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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I gotta be honest, this whole thread has been confusing as hell to me... 
I grew up in NYC in the in the (just barely) web era and attended a poorly funded school in a outer borough, and my recollection is that literally nobody - not one single human - gave a flying leap that I was a NMSF...yes, up to and including my very supportive immediate family and teachers. I got some official looking results mailing at home that mentioned that was my designation somewhere, and that was the end of that. 
I think I asked a teacher once if being a semifinalist meant something special and they said: nope, not really... that the only thing that counted was being a finalist - and in retrospect, they're right. 
Am I missing something here - what is this, rural Iowa? why do a few local high school students getting a reasonably decent (but not outstanding) score on a standardized test merit any kind of wide public notice?[/quote]

Because it is so difficult to get a qualifying score in DC. Sounds like it's much easier in NYC so agree, probably not impressive at all.[/quote]

Or perhaps PP's experience isn't universal (something the PP should know, as an adult.)  I also grew up in NY State at a school that hadn't had a NMSF in 5 years when I became one, and it was big news in the local paper, and they put my picture up in the school lobby (along with the other 3 kids who had been semifinalists in the last decade.)  It is not "easy" to be a NMSF in many states, including New York, as you can see by its 224 threshold this year.[/quote]

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