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Reply to "So why does Wilson not have a single National Merit Semifinalist?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parent was a semifinalist. Son of a working class fireman. Attended not-so-great public schools. No prepping or tutoring. Just smart. YMMV[/quote] -- smart at taking tests like this. And that's not the kind of smart that every kid has even when they can handle the work.[/quote] +1 I was a semifinalist because I was awesome at taking tests. I can take a multiple choice test on a subject I know little to nothing about and pass. I did great on the PSAT, SAT, GRE with no prep. If a class had multiple choice tests I knew I would excel. My sister is much, much smarter than me but is a terrible test taker. She was not a semifinalist. National Merit is, like so many other evaluations, is a test of how well you take tests.[/quote]
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