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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NMSF designation goes to the top 0.5 percent of kids in each state, so of course DC only has a few compared to the much larger high school populations of VA and MD. The cut off score also varies by state, with MD and MA usually having the highest cutoff. [b]DC 's cutoff is set at the highest state cutoff, and is generally higher than VA's cutoff score.[/b][/quote]

Why the heck would they do this? Seems like a very odd design choice, given the high poverty rate for families in DC.

Why wouldn't they just apply the same 0.5 percent methodology to kids in DC?[/quote]

[b]I don't think they apply it differently.[/b]  I think we have a much higher cutoff because the NMSFs skew to a very high-income demographic in DC.  You won't see another state where private schools represent 80% of the schools having NMSFs like we do in DC.[/quote]

Huh?  it doesn't matter what you "think."

DC has the highest cut-off because there is a rule that DC automatically gets the cut-off of the highest state which this year is New Jersey with 223. Americans living abroad are given the same cut-off.

https://www.compassprep.com/national-merit-semifinalist-cutoffs/#:~:text=New%20Jersey%20also%20established%20the,Wyoming%20%E2%80%94%20had%20cutoffs%20of%20207.

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Great.

Why?

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