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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you!

Does anyone have the numbers from VA privates? Potomac, Flint Hill, Madeira etc?[/quote]

SSSAS had 4[/quote]

VA privates:

Potomac: 9
[b]Basis (McLean): 9[/b]
Flint Hill: 4
Madeira: 4
SSSAS: 4
Bishop Ireton: 3 
Bishop O’Connell: 1

MD privates:

Holton: 12
Landon: 5
St Andrews: 5
Bullis: 3
Heights: 1

DC privates:

NCS: 5
GDS: 4
Sidwell: 4
St Anselm: 3
STA: 2
Visi: 2
Maret: 1
WIS: 1
St John’s: 1

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Isn't BIM graduating class like 30 students?[/quote]

Yeah. Imagine 1 out of every 3 students is a NMSF.[/quote]

Holy sh*t!  That is incredible![/quote]

There are a few private schools down in Texas where 20-35% of their classes consistently earn NMSF.   One of them typically graduates 130 students per year.  I know it is a slightly lower cutoff score, but still….[/quote]

It's 219 in Texas.  That's like another 10 questions wrong--an entirely different standard.  
My DC kid would have this as well as 2 best friends.  [/quote]

They lower cutoff explains some of it, but your response is exaggerated. 3 points is somewhere around 1-2 questions on the PSAT and the historical gap of 4 points between Texas and DC is around 2-3 questions.  This year it is 222 in Texas vs 225 in DC.

Schools in question are reporting middle 50% SAT scores of 1405-1570 and 1370-1530, respectively.  Which means their median student is roughly at 99th and 98th percentile nationally, backing up the NM results.

Yes, it is tougher standard in DC, but not as exaggerated as you are making it out to be. [/quote]

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