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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs are missing the forest for the trees in this argument. J-R doesn't suck. What happens at J-R is that top sophomores and juniors aren't strongly encouraged or prepped to take the PSAT, although good scholarship money rides on a top score. By contrast, in the burbs, top students are generally pushed to compete for NM scholarship monies. Same at some of the top privates, not so much for the scholarships but to burnish college applications.  The PSAT problem at J-R is yet another manifestation of the age-old DCPS problem of not pushing talented kids to aim high in college admissions as a general rule. The job is left to families in DCPS.

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FYI: 
I have high schoolers at STA and NCS and the schools don't offer the 9th grade PSAT and only about 25% of the class takes the 10th grade PSAT (it's administrated on a Saturday and it's not really advertised plus the time conflicts with any kid playing sports so almost no one signs up).  There is surprisingly almost no focus on PSAT testing (I was honestly surprised). 
 
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I should add that everyone takes the 11th grade PSAT but my kids' friends at JR and the Catholics all took the 9th and 10th grade tests as practice. [/quote]

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