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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this one student a typical result for GDS?[/quote]

It’s down. Hard to know if it’s a blip but if you read the private school board there are rumors that GDS is moving in a less academic direction. [/quote]

Majority of GDS kids sit out PSAT. So there is that. My DC didn’t even take the test. Most of his friends didn’t.[/quote]

Curious why?[/quote]

Probably because it rarely leads to any significant scholarship dollars and[b] colleges don't really care about the NMSF designation[/b].  
It's really not emphasized at the private schools around here.  Many kids don't take it. 
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Really? I thought colleges actually do find it meaningful.

(I was one and I definitely think it helped get me in)[/quote]

Many colleges care about the NMSF designation, and some offer significant scholarship dollars for those who earn it.

The GDS poster is wrong.[/quote]

I'm not actually a GDS parent.  
On the college board here, posters are always going on that the NMSF designation does not mean much to colleges.  I don't know why but I've read it on DCUM many times.

Here are the only colleges that offer money for the "finalist" designation (not semifinalist but finalist which requires a further essay and selection):  https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/national-merit-scholarships
Most (of this already limited pool) give $500-2000 per year.  It's not big money. 
Alabama is the exception but GDS students are generally not attending Alabama. 
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Hmmm. Well, it's a nice club to be in. I do know a lot of formwr NMSFs who were all academic superstars etc and they ended up at great schools... it was just something that correlated with all their other achievements. I also think it helped me specifically because I blew off some courses in high school and had some very bad grades, but I really think the NMSF designation got me into our state flagship and probably some other schools. I just remember my guidance counselor trying to get me to lower my expectations based on my grades, but the NMSF tipped the scale in the other direction.[/quote]

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