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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DCPS DC would’ve made the NMSF cutoff in 45 states the year they took the exam. That’s life.  In the end it really doesn’t matter except for bragging rights. [b]I’d actually be more curious to see the commended numbers as an overall better comparison.[/b]  [/quote]

267 commended + semi finalists in DC. (You have to add them together to get the comparable numbers.)

Data here, if you want to look at other states: https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/guide_to_the_national_merit_scholarship_program.pdf[/quote]

Interesting to compare these numbers to small states where the cut-offs are much lower:

State/Cutoff/#NMSF/#commended
Alaska/215/31/24 
Delaware/220/47/84
Montana/213/48/8 
North Dakota/210/26/0
Rhode Island/219/50/96
South Dakota/211/46/6
Vermont/216/27/27
Wyoming/210/20/0
DC/225/37/230

DC’s number of semi-finalists is impressive—but look at those commended numbers!

230 is off the charts compared to the small states. DC had more commended scholars than Wisconsin (216), which has 6M people. This might actually justify DC having the highest cut-off; the number of high scorers in this city is disproportionate to its size.[/quote]

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