National Merit Semifinalist 2018

[Anonymous]

I was a national merit semifinalist but don't remember why I was not a finalist (back in early 2000s)

I think back then it was not a formality to become a finalist

It ended up saving me thousands of dollars when I went to Maryland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC (attends a Big 3) was notified that they are one of the 2,500 students selected nationally this year as a National Merit Finalist. Finalist selection comes with a scholarship award from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Only 1 in 6 Finalists are actually awarded the NMSC scholarships and earn the distinction of being a National Merit Scholar. So congratulations on your child being one of those.

[Anonymous]

Hi parents. As a student that was named here, I just have to say that this makes me truly uncomfortable and the competition between parents at these schools is truly revolting. I am glad my parents never participated in any of this crap and fostering my intelligence in a healthy non-competitive nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC: PSAT Index Score Cutoff (223)

https://patch.com/district-columbia/georgetown/s/g8enk/36-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists

Georgetown Day School (8)

Abraham Atwood
Thomas N. Brooks
Evan J. Brown
Levi H. Freedman
Isabel L. Kirsch
Samson B. Mostashari
Benjamin G. Stern
Karen U. Thomas


Georgetown Visitation Prep School (1):

Mary T. Kolesar

Maret School (2):

Julius M. Ball-Heldman
Kendall Matsumoto

National Cathedral School (4):

Alex J. Giannattasio
Anna May Mott
Brett E. Pearson
Paulina Q. Song

School Without Walls (2):

Ella S. Buring
Sophia E. Diggs-Galligan

Sidwell Friends School (11):

Tala M. Anderson
Sarah K. Brodnax
William D. Chen
Rahul V. Gupta
William R. Keto
Nicole J. Kislovskiy
Ana Mundaca
Sofia Neaher
Ella C. Stark
Elen Stepanyan
Alexandra Zhang

St. Albans School (7):

William Busching
Trevor R. Child
John A. Klingler
Jonathan E. Rufino
Jayram M. Sastry
Gabriel Schneider
Griffin T. Shapiro

St. John's College (1):

Camille M. Jefferson

Woodrow Wilson (1):

Samuel A. Himmelfarb

Hi parents. As a student that was named here, I just have to say that this makes me truly uncomfortable and the competition between parents at these schools is truly revolting. I am glad my parents never participated in any of this crap and fostering my intelligence in a healthy non-competitive nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC: PSAT Index Score Cutoff (223)

https://patch.com/district-columbia/georgetown/s/g8enk/36-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists

Georgetown Day School (8)

Abraham Atwood
Thomas N. Brooks
Evan J. Brown
Levi H. Freedman
Isabel L. Kirsch
Samson B. Mostashari
Benjamin G. Stern
Karen U. Thomas


Georgetown Visitation Prep School (1):

Mary T. Kolesar

Maret School (2):

Julius M. Ball-Heldman
Kendall Matsumoto

National Cathedral School (4):

Alex J. Giannattasio
Anna May Mott
Brett E. Pearson
Paulina Q. Song

School Without Walls (2):

Ella S. Buring
Sophia E. Diggs-Galligan

Sidwell Friends School (11):

Tala M. Anderson
Sarah K. Brodnax
William D. Chen
Rahul V. Gupta
William R. Keto
Nicole J. Kislovskiy
Ana Mundaca
Sofia Neaher
Ella C. Stark
Elen Stepanyan
Alexandra Zhang

St. Albans School (7):

William Busching
Trevor R. Child
John A. Klingler
Jonathan E. Rufino
Jayram M. Sastry
Gabriel Schneider
Griffin T. Shapiro

St. John's College (1):

Camille M. Jefferson

Woodrow Wilson (1):

Samuel A. Himmelfarb

Hi parents. As a student that was named here, I just have to say that this makes me truly uncomfortable and the competition between parents at these schools is truly revolting. I am glad my parents never participated in any of this crap and fostering my intelligence in a healthy non-competitive nature.

Why did you bump an old thread just to say "my name is on this list"? No one would have looked otherwise. But in any event, report the post to Jeff and ask him to delete it. That said, it is public information.

[Anonymous]

DC (attends a Big 3) was notified that they are one of the 2,500 students selected nationally this year as a National Merit Finalist. Finalist selection comes with a scholarship award from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

This is wrong. There are approximately 15,000 finalists, of which approximately 2500 receive scholarships directly from NMSC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC: PSAT Index Score Cutoff (223)

https://patch.com/district-columbia/georgetown/s/g8enk/36-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists

Georgetown Day School (8)

Abraham Atwood
Thomas N. Brooks
Evan J. Brown
Levi H. Freedman
Isabel L. Kirsch
Samson B. Mostashari
Benjamin G. Stern
Karen U. Thomas


Georgetown Visitation Prep School (1):

Mary T. Kolesar

Maret School (2):

Julius M. Ball-Heldman
Kendall Matsumoto

National Cathedral School (4):

Alex J. Giannattasio
Anna May Mott
Brett E. Pearson
Paulina Q. Song

School Without Walls (2):

Ella S. Buring
Sophia E. Diggs-Galligan

Sidwell Friends School (11):

Tala M. Anderson
Sarah K. Brodnax
William D. Chen
Rahul V. Gupta
William R. Keto
Nicole J. Kislovskiy
Ana Mundaca
Sofia Neaher
Ella C. Stark
Elen Stepanyan
Alexandra Zhang

St. Albans School (7):

William Busching
Trevor R. Child
John A. Klingler
Jonathan E. Rufino
Jayram M. Sastry
Gabriel Schneider
Griffin T. Shapiro

St. John's College (1):

Camille M. Jefferson

Woodrow Wilson (1):

Samuel A. Himmelfarb

Hi parents. As a student that was named here, I just have to say that this makes me truly uncomfortable and the competition between parents at these schools is truly revolting. I am glad my parents never participated in any of this crap and fostering my intelligence in a healthy non-competitive nature.

Why did you bump an old thread just to say "my name is on this list"? No one would have looked otherwise. But in any event, report the post to Jeff and ask him to delete it. That said, it is public information.

Yeah, this is old. These kids are in college. Weird to bump it to say you don't want your name publicized.

[Anonymous]

Pay attention to me!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My grandson in Virginia is among the current selectees. In his case, we're more interested in this fact being on his college applications than we are in the possibility of actually winning a few thousand dollars. We just went through the very very tough process of being accepted at an Ivy League school with my granddaughter (his cousin). She made it in, but we learned that the National Merit designation is a definite plus to add to GPA, extracurricular achievements, and SAT scores.

This is so weird that you, as a grandparent, are so aware and attentive to this. My parents, who were themselves parents of NMSF and otherwise very accomplished kids, are not this invested in their grandkids’ college applications. You need to chill out, if you are in fact an actual grandparent. Celebrate your grandkids no matter what college they go to or what their test scores. You are not part of the “we”. This attitude is what is messed up about the world our young people are growing up in.

[Anonymous]

When will we see dc results? They were supposedly released to media outlets on Sept 10.

[Anonymous]

Wondering the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My grandson in Virginia is among the current selectees. In his case, we're more interested in this fact being on his college applications than we are in the possibility of actually winning a few thousand dollars. We just went through the very very tough process of being accepted at an Ivy League school with my granddaughter (his cousin). She made it in, but we learned that the National Merit designation is a definite plus to add to GPA, extracurricular achievements, and SAT scores.

This is so weird that you, as a grandparent, are so aware and attentive to this. My parents, who were themselves parents of NMSF and otherwise very accomplished kids, are not this invested in their grandkids’ college applications. You need to chill out, if you are in fact an actual grandparent. Celebrate your grandkids no matter what college they go to or what their test scores. You are not part of the “we”. This attitude is what is messed up about the world our young people are growing up in.

Unless you are your grandchild's guardian, this is weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When will we see dc results? They were supposedly released to media outlets on Sept 10.

Anyone seen results?