Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 14:10     Subject: Re:Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The list was interesting. I went through all 500. Maybe I need a hobby.

It's annoying that Fairfax county has the #1 school, but none of the other high schools in the county ranked. There's something very wrong with this. New Jersey makes us look like bumpkins.


Check this thread, this will clarify why not many FCPS schools in the list.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/494150.page


The above thread doesn't clarify why FCPS schools are not ranked in top 500.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 13:58     Subject: Re:Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:The list was interesting. I went through all 500. Maybe I need a hobby.

It's annoying that Fairfax county has the #1 school, but none of the other high schools in the county ranked. There's something very wrong with this. New Jersey makes us look like bumpkins.


Check this thread, this will clarify why not many FCPS schools in the list.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/494150.page
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 13:29     Subject: Re:Newsweek high school rankings
The list was interesting. I went through all 500. Maybe I need a hobby.

It's annoying that Fairfax county has the #1 school, but none of the other high schools in the county ranked. There's something very wrong with this. New Jersey makes us look like bumpkins.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 13:28     Subject: Re:Newsweek high school rankings
I welcome the rankings dropping. Maybe it will finally clue the BOS in to start funding the schools better.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 13:21     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I always knew Maryland had smarter kids.


TJHSST throws off the comparison between FCPS and MCPS high schools. Ranking focus on percentage of students who participate and pass AP/IB. If you took the students at TJHSST and put them in their base high schools, they would bring the numbers for those base high schools. The highest ranked high schools in FCPS have several hundred students diverted to TJHSST. If those students went to the base high schools, it would bring up their AP/IB participation and passing rates, and put them on par with the highest ranked MCPS high schools. It might not seem like much, but the gap in the numbers between the highest ranked FCPS high schools and the highest ranked MCPS high schools isn't that great.


so then the TJHS booster should really stop the rah rah posts about NMSF and SAT scores just from that one school. I agree, if they spread out the TJ students like MCPS does, I'm sure you'd see more FCPS schools on the list.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 11:37     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:I always knew Maryland had smarter kids.


TJHSST throws off the comparison between FCPS and MCPS high schools. Ranking focus on percentage of students who participate and pass AP/IB. If you took the students at TJHSST and put them in their base high schools, they would bring the numbers for those base high schools. The highest ranked high schools in FCPS have several hundred students diverted to TJHSST. If those students went to the base high schools, it would bring up their AP/IB participation and passing rates, and put them on par with the highest ranked MCPS high schools. It might not seem like much, but the gap in the numbers between the highest ranked FCPS high schools and the highest ranked MCPS high schools isn't that great.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 10:30     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
One should look at more than the number of NMSF/NMF in assessing the quality of the school/students such as advanced courses unique to the school, research facility, math courses offered, original research (in addition to science fairs), other academic competition results (USAMO, USABO etc.), quality of teachers, university placements etc.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 10:15     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.


The 50 Smartest Public High Schools In the US (Business Insider):

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Annandale, Virginia

SAT composite range: 2220-2280

All courses at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology are taught at the gifted, honors, AP, or post-AP level, and, in 2014, over 97% scored a 3 or higher on their AP exams. Last year's senior class matriculated into some of the best colleges in the country; 10 or more students went to schools like Brown, Stanford, UPenn, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. U.S. News ranks Thomas Jefferson the best high school in the state, and the No. 1 STEM program among high schools in the US.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-public-schools-in-the-us-2015-4?op=1


Ugh... OK... What was your point again? Are you the same poster who listed NMSF names from TJ?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 10:13     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.


The 50 Smartest Public High Schools In the US (Business Insider):

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Annandale, Virginia

SAT composite range: 2220-2280

All courses at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology are taught at the gifted, honors, AP, or post-AP level, and, in 2014, over 97% scored a 3 or higher on their AP exams. Last year's senior class matriculated into some of the best colleges in the country; 10 or more students went to schools like Brown, Stanford, UPenn, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. U.S. News ranks Thomas Jefferson the best high school in the state, and the No. 1 STEM program among high schools in the US.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/smartest-public-schools-in-the-us-2015-4?op=1
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 10:03     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.


That's crazy! How come people don't talk about RMIB on DCUM much?

This is a VA forum, that's why


No, I dont' think that's the reason. MCPS/MD people don't talk about magnets as much as VA/TJ folks. I think PP was talking about DCUM not VA Public Schools forum.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 09:59     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.


That's crazy! How come people don't talk about RMIB on DCUM much?

This is a VA forum, that's why
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2015 09:29     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, RM/IB had 34 NMSF out of about 100 kids with cutoff score 2pt higher than Va. If MD's cutoff was 219, I am sure at least 6 more kids (probably more) would have made the cut.


That's crazy! How come people don't talk about RMIB on DCUM much?
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2015 20:18     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, the bigger issue is that aside from TJ, why was FCPS not in the top 500?

Because we work so hard, we deserve the trophy! wah-wah-wah!


Don't act silly PP. It's a genuine question from parents who have kids in FCPS high schools.

I have one in a FCPS HS and one already graduated and studying for a Masters. I never gave a sh!t about what a commercial publication thought about their school, because it has a fundamentally different objective from mine - they need to sell copies, I need to ensure my kids get a good education. I really don't see where our goals intersect.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2015 20:13     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
The higher cut off tells the whole story. You have to look at population size of the whole state and the cut off number. Really, Maryland schools are stronger.
Anonymous
Post 08/20/2015 20:11     Subject: Newsweek high school rankings
I always knew Maryland had smarter kids.