Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 21:59     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:Wow. I am amazed at the number of kids from TJ that made NMSF. My kid attends Maggie Walker in Richmond and only 18 made it there, which also seems like a large number for one high school, but nothing like TJ. Smart kids.


This. That's astounding.

At my kid's school (not dmv), 14 kids got the NMSF letter today with a graduating class of nearly 1,000.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 21:27     Subject: Re:National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow TJ has over 100 students!!!


What percent of the senior class is that?

Between 20 and 25 percent.


It’s close to 115 kids. A lot more than the 80ish kids from last year. Still shy of the 165 kids the prior year when the cutoff was only 219.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 20:52     Subject: Re:National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow TJ has over 100 students!!!


What percent of the senior class is that?

Between 20 and 25 percent.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 20:00     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am so disappointed my child didn't qualify in VA with a 223. Their first choice school gives a small scholarship for finalists, and I know it the scheme of college costs it's just a drop in the bucket, but it's so disheartening and a blow to the ego, which is stalling the whole application process.

I know this is a first world problem. I'm still disappointed


I have identical twins and one qualified as a semifinalist and the other did not based on 1 question! They would have both qualified had we lived in just about any other state!!

The non-qualifying kid is so upset and thinks everyone is talking about them at school. I told them that this is small beans - no one is going to care about this a year from now. Honestly, they won't even be caring about this over the holidays, when ED and EA decisions are released.


This happened to my twins last year too. It was the first of many painful inequalities in their college process. ☹️


Thank you for your comment (and commiseration). Not looking forward to seeing the process unfold.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:59     Subject: Re:National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:Wow TJ has over 100 students!!!


What percent of the senior class is that?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:56     Subject: Re:National merit 2026?
Wow TJ has over 100 students!!!
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:47     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:Names of students from schools with Alexandria addresses:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists-from-alexandria-named-for-2026/ar-AA1MiwdL?ocid=BingNewsVerp


Here you go, TJ here
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:45     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:who has the tj list?


TJ is on the Alexandria list


Where is the Alexandria list?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:25     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:who has the tj list?


TJ is on the Alexandria list
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:21     Subject: Re:National merit 2026?
DC list?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:14     Subject: National merit 2026?
Is there a Maryland lisr
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:10     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am so disappointed my child didn't qualify in VA with a 223. Their first choice school gives a small scholarship for finalists, and I know it the scheme of college costs it's just a drop in the bucket, but it's so disheartening and a blow to the ego, which is stalling the whole application process.

I know this is a first world problem. I'm still disappointed


I have identical twins and one qualified as a semifinalist and the other did not based on 1 question! They would have both qualified had we lived in just about any other state!!

The non-qualifying kid is so upset and thinks everyone is talking about them at school. I told them that this is small beans - no one is going to care about this a year from now. Honestly, they won't even be caring about this over the holidays, when ED and EA decisions are released.


This happened to my twins last year too. It was the first of many painful inequalities in their college process. ☹️
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:07     Subject: National merit 2026?
who has the tj list?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 18:55     Subject: National merit 2026?
https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/66-mclean-seniors-named-2026-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 18:53     Subject: National merit 2026?
Anonymous wrote:McLean/Great Falls?

McLean:
https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/66-mclean-seniors-named-2026-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists