1996-09-29 - Re: Public Schools

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From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: “ronsimpson@unidial.com>
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From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:33:11 +0800
To: "ronsimpson@unidial.com>
Subject: Re: Public Schools
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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:22:05 -0400, ronsimpson wrote:

>I hate to burst any bubbles but, the school with the highest number of
>National Merit Finalists and highest number of 1600 SATs is a Public
>High School (Jefferson High in Fairfax, VA)

This probably just means that they have a good SAT cram course.    Ditto for
the NMS.    I've run into people who've done well on the SATs and have been
rather underwhelmed.   In my opinion it's like MIPS: Meaningless Indicator



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