National Merit Semifinalists

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

“Killing it”??! How do you even know? My own magnet freshman has got 100 % so far in everything but I’d never characterize it that way. The year has barely started.

because they don't find any of it hard, so far. Sure, things could change, but given that so many of their classmates are already having issues, I'd say DC is "killing it", so far.

Hm. Doesn’t sound like any of my kid’s classmates are having issues at all. Maybe you’re in a different program that’s easier to get in to.

nope

So how is your amazing freshman almost a junior? And how is this different from other kids?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

A junior in college

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

Well that’s not correct beaker you only need 21 to graduate high school. PP’s claims are BS.

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Anonymous wrote:The private schools cannot compete with MCPS. What is this money for?

Reasonable expectations and mental health for us

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

You sound cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

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Anonymous wrote:The private schools cannot compete with MCPS. What is this money for?

Reasonable expectations and mental health for us

I doubt the mental health is different. It’s sad the are supposed to have the best and brightest and so few on this list.

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Is it an even boy-girl split?

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What people forget every year, when Blair crushes the competition, is that is the number to qualify for NMSF is based on the English score being doubled. So in PSAT, English is more important than math and yet Blair still hands down beats RM. Always interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

Well that’s not correct beaker you only need 21 to graduate high school. PP’s claims are BS.

They're talking about college, not high school

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

Well that’s not correct beaker you only need 21 to graduate high school. PP’s claims are BS.

They're talking about college, not high school

No she wasn’t. She said her high school freshman in a magnet had enough credits to be a junior.

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She is talking about her college freshman being a junior credit wise.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

Well that’s not correct beaker you only need 21 to graduate high school. PP’s claims are BS.

They're talking about college, not high school

No she wasn’t. She said her high school freshman in a magnet had enough credits to be a junior.

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Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

in college since the statement is responding to UMD.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how few private school kids there are given the are supposed to have the brightest kids.

Who ever said they have the brightest kids? The richest kids, maybe. Unsurprising the magnets outperformed the other schools.

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

What does that mean??? How many credits is “technically near to a junior”?

You need 60 credits to be a junior.

Well that’s not correct beaker you only need 21 to graduate high school. PP’s claims are BS.

They're talking about college, not high school

No she wasn’t. She said her high school freshman in a magnet had enough credits to be a junior.

Re-read their replies in context. They are clearly referring to a magnet graduate who is now doing well at UMD:

Many of those magnet kids will attend UMD because their parents can’t afford private schools, but they will do very well.

raise hand.. that's my kid. Killing it in their advanced math class already, as a freshman.

I should restate: "as a first year", not freshman. DC had so many credits going in they are already technically near to being a junior.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it an even boy-girl split?

No, it seems more heavily boys. Especially at Blair