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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if more schools will start offering summer PSAT prep programs. [b]Seems like Banneker, McKinley Tech, BASIS, Latin, DCI, Truth, etc. would have a group of students who, with more prep, could have a shot at NMSF.[/b] It would be a good investment for the schools in that it could get them more publicity and applicants...a virtuous cycle.[/quote]

Getting NMSF in DC (with the highest cut-off in the nation) means performing at the level of a 1590-1600 SAT.

If you can get a bunch of kids at these DC schools to that level with "more prep" then you will accomplish what educators in America have never been able to do and you will make the national news.

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In any case, they will not allow a cut score that gives any state or territory significantly more than their proportion of award slots. The awards are given based on each state's proportion of graduating seniors in the country. Territories and DC are too small for that to be fair (DC would only get 15 NMSF that way), so for most locations the Commended score is used; but DC has way too many Commended qualifiers, so for DC they use the top state score so that DC is limited to between 30 and 50 NMSF each year. No matter how much prep all the kids do, only this number of kids will be NMSF. If too many make it at a certain score, they change the cut score to get back to the same number of awards. That's how it works.[/quote]

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