National Merit Semifinalist for DMV Private Schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?

I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.

Well not a single college cares about a kid’s PSAT score

There are colleges that award scholarships based on a student’s status as a NMSF.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?

I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.

Well not a single college cares about a kid’s PSAT score

There are colleges that award scholarships based on a student’s status as a NMSF.

Which ones? I have a sophomore and very interested!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell are we paying all this money for?

I know, memorizing vocab and standardized test prep classes are soooooo costly and time consuming.

Plus some colleges don’t care about merit or scores.

Well not a single college cares about a kid’s PSAT score

There are colleges that award scholarships based on a student’s status as a NMSF.

Which ones? I have a sophomore and very interested!

Google.com

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 from Washington Liberty in Arlington.

Yes out of a class size of….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223

Being a NMF in DC is really hard to do because of all the great students. It doesn’t just require a little test prep or being good at test taking. You have to score above something like the 99.5%. Congrats to all the kids who got it!!

I thought it went by the student’s residence. Is it the location of the school? Potomac draws from DC, MD & VA

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't worry about this. College admissions to top schools have nothing to do with NMSF.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

Potomac is in VA. VA's cutoff is 2 points lower than DC, so of course, Potomac has a high %.

VA's cutoff: 221; Maryland: 222; DC: 223

Being a NMF in DC is really hard to do because of all the great students. It doesn’t just require a little test prep or being good at test taking. You have to score above something like the 99.5%. Congrats to all the kids who got it!!

I thought it went by the student’s residence. Is it the location of the school? Potomac draws from DC, MD & VA

National merit goes by location of the school the student attends. Presidential scholarship, a different thing entirely, goes by where the student lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't worry about this. College admissions to top schools have nothing to do with NMSF.

I don’t agree with this. While NMSF is perhaps not more than another feather in the cap of these high performing kids, elite colleges do care very much about high SAT scores, and those who perform well on psat are very likely to do the same on SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't worry about this. College admissions to top schools have nothing to do with NMSF.

I don’t agree with this. While NMSF is perhaps not more than another feather in the cap of these high performing kids, elite colleges do care very much about high SAT scores, and those who perform well on psat are very likely to do the same on SAT.

And the 50% locally who take the ACT don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Percentage for TJ is near 30%, a bit higher than Basis McLean’s (7/30), a lot higher than other DMV public and private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was just the list for DC.

There are probably 140 just at TJ in VA.

How many at TJ got 223, which is the cut off in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

How many at Potomac earned a score of 223, which is the cut off in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

Didn’t VA have a lower threshold than DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

GDS has 125 students in class 2023? Isn't each grade in GDS upper school ~150 students?

4/150 2.7%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls: 6
Sidwell: 5
GDS: 4
STA: 3
Gonzaga: 3
NCS: 2
SAAS: 2
Basis DC: 1
JR/Wilson: 1
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
Whittle: 1

Impressive results for DC public schools:

Public: 8
Private: 22

Walls beat every private school in the DC—kudos to them!

And, for privates, Gonzaga bested NCS and SAAS.

What does this look like per capita?

Whittle 1/20 5%
Sidwell: 5/125 4%
Walls: 6/150 4%
SAAS: 2/50 4%
STA: 3/80 3.75%
GDS: 4/125 3.2%
NCS: 2/80 2.5%
Basis DC: 1/50 2%
Gonzaga: 3/225 1.3%
WIS: 1/80 1.3%
Maret: 1/125 0.8%
JR/Wilson: 1/375 0.2%

Potomac: 9/115 7.8%

How many at Potomac earned a score of 223, which is the cut off in DC?

Not public info. Maybe 0.