ's dominance in VA is incredible. https://www.fcps.edu/news/two-hundred-thirty-seven-fcps-students-are-2023-national-merit-semifinalists

If you read some of the other threads, you'd see it actually declined this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just remember that nearly all the NMSF slots in DC get gobbled up by private school kids.

The awards are allocated by "state" and are based on where a kid attends school, not their home. Because of that, DC has the highest cutoff score in the country just about every year and so any public school kid that makes it on the list is really punching above their weight.

All of this. Also, it's all relative to the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ's dominance in VA is incredible. https://www.fcps.edu/news/two-hundred-thirty-seven-fcps-students-are-2023-national-merit-semifinalists

If you read some of the other threads, you'd see it actually declined this year.

OMG, you are so knowledgeable. Thank heavens for this meaningful contribution.