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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our educational consultant recommended we consider applying to GDS high school for our daughter. What is the culture among parents and students? Is it very competitive? [/quote]

Why did they recommend gds over all others?  It’s a good option for lgbtqia or very quirky students, since there is a large critical mass amongst staff and students. It also runs the upper school like a college. Get through the core in two years and take whatever electives you want plus a couple more required classes. But if your kid is mature enough to select well and do hard work, that can pay off. [b]You can go very narrow junior year onward. [/b][/quote]

How can that be when gds students, like all other college bound students, still need to take 4 years of English, 4 years of math, etc.?[/quote]
Read the Course Study yourself. the point was you can choose from tons of electives to fulfill whatever is required, especially after the core required classes are done. Your other English lit classes can be very very narrow, if you wish. [/quote]

I think we have different definitions of narrow. If you are a math person, you cannot take only math and science classes junior and senior year. If you are a English/humanities person, you still have to take math and science. You can still only take 1-2 electives a year. Being able to choose your senior year English class doesn't make the entire curriculum narrow, even if that English class is focused on one particular theme.

But, yes, there are lots of electives and that's great.[/quote]

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