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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP Here. I am not entitled to anything. I simply don't think 3 Harvard admits out of 140 kids means the whole class is doing stellar. There are plenty of disappointments. And sorry, but for GDS, this result is not really that different than most other years.

It's so interesting to be in this position as a parent bc there are so many GDS haters on DCUM, and I usually feel the need to try to be positive, but this boosterism is weird to me.  GDS is an elite private. It's not uncommon to have 20% of the class go to top 25 schools. So all I am saying is the jury is still out.[/quote]

I'm a GDS parent. Happy I don't know you.   Obnoxious and ungrateful. [/quote]

Hmm PP here. What am I ungrateful for exactly? My child is not one of the three into Harvard so I'm not grateful for that. Many of my kid's friends have been deferred or rejected so, no, I am not grateful for that.  As I stated, the kids who got in deserve kudos and are great- how is that obnoxious?.  The rejections and deferrals for many families do not translate to the title of this thread which is "GDS-WOW!" SO if you are a booster who cannot take a reality check that not all GDS parents and kids in the senior class are over the moon with happiness with stellar early admits, since less the 20% of the class has results, then I am glad I don't know you too. [/quote]

Another gds parent here. Agree with you. Been there with a prior kid who went there in a year with many disappointments. It’s sucks

The picture is not clear until April when the last schools report (Michigan last often) and even until wait lists move.

It sucked for my kid when many of their friends had gotten in ED and my kid was rejected. That said, kid eventually got into a Top25 and is thriving there. Fact he, the kid picked an ED that was too aspirational for their grades and scores in our case. That was the hindsight view and I won’t repeat it w next kid.

In the meantime, hang in there.

Hopefully gds office got more numerate this year? Do they allow parents or kids to look at SCOIR grades and scores data yet? At least they increased to 12 schools from 10. Was WW3 in our year arguing how stupid 10 is.

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