GDS college enrolmments

[Anonymous]

It's pretty bad and far behind Sidwell in the top 20, and Ivy admits, at least until now. Hope a few Ivy admits will post on IG.

[Anonymous]

Remember, it all depends on who the parents are in the grade. When you have a less connected group the results dip.

[Anonymous]

They haven't posted anything to the IG in a while... that doesn't mean more admits haven't happened. I know at least a handful of families who do not plan to let their children post there.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but yes, Sidwell is at a different level compared to GDS. Based on their results this year, most would not consider it “Big 3” or whatever. I remember that when GDS had 6 or 7 to Harvard two years ago, somebody posted that all but one kid was a legacy.

[Anonymous]

Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.

I don’t think it’s a hook in the same vein at URM, Athlete, Development, Faculty Kid, etc, but I think it helps if your kid has the stats to get in and applies ED. Maybe instead of a 10% chance, they have a 20% chance. But we also know legacies with goods who apply ED who don’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.

I don’t think it’s a hook in the same vein at URM, Athlete, Development, Faculty Kid, etc, but I think it helps if your kid has the stats to get in and applies ED. Maybe instead of a 10% chance, they have a 20% chance. But we also know legacies with goods who apply ED who don’t get in.

Please stop with this.

[Anonymous]

I'm a GDS parent of a younger child. I'm really pleased with the education my kid is getting, but I was surprised how few ivy ED admits were announced. I wonder if those accepted to top schools RD were accepted but multiple schools, so haven't decided/posted yet.

[Anonymous]

Lame parent post alert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but yes, Sidwell is at a different level compared to GDS. Based on their results this year, most would not consider it “Big 3” or whatever. I remember that when GDS had 6 or 7 to Harvard two years ago, somebody posted that all but one kid was a legacy.

Look out for acceptances at schools that don’t use legacy admission, such as MIT, JHU, Berkeley, Amherst, CalTech, and CMU. You know those kids didn’t have a legacy hook

[Anonymous]

GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.

Legacy is really only undergraduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?

Harvard and Yale are legacies. Chicago always likes private school kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?

True. However, GDS has about 25 more seniors than Sidwell, yet Sidwell is sending 3x more students to Ivy Plus schools this year (based on IG posts). That’s a big difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?

It is not at all a bad result. But it is worse than Sidwell but on par with Maret and even some local Public schools in Maryland in the ratio of Ivy top 15 schools. Just a fact. No judgments. It might or might not reflects at all about the education.