Has anyone gotten off the WL at GDS for 9???
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Anonymous
If it is evidence at all.... |
Anonymous
| So one of the so called Big 3 is a back up? That's pretty funny. If it's a back up for almost everyone who applies, exactly what the first choices? Sidwell and Albans/NCS certainly can't be everyone's first choice. LOL |
Anonymous
The poster who said GDS is viewed as a back up for most applicants/ everyone she knows who applies there is ridiculous (& most likely a troll). That being said, not everyone's first choice is one of the "Big 3". Believe it or not, there are students accepted at GDS who decline in order to attend schools other than Sidwell or STA/NCS. |
Anonymous
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Isn't it nice that some kids don't get caught up in the labels and actually attend the school they feel is the right fit for THEM? Yes, not everything is about going to a Big 3. People do get in and sometimes decide it's note the best fit for them. Gasp! Imagine that.
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Anonymous
I wasn't suggesting that everyone's first choice is a Big 3. I was making fun of the absurdity of the posters comment that everyone who is applying to GDS (which happens to be a Big 3) doesn't apply because it's a first choice. I completely agree that many people don't pick Big 3 as their first choice; present company included. We applied to both GDS and Sidwell and neither was a 1st choice because we didn't think it was a right fit for our family. Simmer down, I was being factious more than anything. |
Anonymous
| Please do not factor in anonymous threads on an anonymous forum in your decision on whether or not to send your child to private school. |
Anonymous
Do you have to work that hard to be a jerk, or does it just come naturally? |
Anonymous
Correct, we chose another school generally not considered big 3 for fit though we got into GDS (thing Geography and schools like Potomac, Holton, etc). |
Anonymous
| I think that after today there will likely be a few more people coming off of the 9th grade waitlist at GDS. The school is quickly devolving into a shadow of its former self. |
Anonymous
Please. The only difference between GDS and other schools is that they took the time to talk about their issues in an open forum. Nice of you to be so supportive, though. |
Anonymous
The ONLY people who consider GDS a big 3 ARE GDS people. LOL. |
Anonymous
Your love of GDS is well documented. Thanks for keeping your nasty streak alive. Hope it's fun for you because it's pretty boring for us. |
Anonymous
So I posted earlier we chose a MD or VA school considered top flight though we loved GDS because of geography. I still consider GDS Big 3 but if you don't, please share who your Big 3 are. I assume it is Sidwell, Cathedral Schools, and wherever your kid goes (which is probably like Bullis, Flint Hill, or something). |
Anonymous
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In terms of academics and seriousness, I am sorry to say (as a GDS Parent), that I have come to believe that there are really only a "Big 2" anymore, that would be Sidwell and STA/NCS.
That was not always the case, and I honestly believe that a competitive and valid Big 3 (which included GDS) did exist when our child started at GDS so many years ago. STA/NCS was conservative and religious, GDS was liberal and progressive, and Sidwell was old establishment with a conscience. Today it is only a Big 2. After that you can make an equal argument for a number of Independent Schools, based on your particular needs and preferences. |
Anonymous
Everyone you know is wrong |