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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure why the cutoff for NMS impacts who enrolls in what college. It looks like all the top colleges, some in the northeast/mid-atlantic have a lot more winners. Maybe they do a better job of courting them. Or as others have said, maybe UVA de-emphasizes the SAT. I am not an expert in the process, but I would think that it's a nice feather in the cap to have as many winners as possible.[/quote] The cutoff matters because most NMSFs in AL are being outscored by the top 5-10% of many of the decent suburban high schools in this area. Why would northeastern schools want an AL semifinalist over a higher scoring kid from Maplewood, NJ who might not have made NMSF, but whose academic credentials probably far outstrip the Alabama kids who did?[/quote] Because they get tons of applicants from Maplewood and only a few from Alabama. It’s icing on the cake if the Alabama student is an NMSF. [/quote]
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