NMSF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Total number of NSMF '26
Region #1: 60 (minus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #2: 4
Region #3: 14 (the one with Woodward HS)
Region #4: 56 (plus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #5: 0 (the one with Crown HS)
Region #6: 19

So Region #1 will decline. Region #4 will become the new center and competitions are going to be fierce. Region #6 stays roughly the same. Region #2 and #5 - good luck to you all. You are going to be completely segregated and stand by yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Yeah, if you believe that...

I do BELIEVE that. I do not know for certain, but given that kids in my area regularly turn down magnet slots because of the commute, I would HYPOTHESIZE that any change would be an improvement, particularly since more slots are being proposed across the county.

I am not like you and the other posters, who proclaim the future will be dismal under the revised HS programs with such great certainty.

Because, unlike you, some people know what it takes to support high performing kids based on personal real-life experiences. But, whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Total number of NSMF '26
Region #1: 60 (minus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #2: 4
Region #3: 14 (the one with Woodward HS)
Region #4: 56 (plus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #5: 0 (the one with Crown HS)
Region #6: 19

So Region #1 will decline. Region #4 will become the new center and competitions are going to be fierce. Region #6 stays roughly the same. Region #2 and #5 - good luck to you all. You are going to be completely segregated and stand by yourself.

NMSF is not a zero sum game though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Total number of NSMF '26
Region #1: 60 (minus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #2: 4
Region #3: 14 (the one with Woodward HS)
Region #4: 56 (plus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #5: 0 (the one with Crown HS)
Region #6: 19

So Region #1 will decline. Region #4 will become the new center and competitions are going to be fierce. Region #6 stays roughly the same. Region #2 and #5 - good luck to you all. You are going to be completely segregated and stand by yourself.

NMSF is not a zero sum game though.

NMSF cutoff is defined to cut at top 1%, so the absolute number can vary, the percentage meaning behind remains the same. If you can't understand this from a statistical point of view, ask ChatGPT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Yeah, if you believe that...

I do BELIEVE that. I do not know for certain, but given that kids in my area regularly turn down magnet slots because of the commute, I would HYPOTHESIZE that any change would be an improvement, particularly since more slots are being proposed across the county.

I am not like you and the other posters, who proclaim the future will be dismal under the revised HS programs with such great certainty.

Because, unlike you, some people know what it takes to support high performing kids based on personal real-life experiences. But, whatever.

Yes, only you, anonymous Internet poster are able to discern the performance of people's children based on what they post. I bow to your extreme faith in the certainty of your own arguments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Total number of NSMF '26
Region #1: 60 (minus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #2: 4
Region #3: 14 (the one with Woodward HS)
Region #4: 56 (plus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #5: 0 (the one with Crown HS)
Region #6: 19

So Region #1 will decline. Region #4 will become the new center and competitions are going to be fierce. Region #6 stays roughly the same. Region #2 and #5 - good luck to you all. You are going to be completely segregated and stand by yourself.

NMSF is not a zero sum game though.

NMSF cutoff is defined to cut at top 1%, so the absolute number can vary, the percentage meaning behind remains the same. If you can't understand this from a statistical point of view, ask ChatGPT.

1% at the state level, not county level. You can’t assume the same number of NMSF winners from MCPS year after year.

- ChatGPT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Yeah, if you believe that...

I do BELIEVE that. I do not know for certain, but given that kids in my area regularly turn down magnet slots because of the commute, I would HYPOTHESIZE that any change would be an improvement, particularly since more slots are being proposed across the county.

I am not like you and the other posters, who proclaim the future will be dismal under the revised HS programs with such great certainty.

Because, unlike you, some people know what it takes to support high performing kids based on personal real-life experiences. But, whatever.

Yes, only you, anonymous Internet poster are able to discern the performance of people's children based on what they post. I bow to your extreme faith in the certainty of your own arguments.

Thank you for doing that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 3 will disappear once they go regional magnet. Sad to see their days are numbered.

Or alternatively, there will be more opportunities to the many smart semifinalists (and other students) in the other 12 schools who currently get nothing but might be able to access more opportunities from the regional magnets when they're geographically closer and more spots are available.

Total number of NSMF '26
Region #1: 60 (minus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #2: 4
Region #3: 14 (the one with Woodward HS)
Region #4: 56 (plus ~ 20 in the future)
Region #5: 0 (the one with Crown HS)
Region #6: 19

So Region #1 will decline. Region #4 will become the new center and competitions are going to be fierce. Region #6 stays roughly the same. Region #2 and #5 - good luck to you all. You are going to be completely segregated and stand by yourself.

NMSF is not a zero sum game though.

NMSF cutoff is defined to cut at top 1%, so the absolute number can vary, the percentage meaning behind remains the same. If you can't understand this from a statistical point of view, ask ChatGPT.

1% at the state level, not county level. You can’t assume the same number of NMSF winners from MCPS year after year.

- ChatGPT

If you assume MCPS remains the same rank within MD, then yes this is a zero-sum game. The ones lost from Blair will go fill back Wootton, Churchill and RM.
If you assume your regional model will make MCPS stronger, the only thing I can say is: feel free to daydream

And disclaimer: I'm not the pp who you are trying to argue with.

[Anonymous]

This list doesn't really point to the supremacy of the W schools.

RM: 37
Blair: 36
Poolsville: 17
Churchill: 12
BCC: 11
Whitman: 10
WJ: 7
Wootton: 7
Springbrook: 3
Wheaton: 3
NW: 2
Sherwood: 1

[Anonymous]

Einstein HS had 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list doesn't really point to the supremacy of the W schools.

RM: 37
Blair: 36
Poolsville: 17
Churchill: 12
BCC: 11
Whitman: 10
WJ: 7
Wootton: 7
Springbrook: 3
Wheaton: 3
NW: 2
Sherwood: 1

At least 20 names that I can recognize are from Wootton/Churchill, and they also send a descent amount of students to RMIB. So….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Einstein HS had 2

Good catch. I also missed Sherwood. Sorry about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This list doesn't really point to the supremacy of the W schools.

RM: 37
Blair: 36
Poolsville: 17
Churchill: 12
BCC: 11
Whitman: 10
WJ: 7
Wootton: 7
Springbrook: 3
Wheaton: 3
NW: 2
Sherwood: 1

At least 20 names that I can recognize are from Wootton/Churchill, and they also send a descent amount of students to RMIB. So….

I was meant to say >=20 on the Blair NMSF list is from Wootton/Churchill, and I believe it's quite reasonable to assume roughly the same ratio for RM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list doesn't really point to the supremacy of the W schools.

RM: 37
Blair: 36
Poolsville: 17
Churchill: 12
BCC: 11
Whitman: 10
WJ: 7
Wootton: 7
Springbrook: 3
Wheaton: 3
NW: 2
Sherwood: 1

Well done to all the other schools on the list!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so MCPS.

Email the [e-mail] address and ask for the list to be released.

Why? Why add another layer to this? Just publish if theres a damn list