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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a link to the chart of NMSF semifinalists -- good because it has absolute numbers and percentages: http://goo.gl/GgQvR

It shows a number of private schools that over a 15 year period have an average of 10-13% of their graduating class qualify as NMSF semifinalist.  Although nothing close to the amazing percentage of TJ [b](over 30% -- really amazing!),[/b] that over 10% figure is both consistent and excellent in local and national terms.

By way of comparison, Walt Whitman HS is about 4% over the same time period; Churchill and BCC 2%.  Not apples to apples, of course -- those schools don't select for admission.

But the top local independents also have a higher percentage than nationally known private schools such as Andover and Exeter, for example, which both have under 10%, as well as many other well known day schools around the country (e.g, Dalton, Chapin, Spence in NYC; Noble & Greenough in Boston).  There are some private day schools in the USA with higher percentages (e.g. Collegiate in NYC) but not many.[/quote]

Try 40% for MoCo magnets. [/quote]

It's 41 percent for Montgomery county magnets in the lower half of the county this year. Amazing 
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