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

[Anonymous]

Oakton - 7

Just FYI, I'm going to have to stop taking requests in a minute.

Congrats to this year's NMSFs and have a great holiday weekend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As demonstrated by my Poolesville inclusion, I don't really know what schools are in Howard County. If you're interested in a particular school I am happy to tell you the tally - just let me know which one

Can you tell us where you are getting your counts from? The announcements have almost always come a little later in September, not before Labor Day. Makes me a little skeptical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

It's amazing actually. 41/100 of the Blair magnet kids and 41/100 of the Richard Montgomery IB kids- wow! Take that TJ! 41 percent of the kids at TJ are not NMSF and that is with the MCPS kids needing HIGHER scores to get it due to the higher cutoff. So sick of hearing TJ is number one and MCPS magnet kids have to attend a low SES school.

maryland is smarter than va. Maryland is in the class of NJ, MA, NY, CA, CT when it comes to education.

Imagine if MD, NY, NJ, CT transplants didn't move to VA - it would be scoring below 210, like Wyoming or Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

I am waiting for "but we are #1" post by TJ parents. 3...2...1...

[Anonymous]

Thank you to the person who posted the tallies and the specific questions. You dont know how you change the moments in the life of people with such simple acts. Be always blessed. Have a great weekend,

[Anonymous]

The supposed official cutoffs have been posted on CC. They are:

DC 225
MD 222
VA 222

DC and NJ just set a new cutoff record for the country. MD and Virginia are tied as the fifth highest cutoffs in the country this year.

[Anonymous]

DC doesn't set any records wrt the PSAT. Its cut-off is tied to the highest state cut-off. So the DC number has nothing to do with how well students in DC schools (a category that includes MD and VA kids in DC privates) did on the PSAT.

[Anonymous]

What about the Baltimore county public schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The supposed official cutoffs have been posted on CC. They are:

DC 225
MD 222
VA 222

DC and NJ just set a new cutoff record for the country. MD and Virginia are tied as the fifth highest cutoffs in the country this year.

That VA number doesn't look right. Seems high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the Baltimore county public schools?

OK, very last one

Carver Arts - 1
Catonsville - 1
Perry Hall - 1
Hereford - 1
Parkville ctr for Math - 1
Dulaney - 12
Towson - 6

[Anonymous]

Nothing official from the school but my child would be one of the 16 from Sidwell with a 229. Not Asian. I have no idea who the others are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing official from the school but my child would be one of the 16 from Sidwell with a 229. Not Asian. I have no idea who the others are.

Congrats to your DC.

[Anonymous]

That 16 from Sidwell is very high compared to the other DC privates. I wonder if they had a great yield for the Class of 2016 with many people wanting to be classmates with the First Daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing official from the school but my child would be one of the 16 from Sidwell with a 229. Not Asian. I have no idea who the others are.

Hi Michelle/Barack!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That 16 from Sidwell is very high compared to the other DC privates. I wonder if they had a great yield for the Class of 2016 with many people wanting to be classmates with the First Daughter.

Is she class of 16? I wonder if she made the cut.