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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats to these kids and others!  Very happy for them - to be honest - mostly because they can now enjoy the rest of the year.

But folks, you cannot look from the outside and claim GDS did a great job or compare to other schools. There's often much behind the scenes that you do not know and that GDS has nothing to do with - VIP, legacy, sport, special EC. It is also the case that students haven't posted (at GDS and at other schools you are comparing) - at our school, many did not post until RD decisions were release and some kids never post.[/quote]

“Behind the scenes” applies to every school, not just GDS. GDS isn’t the only school asking about parent legacy on the application. [/quote]

Agreed - This is why I said "compare to other schools". It's the same for all of these schools. You cannot look at a list and compare across schools - OR assume it has anything to do with the school.  The majority of these very high admissions tend to have a hook.  Smart kids, but with hooks to get them over the line - it is not GDS that did a good job - even for unhooked. It's the kid or the kid's family.[/quote]

This.  It has almost nothing to do with GDS!!!  you could put these same kids at Sidwell, STA, BCC, DCPS and they would have been admitted to the same colleges.

Why can't people understand this?

We know one of the Ivy admits.  The kid is brilliant but the Ivy has as much to gain from the kid's parent's influence as the kid has to gain from the Ivy (based on who the parent is).

these are super smart kids, mostly born to incredibly influential and impressive parents.  it's due to GDS molding rough clay.

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Oops   NOT due to GDS molding rough  clay! [/quote]

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