fewer spots available for next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So every spot is basically dependent on attrition? Will they prioritize PK and K? Does that mean possibly no new admits in higher grades?

No! They have to replace the seniors who graduate. So let's say they graduate 150. Subtract 50 from this and they can add 100 new kids across all admissions years (instead of the typical 150).
This 100 will be split between PK, K, 3, 6, 9.

[Anonymous]

If they're currently overenrolled by 50, then they have 100 spots vs. the typical 150 (which is the typical senior class size).
Plus in addition to that 150 they usually gain some spots by attrition (kids moving, leaving for different schools etc), plus they typically over-admit because matriculation is not 100% (although I'd imagine this year, they will not over-admit by much or at all but rather go to the waitlist).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS parents- you can help yourselves by not parking and standing illegally during drop off and pick up and not dropping your kids off on the streets around the school. You’re royally pissing off the neighbors and the ANC. It’s not just the enrollment numbers that are in violation of the BZA , it is the families as well with their disregard to the agreed upon traffic patterns.

As a GDS parent, I don't blame you for getting upset. I often stand in the rain waiting for my kid on River, watching car after car stop on River, Davenport, and 43rd to pick up kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they're currently overenrolled by 50, then they have 100 spots vs. the typical 150 (which is the typical senior class size).
Plus in addition to that 150 they usually gain some spots by attrition (kids moving, leaving for different schools etc), plus they typically over-admit because matriculation is not 100% (although I'd imagine this year, they will not over-admit by much or at all but rather go to the waitlist).

150 is not the typical GDS senior class size, and I have no idea where you are getting these numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they're currently overenrolled by 50, then they have 100 spots vs. the typical 150 (which is the typical senior class size).
Plus in addition to that 150 they usually gain some spots by attrition (kids moving, leaving for different schools etc), plus they typically over-admit because matriculation is not 100% (although I'd imagine this year, they will not over-admit by much or at all but rather go to the waitlist).

150 is not the typical GDS senior class size, and I have no idea where you are getting these numbers.

forgive me--I thought the typical size was 150. Is it 125?
And someone up thread said they were currently over by 50 kids.

Subtract 50 from whatever the senior class size is this year and that is how many spots they'll have across all grades.

[Anonymous]

GDS wouldn't have sent out that message if it expected a 25% reduction in the number of admits for any given grade. Nobody would know. That message went out to current GDS families, who should only truly care if they have siblings applying. Which suggests real cutbacks in the number of admits, to the point it could be affecting siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s actually a lot given how few they admit overall.

+1

Love to know where the pig in the python is so we can apply again once they graduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So every spot is basically dependent on attrition? Will they prioritize PK and K? Does that mean possibly no new admits in higher grades?

I think that there is no chance that GDS has less than full pre-K and K classes in the fall. Even reducing the size of those grades by 2-4 kids each would be significant for those grades, but wouldn't move the needle overall because those are the smallest grades. GDS of course will admit kids at the higher grades, but it might be, for example, only 10-20 admits for 9th, rather than 40.

Everyone stop making up stuff.

It will be less than normally modeled, but how much or which grades no one knows.

Just cool it.

Maybe they can offer a free zoom to that anti-white 9th grade seminar in the evenings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So every spot is basically dependent on attrition? Will they prioritize PK and K? Does that mean possibly no new admits in higher grades?

I think that there is no chance that GDS has less than full pre-K and K classes in the fall. Even reducing the size of those grades by 2-4 kids each would be significant for those grades, but wouldn't move the needle overall because those are the smallest grades. GDS of course will admit kids at the higher grades, but it might be, for example, only 10-20 admits for 9th, rather than 40.

Everyone stop making up stuff.

It will be less than normally modeled, but how much or which grades no one knows.

Just cool it.

Maybe they can offer a free zoom to that anti-white 9th grade seminar in the evenings.

Are you a current GDS family? Because if you were, it's not hard at all to see what it's going to need to get its enrollment to 1,075.

[Anonymous]

I heard a similar scenario at Madeira. I’m a private school teacher whose school is in contact with high school admission counselors. We were also told Sidwell and Potomac have very few spots—not sure if fewer than usual. We have experienced much less attrition, and many families that came to us during covid have stayed enrolled. I think many privates are experiencing similar trends from what I’ve heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So every spot is basically dependent on attrition? Will they prioritize PK and K? Does that mean possibly no new admits in higher grades?

I think that there is no chance that GDS has less than full pre-K and K classes in the fall. Even reducing the size of those grades by 2-4 kids each would be significant for those grades, but wouldn't move the needle overall because those are the smallest grades. GDS of course will admit kids at the higher grades, but it might be, for example, only 10-20 admits for 9th, rather than 40.

Everyone stop making up stuff.

It will be less than normally modeled, but how much or which grades no one knows.

Just cool it.

Maybe they can offer a free zoom to that anti-white 9th grade seminar in the evenings.

Looking for a pro-white seminar?

[Anonymous]

I must admit that reading this thread is crushing my hopes of getting accepted anywhere. I knew odds were slim but this really makes it feel impossible.

[Anonymous]

What kind of trickle-down impact will this have for other privates? Seems competition will be even more stiff to make up for fewer GDS spots? I have a 9th grade applicant, so i want to be positive, but wouldn't it make sense to admit pk/k/9 as normal (don't they want a full 9th grade class to graduate in 4 years?) and severely curtail all other years?

[Anonymous]

I people had known this earlier and they could have adjusted their application strategies accordingly. Everyone knew that it would be a tough year because of pandemic enrollment and lack of attrition but limits imposed by the city are another thing.

GDS families should care even if they don't have siblings. I have a child in another affected school and adding 10 kids in one grade instead of 40 which is a third of the class creates a very different experience for them.

[Anonymous]

effected school. Haven't had coffee.