Anonymous wrote:This list is so meaningless. Unless you’re trying to just say almost all the smart kids go to TJ and everyone else is trash.

Yet so many of them attend a non-ivy university..the horror!

Anonymous wrote:Madison and Woodson's figures lag behind Oakton and Marshall's. Anyone else surprised by that?

I am happy to see so many semi-finalists.
However, I am more concerned about the other end of the spectrum. How many are not passing? How many are taking AP tests and not scoring well on those?
How many kids are dropping out?

That is the true test of a school system. The National Merit kids are great and at the very top of the spectrum. However, I fear the numbers at the other end are far greater.

Anonymous wrote:Madison and Woodson's figures lag behind Oakton and Marshall's. Anyone else surprised by that?

Oakton no, Marshall yes.

Madison and Woodson's figures lag behind Oakton and Marshall's. Anyone else surprised by that?

Anonymous wrote:This list is so meaningless. Unless you’re trying to just say almost all the smart kids go to TJ and everyone else is trash.

That's a pretty strange interpretation. Less than half of the semifinalists go to TJ!

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe a school as big and wealthy as Robinson doesn't have a single semifinalist. Do the brighter kids generally go to Lake Braddock for AP and to stay with their AAP cohort?

No, there's really smart kids at Robo who successfully complete the IB diploma (not easy). I'd expect them to have comparable numbers of commended as LB, Woodson, WS, etc

Side note, but I'm always amused by the thing where people say merely "completing" the IB Diploma is some huge accomplishment. In other countries, people try to get good grades on the exams, too!