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For those “exceptional” students that did not get accepted into TJ because of the new admission, they should still do well at their schools and perform well on the PSAT.  Therefore, the total number of NMSF in FCPS should stay the same.  If the "TOTAL" NMSF in FCPS went down, what does it has to do with TJ?  [/quote]
DP.  TJ in the past had so many kids earn NMSF or commended that there's likely a culture of everyone prepping pretty hard for the PSAT.  It would feel a bit embarrassing for a TJ kid to be in the bottom 1/3 or 1/4 of the kids there and not at least earn commended.  At the base school, so few kids earn any awards that there is likely a lot less pressure to prep for the PSAT.

I'd love to see the commended numbers for the last 10 years for each school.  If the base schools had an increase in commended scholars this year, that would support my hypothesis that kids who might have been NMSF at TJ just didn't prep as hard at the base school and fell a little short.  Likewise, if TJ had a significant increase in commended students, then the dropoff in talent isn't so bad.  After all, there isn't that big of a difference between the kids just at the NMSF index and the kids slightly below.  If TJ had a decrease in commended students and a huge increase in kids who were neither commended nor NMSF, then the drop in talent is huge.  Commended only requires around a 97th percentile score nationally.  [/quote]

Hard disagree that it's about prepping. The overall education is harder - partially because as PP's mentioned the peer group is competitive and drives you to do better in every class and on every assignment. If you're taking TJ-level math with TJ kids from TJ teachers who expect everyone to just "get" math, PSAT math seems stupid easy.

-TJ alumn and yes, National Merit Scholar[/quote]

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