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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if more schools will start offering summer PSAT prep programs. [b]Seems like Banneker, McKinley Tech, BASIS, Latin, DCI, Truth, etc. would have a group of students who, with more prep, could have a shot at NMSF.[/b] It would be a good investment for the schools in that it could get them more publicity and applicants...a virtuous cycle.[/quote]

Getting NMSF in DC (with the highest cut-off in the nation) means performing at the level of a 1590-1600 SAT.

If you can get a bunch of kids at these DC schools to that level with "more prep" then you will accomplish what educators in America have never been able to do and you will make the national news.

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Exactly.

And this whole JR conversation is crazy. At minimum, it is the perspective of a couple of people who clearly are still burned up about covid policies AND have a very narrow view of the population of successful students at JR.

First, the idea that the 15 or whatever kids in the eighth grade Algebra 2 class are all of the “academic superstars” is ridiculous, for a million reasons, not least of which is that many kids who could go the hyper-accelerated math route choose not to. Many parents (me, I’m one of these parents) don’t think it’s the best way to do math instruction and that Calc BC in 11th grade is plenty accelerated.

Second, the fact that only one JR kid happened to score an essentially perfect PSAT score on a single test given on a single day is not an indictment of the rest of the class. Get a grip, people. If it had been three kids (which is what I think it was last year), would that have mattered materially? If a bunch of kids missed the cut off by one point, does that matter?

This is like yelling into the wind, but it’s crazy that a couple of people with tired, old bones to pick and very narrow perspectives are taken as authorities on the quality of JR’s student body.[/quote]

The truth is the quality of JR’s body has absolutely gone down hill if you are talking about high performing kids.  The trend has been lots more of these families are not tracking to JR with the advent of honors for all and dumbing down even more the curriculum.

Common knowledge and you seem to be in complete denial of it.[/quote]

The J-R cohort that my kid hangs out with are incredibly smart; no different than the peers of my older DC who graduated a few years ago.[/quote]

Your anecdotal experience does not dispute the fact that the percentage of high performing kids at a school with the highest concentration of UMC and UC families in the city is small.

Stats don’t lie and why for the size of the school, only 1 kid made it.  Also look at SAT averages. 
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Gosh these type of PPs are tiresome. We get it, your family is better than all of ours. If you’re so great move to Virginia and your kid can go to TJ; or to MD and get them into the Blair magnet. [/quote]

No one is saying that.  What I find tiresome are people who do t acknowledge facts and reality.[/quote]

what facts/reality? you seem to be wanting to prove that JR is terrible and full of underachievement. if so put your money where your mouth is and get your “advanced child” into TJ. [/quote]

You sound defensive.[/quote]

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