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Anonymous
Where did you get the 162 and 500 numbers you have been using repeatedly Mr. Truth Seeker? |
Anonymous
| At this point, it's quite clear the RM/IB parent has lost the argument, so all she's going to do now is spew personal insults and try to make it harder for people to finds the posts on the thread that actually set forth the facts. |
Anonymous
Lost argument for what? that TJ is number 3 behind RM and Blair? Hardly!! |
Anonymous
Tell me how you got the 35% for the RM first... |
Anonymous
Someone already answered that if you pay attention to the posts. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Take a good look at this one RM IB booster. |
Anonymous
You got your answer so where did you get the 162 and 500 numbers? Still waiting... |
Anonymous
It's clear RM IB parent does not have the basis for saying TJ NMSF number is 162 or TJ class of 2016 is 500. Please do not accuse posters of lying and use profanity/offensive remarks while you use data that you cannot back up. Your behavior reflects badly on RM parents. |
Anonymous
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Found 2009 top high schools by National Merit Semifinalists
Based on the number of National Merit Semifinalists, these high schools have the brainiest campuses. This is a national and international list that includes 27 countries, nearly 22,000 schools and represents more than 1.5 million students tested. Top 46 high schools – Top 2% (Ranking | School | State | # National Merit Semifinalists) 1. * Thomas Jefferson HS Science and Technology VA — 149 2. Stuyvesant HS NY — 96 3. * Troy HS CA — 80 4. University HS CA – 60 5. * Hunter College HS NY — 58 Lynbrook HS CA — 58 6. * North Carolina School Science & Math HS NC — 54 Mission San Jose HS CA — 54 7. Monta Vista HS CA — 53 Montgomery Blair HS MD — 53 8. * Harker School CA — 50 9. * St. Agnes Academy TX — 48 * Torrey Pines HS CA — 48 10. Palo Alto HS CA — 46 11. * Illinois Math & Science Academy IL — 43 12. * Harvard Westlake HS CA — 42 Henry M. Gunn HS CA — 42 13. * Texas Academy of Math & Science TX — 37 Bellaire HS TX — 37 Conestoga HS PA — 37 14. Palos Verdes Peninsula HS CA — 36 * Jesuit HS LA — 36 15. Northview HS GA — 35 Plano HS TX — 35 Westwood HS TX — 35 16. Carmel HS IN — 34 17. * Station College Prep HS FL — 32 Plano West HS TX — 32 Westlake HS TX — 32 Pioneer HS MI — 32 18. Arcada HS CA — 31 New Trier Township HS IL — 31 * DuPont Manual Magnet HS KY — 31 William P. Clements HS TX — 31 * Albuquerque Academy NM — 31 * Horace Mann HS NY — 31 19. West HS WI — 30 * John Burroughs HS MO — 30 20. * Phillips Academy MA — 29 21. * Wilmington Charter School DE — 28 * Lakeside School WA — 28 Richard Montgomery HS MA — 28 Troy HS MI — 28 Eden Prairie HS MN — 28 22. Flower Mound HS TX — 27 Adlai Stevenson HS IL — 27 * Private/Charter/Magnet Schools |
Anonymous
Blair and RM are not listed on here. |
Anonymous
Blair is listed as tied for 7. |
Anonymous
Looks like number 7 and number 21, the latter with a typo. |
Anonymous
Re: your bolded statement -- Wow, that neatly dismisses the "intelligent and motivated" kids at my child's high school who transferred there (from various AP schools) specifically to take IB. IB does attract students. But I suppose the anti-IB people will only accept that if hordes of students transfer into IB schools. The reality is that most families simply will keep their kids at the high schools to which the kids are assigned based on where the family lives, period, and relatively few will make the effort to do an academic transfer--either to IB or to AP. I don't care about merit semifinalist numbers or overall school SAT scores. I care about my kid's particular strengths and interests and the program that works best for her class by class, day by day. For other families I know, AP was exactly what worked best for their kids. Great. I didn't feel any need to research test scores in order to bash AP to them. |
Anonymous
It seems like you are trying to obscure the facts, one of which is that, on balance, IB has failed to attract and retain significant numbers of high-achieving kids, the rationale that FCPS gave for introducing the program years ago. Yes, some students will pupil place to IB schools, and others will simply accept that it is the only advanced available program at their schools, but there is little evidence to suggest it has been a good investment for the county, and AP remains the program of choice for the overwhelming majority of the county's higher-achieving students. That is something that surely needs to be acknowledged, as the county has finite resources and AP is less expensive than IB. |