[xzins]

I don't mean to be rude, just informative. The National Merit Scholars ARE selected on the basis of their SAT scores. That is the determining criterion.

Secondary Schools
Aiken College & Career High School (9-11)
Aiken Traditional (11-12)
Aiken University (9-12)
Clark Montessori (7-12)
Dater High School (7-12)
Entrepreneurship (9-12)
Hughes Center (9-12)
Jacobs (11-12)
School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) (4-12)
Shroder Paideia (7-12)
Robert A. Taft Information Technology (9-12)
Virtual High School (9th grade to age 22)
Walnut Hills (7-12)
Western Hills Design Technology (9-12)
Western Hills University (9-12)
Withrow International (9-12)
Withrow University (9-12)
Woodward Career Technical (9-11)
Woodward Traditional (11-12)
Satellite Schools
Beech Acres
Beech Acres West
Children's Home

The above Cincy Public schools had only 1 school with Merit Scholars: Walnut Hills High School had 2 Nat'l Merit Scholars.

On the other Hand just ONE of the Cincinnati Catholic Schools, Xavier High School, had 6 national merit scholars.

In the county, private and Cathoic Schools had 17 National Merit Scholars and the public schools combined had only 14.

The total public school population is FAR larger.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The above Cincy Public schools

This is a false comparison. You need to compare the RC schools with other private schools -- the numbers would be very different.

[Ichneumon]

[The National Merit Scholar program is not automatically awarded based on merit -- a necessary step is that the student send in an *application*. Your statistic may simply be a result of that school aggressively ensuring that every student who meets the initial requirements gets off their butts and sends in an NMS application, whereas other schools left it up to the students themselves (resulting in far lower application rates).]

I don't mean to be rude, just informative.

Then make sure your information is correct.

The National Merit Scholars ARE selected on the basis of their SAT scores. That is the determining criterion.

Ahem:

Oh, look, filling out and sending in an application is a necessary part of the NMSP program. Just as I said.

And since you brought it up:

...and I went to a public high school school.