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Reply to "Fall 2013 DC Private School National Merit Semifinalists (Class of 2014)"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm actually shocked that the numbers are so low (or as expensive as these schools are and how "elite" their students are supposed to be). [/quote] I think this is a pretty unfair assessment. The top 1% of DC is going to be a smaller number of kids than the top 1% of VA or MD just because the population of kids in DC is smaller. On top of that, the top private schools are fairly small compared to public schools on average. Plus, I think kids who score in the top 2% or 5% or whatever by and large are just as smart as the top 1% NMSF, maybe they just don't test as well or maybe they didn't prep for the PSAT because aside from NSMF, it doesn't go on their record at all and scoring poorly on that test has virtually no stakes in their future. Or whatever.[/quote]
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