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Reply to "So why does Wilson not have a single National Merit Semifinalist?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is really hard to be a semifinalist in DC. In most states scores in the top 98% will get you there. In DC you have to score in the top 99.5% (of kids in school in DC). Some kids are really well prepared. Some are great at taking tests. The fact that no one from Wilson got it this year doesn’t say anything about the school. There could be a hundred kids there who scored in the top 99% and in this city that wouldn’t be enough. [/quote] The score required for nsmf is based on percentile scores of students taking the test in each state. So by definition it is exactly as easy to score above the NSMF breakpoints in DC as in every other state. What you mean is that more kids in DC have high scores so the breakpoint is set higher.[/quote]
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