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[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]

Actually, since DC is not set by the quota like states are, the cut score used for DC may actually be lower than if the quota were used. If it were set by quota, only the 16 top-scoring kids would be included, which likely would make the cut score even higher (and there is absolutely no reason to think public school students wouldn't be among them). As it is, 30-40 kids make it based on the highest state cut. So unless all 30 or so of them had the same score, it seems that using the highest state score includes more DC kids. Any DC student who meets the cut score of the highest state is included. DC students aren't competing against each other to make the cut, they are all vying with the New Jersey and Massachusetts kids.[/quote]

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