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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Odd that STA nurtures so few National Merit Semifinalists. [/quote]
New poster here. I think you're mistaken about this claim. I've been doing some research into the number of Nat'l Merit Semifinalists at various schools, and it seems that about 12-15% of each class at St Albans is recognized as NMSF. That's about the same class percentage as a few other well-known DC/MD/VA schools, and about the same percentage as some well-known boarding schools. I'm sure there are criticisms that can be lobbed at St Albans, but the number of NMSFs is [i]not[/i] one of them.[/quote]
STA's 2010 graduating class has 77-80 students only 5 NMSFs (a few were expelled).  Not 12-15% NMSFs as you claim nor was it last year.  [/quote]
I have not looked at data for 2008-09 yet. But here are StA NMSF numbers for several other years:

2007 = 10 NMSFs
2006 = 9
2004 = 10
2002 = 18
2001 = 11
2000 = 10
1999 = 12
1998 = 16
1997 = 12

StA seems to pretty consistent in its ability to generate a substantial percentage of NMSFs.
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Thanks for posting this.  Very interesting, highly alarming!  With under 80 students in each graduating class, exorbitant resources (both at school and home), this is the result?

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