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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to see MPCS magnet (Blair, RM/IB, PHS) vs. TJ comparison. And as for NMSF numbers, MD's cutoff is usually higher than VA cutoff by 2 pts. (221 vs 219 this past year for example). If MD's cutoff was 219, there would be A LOT more kids making the list. There are a lot of kids around 220 who barely missed the cut.  [/quote]

"It's actually 129 out of 422 (from student services office of TJ) which is 30.56% versus 66 out of 280[200 (Blair magnet + RM IB program) plus Blair's other Humanities magnet program Communication Arts program (CAP) of about 80] = 23.57% (not even counting PHS number) and thus TJ actually had more semifinalists than Blair and RM magnets (minus PHS) combined numbers not less."[/quote]

Again, it's not very meaningful since VA and MD have different cutoff scores. Assuming  your numbers are correct, 30.56% of kids scored 219 or above and 23.57% kids scored 221 or above. Nothing more, nothing less. [/quote]

How many kids are in the Poolesville magnet program?[/quote]

[b]Assuming 100 kids for Poolesville, it would be 66/380 = 17.3%. So, 30% v. 17%.[/b] [/quote]

Beyond fuzzy math? Are you including the National Merit scholars from Poolsville or just zeroing them out to try and make TJ look better?  National Merit has cut off numbers so that about the same numbers from each state are awarded. MD having a higher number than VA clearly means there are MORE smarter kids in MD than VA!!  Try to disprove that with your number one nonsense....  So looking at SAT scores would be a good comparison. Do we include the top kids from MCPS W schools attending the top 500 schools, where FCPS  only has TJ, which of the other MCPS and since TJ takes from other counties let's take the top from the rest of MD - oh yeah, we already known MD has a higher cutoff than VA for merit scholars so we know the answer.

fuzzy math a lot?  :) [/quote][/quote]

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