GDS...is it as good as its reputation?

[Anonymous]

It is a proven fact that GDS sends more kids to Harvard than all high schools in the Washington DC area combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It is a proven fact that GDS sends more kids to Harvard than all high schools in the Washington DC area combined.

Knew you'd show up sooner or later. Too bad.

[Anonymous]

I can count in my head more than five '2015 grads who are attending Harvard from area private schools, and I only know the kids from a couple schools. Please.

[Anonymous]

Between 2013-2015 they had a total of 13 (that's the number they are reporting).

[Anonymous]

Those are good numbers. BUT I'm hearing a lot of dissatisfaction this year at GDS. Very few were accepted to their EA/EDschools.

[Anonymous]

I'm hearing that across the board. Hopefully the RD round will shake out well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those are good numbers. BUT I'm hearing a lot of dissatisfaction this year at GDS. Very few were accepted to their EA/EDschools.

But it's certainly a feather in GDS' cap that a recent grad was named a Rhodes Scholar this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those are good numbers. BUT I'm hearing a lot of dissatisfaction this year at GDS. Very few were accepted to their EA/EDschools.

Could it be class specific? This year's class not as strong as last year's class? Or college guidance counselors did not do a good job?

[Anonymous]

But, the credit really should go to the awesome nursery school the Rhodes Scholar went to because we all know that early childhood is when the brain is most plastic and open to great learning and achievement. Education after kindergarten is just checking the boxes (or filling in the bubbles)...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But, the credit really should go to the awesome nursery school the Rhodes Scholar went to because we all know that early childhood is when the brain is most plastic and open to great learning and achievement. Education after kindergarten is just checking the boxes (or filling in the bubbles)...

Wonder if that was NCRC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those are good numbers. BUT I'm hearing a lot of dissatisfaction this year at GDS. Very few were accepted to their EA/EDschools.

Could it be class specific? This year's class not as strong as last year's class? Or college guidance counselors did not do a good job?

This year's senior class is fine, but the next class (juniors) is pretty extraordinary.

[Anonymous]

Sez who?

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of HYP legacies.

[Anonymous]

So what? Doesn't make the kids extraordinary. And doesn't mean the extraordinary kids will want to attend the colleges their parents did. Not even sure how you'd have a basis for comparing college backgrounds of the parents of various HS classes. That's before we get to the question of whether a private school has or should have a reputation based on where the parents of its students went to college. And whether chock full of legacies should be seen as a selling point vs a red flag for parents considering sending their kids to the HS.

[Anonymous]

One of the things that impressed me the most was talking with the students (when I had to decide if we accepted the spot). If you were not impress and you didn't feel the vibe then maybe is not for you. I think is an amazing school and, like in any other school, apart from its academics, it is very important to be aligned with its mission and values. Personally, I truly love the school. I couldn't be happier.