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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This list makes no sense if you compare it to previous years. Sidwell has more finalists than it normally would. St. Albans only one. GDS only one. None for Gonzaga (which typically has 5ish). Nothing for Walls.

My kids don't go to any of these schools, but, I wonder what the deal is. This isn't something I'd be bragging about over at Sidwell. I think this list is really weird and possibly incomplete or manipulated in some way.[/quote]

Sidewall had 13 last year and 15 this year.  Are you implying that these strong results are something g the kids should be proud of because it must have been some kind of weird fluke to increase by, gasp, 2 student semi-finalists, and that that indicates some kind of manipulation. What’s “weird” about that?   Like the posters who suggested sone kind of push by Sidwell for students to provide SAT scores, even though that would not have been available as the school had host a psat test last year.  Could you possibly simply offer recognition if a job well done by these kids? And I haven’t seen any bragging by Sidwell.  But to imply that the kids gain the award through some nefarious process such that they and their parents shouldn’t be proud us simply inappropriate.  Kind of like arguing that am election is “rigged”, and implicating the prevailing party, just because some people didn’t get the result they want.  [/quote]

I counted 16 for Sidwell.[/quote]

+/- 3 is a big difference! LOL.  Maret is 2.5 time more as compared to last year. WIS is double the number. Sidwell is just 20% more[/quote]

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