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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What were the GDS essay questions? [/quote]

I’m curious too![/quote]

How would you describe your philosophy of life – your personal commitments, set of guiding principles, or deepest beliefs?

How do you like to spend your time outside of school?

What academic subjects most inspire you? Why?

Write about a change you’d like to make in your school or neighborhood community.

Describe a time when you encountered a particularly challenging situation. What was challenging about it, and how did you respond?[/quote]

Those seem fine to me. Maybe the first one is a bit much, but a thoughtful 8th grader should be able to do it.[/quote]

These are very similar to questions asked by other schools, including SSSAS, Burke and Field

The first one is a bit over the top for kids who are 13/14.  The number of essays required is also a bit excessive.  Crazy process![/quote]

Do those questions really require 5-paragraph essays though? I would think a one or two paragraphs for each would suffice? And if an 8th grader can’t handle that, how will they handle the work in Freshman English and History? Daddy/Mommy/tutor will do those too?[/quote]
 It's not a lot of work at all and they are not essays to those questions, but a long paragraph at most. Many say max 250 words! Not that hard to do for an 8th grader. It is tough if they are applying to five schools, and they all have different requirements. [/quote]

250 words is about one page double spaced. That is definitely an essay (the application even called them essays) and your kid better break it up into paragraphs or the essay reader won’t be too happy.[/quote]

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