While I admit that I was not a National Merit Semifinalist myself...16 seems quite low. What happened to the days that St. X topped the state in National Merit Semifinalists? We didn't even finish 1st in the city...we finished fourth, with the following schools in Cincinnati beating us: Sycamore, 20; Seven Hills, 19; Walnut Hills, 19 (Two of those three are public schools - I hope X students aren't just paying all that tuition money for great facilities.)
I really hope that St. X is not trying to become some football or athletic powerhouse...or that its admission board doesn't know what it is doing. It seems a little suspect that in the past few years the admissions board has had difficulty in admissions decisions (recent entering freshman classes have been much larger than in the past) and now the National Merit numbers have seemed to drop steadily over the past few years.
Hopefully the admissions board cam get it right from here on out...
This thread is not meant to belittle the current senior class or any of the current classes at St. X...it just seems as though there has been a sharp decline in National Merit Semifinalists in the past few years. If anyone can shed some light on why this is happening, please do. I am very curious as to what is going on at my alma mater.....aside from its recent athletic accomplishments. Thanks everyone and congrats to those who are Semifinalists this year.
I really hope that St. X is not trying to become some football or athletic powerhouse...or that its admission board doesn't know what it is doing. It seems a little suspect that in the past few years the admissions board has had difficulty in admissions decisions (recent entering freshman classes have been much larger than in the past) and now the National Merit numbers have seemed to drop steadily over the past few years.
Hopefully the admissions board cam get it right from here on out...
This thread is not meant to belittle the current senior class or any of the current classes at St. X...it just seems as though there has been a sharp decline in National Merit Semifinalists in the past few years. If anyone can shed some light on why this is happening, please do. I am very curious as to what is going on at my alma mater.....aside from its recent athletic accomplishments. Thanks everyone and congrats to those who are Semifinalists this year.