When are NMSF announced?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

There can be a correlation without a guarantee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

There can be a correlation without a guarantee.

Then why isn’t there a stronger correlation for privates ?

[Anonymous]

Khan's SAT prep is free and is there for kids who want to use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Year TJHSST FCPS Total
2025 81 191
2024 165 264
2023 132 238
2022 144 214
2021 132 212
2020 157 237
2019 159 254
2018 145 223
2017 119 213
2016 163 237
2015 129 209
2014 132 220
2013 145 229
2012 156 234
2011 124 189
2010 148 219
2009 142 194
2008 151 209
2007 158 208

So lowest total since 2011, but highest from high schools other than TJ of any year from 2007 through 2025. Silver lining of sorts, if your goal was to strengthen other schools relative to TJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

The real reason behind the Langley number pop is the self-motivated kids from other FCPS school zones that should've gotten admissions to TJ under the old system, they requested to go to Langley after they got rejected under the new admission criteria.

Question: How can you just request to go to a High School. Do you not have to be zoned for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Year TJHSST FCPS Total
2025 81 191
2024 165 264
2023 132 238
2022 144 214
2021 132 212
2020 157 237
2019 159 254
2018 145 223
2017 119 213
2016 163 237
2015 129 209
2014 132 220
2013 145 229
2012 156 234
2011 124 189
2010 148 219
2009 142 194
2008 151 209
2007 158 208

So lowest total since 2011, but highest from high schools other than TJ of any year from 2007 through 2025. Silver lining of sorts, if your goal was to strengthen other schools relative to TJ.

That should be the strategy before changing the TJ's admission policy, but the reality is TJ exclusive courses aren't being offered to any other base high schools 4 years later, not even online campus. And all the discussions are about racial inequality, wealth disparity, all sorts of political agendas.
If only the TJ exclusive courses are accessible to all the base high schools through the online campus, there won't be any buzz about how elite the TJ club is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

The real reason behind the Langley number pop is the self-motivated kids from other FCPS school zones that should've gotten admissions to TJ under the old system, they requested to go to Langley after they got rejected under the new admission criteria.

Question: How can you just request to go to a High School. Do you not have to be zoned for it.

There are specific grounds for transfer under FCPS’s transfer regulations. Some of the main ones are to take AP courses if you’re at an IB school (or vice versa) or to take a foreign language not offered at your base school.

Langley is unusual in that it’s one of the only top high schools that has had extra seats in recent years and could accept pupil placements. Several of the other top schools have been closed to transfers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

The real reason behind the Langley number pop is the self-motivated kids from other FCPS school zones that should've gotten admissions to TJ under the old system, they requested to go to Langley after they got rejected under the new admission criteria.

Question: How can you just request to go to a High School. Do you not have to be zoned for it.

Langley is the only school offers Russian language, you request to learn Russian as foreign language, FCPS will accommodate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Year TJHSST FCPS Total
2025 81 191
2024 165 264
2023 132 238
2022 144 214
2021 132 212
2020 157 237
2019 159 254
2018 145 223
2017 119 213
2016 163 237
2015 129 209
2014 132 220
2013 145 229
2012 156 234
2011 124 189
2010 148 219
2009 142 194
2008 151 209
2007 158 208

Once the class of 2025 average SAT scores are out then we can put a lid on this. Pretty certain the same trend will be seen. Clearly academic achievement has slipped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Year TJHSST FCPS Total
2025 81 191
2024 165 264
2023 132 238
2022 144 214
2021 132 212
2020 157 237
2019 159 254
2018 145 223
2017 119 213
2016 163 237
2015 129 209
2014 132 220
2013 145 229
2012 156 234
2011 124 189
2010 148 219
2009 142 194
2008 151 209
2007 158 208

Once the class of 2025 average SAT scores are out then we can put a lid on this. Pretty certain the same trend will be seen. Clearly academic achievement has slipped.

The top students are still elite, middle are okay, but the bottom is very low. Different tracks are now in the school. Low performing students have low SATs and low GPAs and will go to low ranked colleges.They should have stayed at their local school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master List of 2025 National Merit Semifinalists - APS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS - note that the cut-off this year for both Maryland and Virginia was the same (222). Schools with STEM or IB magnet programs are italicized.

TJ (FCPS) 81
Blair (MCPS) 42
Richard Montgomery (MCPS) 24
Poolesville (MCPS) 21
Langley (FCPS) 19
McLean (FCPS) 16
Walter Johnson (MCPS) 15
Oakton (FCPS) 11
Chantilly (FCPS) 10
Churchill (MCPS) 10
Whitman (MCPS) 10
Lake Braddock (FCPS) 9
Madison (FCPS) 9
W-L (APS) 7
Independence (LCPS) 6
Woodson (FCPS) 6
B-CC (MCPS) 5
Briar Woods (LCPS) 5
Lightridge (LCPS) 5
Marshall (FCPS) 5
Rock Ridge (LCPS) 5
Wootton (MCPS) 5
Champe (LCPS) 4
Fairfax (FCPS) 4
Riverside (LCPS) 4
Robinson (FCPS) 4
Centreville (FCPS) 3
H-B Woodson (APS) 3
Potomac Falls (LCPS) 3
South Lakes (FCPS) 3
West Springfield (FCPS) 3
Westfield (FCPS) 3
Yorktown (APS) 3
Broad Run (LCPS) 2
Dominion (LCPS) 2
Edison (FCPS) 2
Freedom (LCPS) 2
Quince Orchard (MCPS) 2
Stone Bridge (LCPS) 2
Wakefield (APS) 2
Wheaton (MCPS) 2
Blake (MCPS) 1
Clarksburg (MCPS) 1
Hayfield (FCPS) 1
Heritage (LCPS) 1
Herndon (FCPS) 1
Loudoun County (LCPS) 1
Magruder (MCPS) 1
Northwest (MCPS) 1
Sherwood (MCPS) 1
West Potomac (FCPS) 1
Annandale (FCPS) 0
Damascus (MCPS) 0
Einstein (MCPS) 0
Falls Church (FCPS) 0
Gaithersburg (MCPS) 0
Justice (FCPS) 0
Kennedy (MCPS) 0
Lewis (FCPS) 0
Loudoun Valley (LCPS) 0
Mount Vernon (FCPS) 0
Northwood (MCPS) 0
Paint Branch (MCPS) 0
Park View (LCPS) 0
Rockville (MCPS) 0
Seneca Valley (MCPS) 0
South County (FCPS) 0
Springbrook (MCPS) 0
Tuscarora (LCPS) 0
Watkins Mill (MCPS) 0
Woodgrove (LCPS) 0

Thanks for the list. Would be great if it was normalized to student body size. The actual difference between Langley and Lake Braddock should be far more apparent when compared to number of kids.

Maybe it should be normalized to the number of students at each school whose parents are paying for PSAT/SAT prep courses.

If paying for PSAT/SAT prep would guarantee a good score, wouldn't the private schools and McLean/Langley have much higher number each year?

Some other schools seem more obsessed with getting on the volleyball team than doing psat prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Ok. But no one implemented the admissions changes so that psat scores would remain super high. They were implemented knowing they would drop. So the dropping is not a surprise. It’s anticipated. More interested in seeing college admissions info for this group than their psat scores. We have to wait for that.

College admissions is not a measure of merit. I can totally see better results due to more diversity. But, should TJ play the admission games?

I really, really don't think that better admissions was what the school board/Gatehouse was going for when they changed TJ admissions. They were going - by their own words - for a student body more reflective of the racial makeup of our area. Whether you agree with that or disagree with that, it's what they said.

I'm sure they didn't say that. You wanted to see college admissions as a measure of success for the new TJ admission rules, and I'm merely pointing put I would not surprise me if college admissions is better because the new TJ admission align more with college admission preference.

While I agree with your sentiment - I dont think the college outcomes will be better - I expect them to be the same or a bit lower.

Contrary to the rumors - the TJ curriculum rigor has remained the same - and will result in lower average grades or lower % taking the most hardest courses at TJ.

This should impact the overall admissions outcomes, as colleges use GPA as the first filter.

We'll see. I have heard differently. Rigor might stay the same but there are more generous curves which would reflect on GPA.

They are definitely adjusting the curve to prevent people from failing to graduate with a TJ degree (which requires passing calculus).
I think this is good news for the more competitive kids at TJ.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school has not yet intimated us about this, however DD is in this list. What would be the next steps. Any guidance would be appreciated.

They are eligible to advance to finalist. I think it usually requires writing an essay or something. About 80-90% of semifinalists become finalists. You might be awarded one of several merit based scholarships. it might be to a school you have no interest in or it might be corporate sponsored and applicable to any school.