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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the list of Presidential Scholar candidates is purely a matter of having perfect/near perfect SAT/ACT scores. The fact that DC's threshold is considerably lower than DC or Maryland's gives a huge boost to the DC private schools.  ... [/quote]
I'm not so sure you're correct about DC's threshold being lower.  I haven't seen much direct data on this point, but you might be able to get a rough sense by looking at the state SAT reports:
CA - https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/sat/CA_14_03_03_01.pdf
DC - https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/sat/DC_14_03_03_01.pdf
MD - https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/sat/MD_14_03_03_01.pdf
VA - https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/sat/VA_14_03_03_01.pdf

I don't have time right now to dig into all the numbers, but I just did a little quick math to see what % of students in CA and DC scored in the top section (700-800) on the sub-tests.  A quick glance suggests about the same % of DC students as CA students are in that top range (although it might bear checking closely because I see some big swings in some of the sub-tests).

Perhaps others have better ideas on the best methodology to approach this problem in light of the limited data we have.[/quote]

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