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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I'm the person with the list. Not going to post a pic or anything, just because of all the geotag identifiers and those kinds of things that I don't even know about.

Also, I'm not really inclined to put out individual students' names. I was fine with posting overall school results but anonymously sharing information about teenage kids online is not something I feel great about.

Would you be willing to post a copy with the names X'ed out? Speaking for myself, I just am hoping to get some confidence that it's a true list, and not some anonymous internet poster claiming to know. Alternatively, you could gmail it to me at sam2stats, and I'd promise to keep the actual list confidential.

Sam2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I'm the person with the list. Not going to post a pic or anything, just because of all the geotag identifiers and those kinds of things that I don't even know about.

Also, I'm not really inclined to put out individual students' names. I was fine with posting overall school results but anonymously sharing information about teenage kids online is not something I feel great about.

Would you be willing to post a copy with the names X'ed out? Speaking for myself, I just am hoping to get some confidence that it's a true list, and not some anonymous internet poster claiming to know. Alternatively, you could gmail it to me at sam2stats, and I'd promise to keep the actual list confidential.

Sam2

It's probably not a good idea to type in individual names of kids. If you have not been informed yet about your own child, you can call the NMSC people and they will tell you over the phone. They're very nice; I did this one year for my child because the school informed the kids at the last possible moment. Otherwise, many of the local school districts have published the names on their websites. Just google the school district and NMSF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I'm the person with the list. Not going to post a pic or anything, just because of all the geotag identifiers and those kinds of things that I don't even know about.

Also, I'm not really inclined to put out individual students' names. I was fine with posting overall school results but anonymously sharing information about teenage kids online is not something I feel great about.

Would you be willing to post a copy with the names X'ed out? Speaking for myself, I just am hoping to get some confidence that it's a true list, and not some anonymous internet poster claiming to know. Alternatively, you could gmail it to me at sam2stats, and I'd promise to keep the actual list confidential.

Sam2

No. I have the list and have been happy to share it but am not going to jump through ridiculous hoops just to prove it. Believe it or don't, it doesn't matter to me.

But, you can take a look at this published list of No. Virginia semifinalists and then look back and compare to the totals I posted from various No. Va. schools like TJ and Oakton.
http://patch.com/virginia/mclean/record-number-fcps-students-named-2016-national-merit-semifinalists-0

They match - though I counted 163 from TJ and Patch counted 164, so one of us was off by one there.

For that matter, I'm still happy to provide counts at other schools if people can't find that info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I'm the person with the list. Not going to post a pic or anything, just because of all the geotag identifiers and those kinds of things that I don't even know about.

Also, I'm not really inclined to put out individual students' names. I was fine with posting overall school results but anonymously sharing information about teenage kids online is not something I feel great about.

Would you be willing to post a copy with the names X'ed out? Speaking for myself, I just am hoping to get some confidence that it's a true list, and not some anonymous internet poster claiming to know. Alternatively, you could gmail it to me at sam2stats, and I'd promise to keep the actual list confidential.

Sam2

No. I have the list and have been happy to share it but am not going to jump through ridiculous hoops just to prove it. Believe it or don't, it doesn't matter to me.

But, you can take a look at this published list of No. Virginia semifinalists and then look back and compare to the totals I posted from various No. Va. schools like TJ and Oakton.
http://patch.com/virginia/mclean/record-number-fcps-students-named-2016-national-merit-semifinalists-0

They match - though I counted 163 from TJ and Patch counted 164, so one of us was off by one there.

For that matter, I'm still happy to provide counts at other schools if people can't find that info.

I certainly don't want you to jump through any ridiculous hoops. I'll just get it somewhere else. Thanks for your help.

[Anonymous]

The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

[Anonymous]

The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Is his PSAT score from 2015 at least 225? Was he a junior when he took the test? If so, he qualifies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

These posts crack me up. The names of all the semifinalists in Arlington, Fairfax, and Montgomery Counties are all a matter of public record, but we apparently must keep the identities of any private school semifinalists under wraps. It kind of makes you wonder whether it's the identities of those private school kids who are semifinalists that need to be kept secret, or the identities of those who are not.

[Anonymous]

Do kids who were commended get letters? My child missed the 225 cutoff just barely, but we have not received any notification.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

These posts crack me up. The names of all the semifinalists in Arlington, Fairfax, and Montgomery Counties are all a matter of public record, but we apparently must keep the identities of any private school semifinalists under wraps. It kind of makes you wonder whether it's the identities of those private school kids who are semifinalists that need to be kept secret, or the identities of those who are not.

SWW is a public high school, but keep trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

These posts crack me up. The names of all the semifinalists in Arlington, Fairfax, and Montgomery Counties are all a matter of public record, but we apparently must keep the identities of any private school semifinalists under wraps. It kind of makes you wonder whether it's the identities of those private school kids who are semifinalists that need to be kept secret, or the identities of those who are not.

If Malia isn't on the list, there will be snarking from the public perhaps regarding Chelsea being one but not Malia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

These posts crack me up. The names of all the semifinalists in Arlington, Fairfax, and Montgomery Counties are all a matter of public record, but we apparently must keep the identities of any private school semifinalists under wraps. It kind of makes you wonder whether it's the identities of those private school kids who are semifinalists that need to be kept secret, or the identities of those who are not.

If Malia isn't on the list, there will be snarking from the public perhaps regarding Chelsea being one but not Malia.

Unless M is more like the Bush twins than Chelsea....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The list has not shown School Without Walls and I have not yet heard from the school, but I believe his scores qualify him. Can the list person confirm whether there is or isn't anyone from that school?

Yes, there are 2 from School Without Walls, both boys, one with first initial B and one with first initial N

These posts crack me up. The names of all the semifinalists in Arlington, Fairfax, and Montgomery Counties are all a matter of public record, but we apparently must keep the identities of any private school semifinalists under wraps. It kind of makes you wonder whether it's the identities of those private school kids who are semifinalists that need to be kept secret, or the identities of those who are not.

I'm the original list poster and have no idea what you're talking about or even trying to insinuate.

I'm also through posting. I was fortunate to get a copy of the list before it was publicly released and shared some general school information. Every school obviously has the list now. It is up to them to determine how - or if - they want to share the information on how a number of their students scored on the PSAT that they took almost a full year ago.

[Anonymous]

The Bush twins turned out just fine. Making NMSF, Presidential scholar, even getting into your top school should not define you.

[Anonymous]

Re: the kids from SWW who may have made the cut (despite SWW not appearing on the list circulated before). It is worth checking, because in past years kids from SWW made the cut for semifinalist but the school neglected to inform them, they never received any notice, and they missed the deadline to apply for finalist status. Apparently, the envelope from the College Board with the info was sent to SWW but was never acted upon by anyone at the school.