National Merit

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<p>From the article about DC winners:

One might assume that scholarship winners live in the state in which they are named, which would provide the proportional representation that the National Merit folks say they want.</p>

<p>But that’s not always the case.</p>

<p>For example, not all of the winners in Washington D.C. live in the city. Some reside in Maryland or Virginia and attend private schools in the District.</p>

<p>Last year, nine students in D.C. schools were named National Merit finalists. Only four were D.C. residents, and only one of the nine attended a public school, Wilson High School. The rest attended private schools.</p>

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[The</a> Answer Sheet - D.C.'s National Merit winners aren’t all from D.C.](<a href=“http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/poor-washington-dc-not-only.html]The”>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dc-schools/poor-washington-dc-not-only.html)</p>