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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to add a point of information to this discussion, remember when you try to compare %'s of NMSFs between schools in DC, MD and VA, that the cutoffs are really very significantly different. DC has the highest cutoff in the country (along with International and I believe NJ and MA), this year 221 (2210 in terms more of us can understand to compare to SATs),  VA's is only 217 and MD's is 219.  So trying to compare the numbers of NMSFs at Blair magnet or TJ versus schools in DC is really difficult, since the cutoffs are different (and it can really make a huge difference at the top end, [b]counselor in my kids Big3 school indicated if used VA cutoff that the school would have quadrupled the number of NMSFs which would have brought the % into the TJ range, and using Maryland cutoff would have increased by 2.5 fold)[/b].

I keep seeing people being "surprised" that schools like GDS, Sidwell and the Cathedral Schools don't have more in terms of %'s compared to the public magnets, this is the main reason why (besides of course that those schools select in 8 grade based on SAT-like testing abilities, and the privates have kids coming in at age 4-5 with no idea how they will end up as standardized test takers).

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We're talking about the tail end of the SAT score distribution, so this seems a little unlikely. [/quote]

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