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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just remember that nearly all the NMSF slots in DC get gobbled up by private school kids.

The awards are allocated by "state" and are based on where a kid attends school, not their home. Because of that, DC has the highest cutoff score in the country just about every year and so any public school kid that makes it on the list is really punching above their weight.[/quote]

They are not "allocated" and it's not a zero-sum game.   If, say, Wilson JR kids exceeded the cut-off for DC, then they get the nod no matter how many hit this benchmark.  Sidwell isn't taking anything from an attendee of McKinley Tech[/quote]

Wrong.  A certain percentage of test takers are designated NM Semifinalists.  There's a quota.  That's how the PSAT requirement is set.[/quote]

You are completely wrong about this. DC and U.S. students abroad are automatically assigned the highest cut score achieved by any state ([b]which always ends up being MA and NJ[/b]).[/quote]
You're definitely wrong.
Also, the number of NMSFs assigned to a state is determined by the number of graduating seniors. Yes, there is a quota.

DP[/quote]

DP.  My understanding:

[b]There is a quota for the states based on the number of graduating seniors, which results in different cutoffs.  
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The states with the highest cutoff frequently but not always are MA or NJ.

DC is not a state but its cutoff is fixed by the NMSF at the highest cutoff for a state, and not because DC students perform at the same level as the state with the highest cutoff. [/quote]
No, the number of graduating seniors does not dictate the cut-off.
Historically the highest cut-off states are MA, NJ and MD (reason why some people believe for a long time that DC was lumped with MD because MD used to always almost has the highest cut-off)[/quote]

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