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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know nobody refers to Maret as Top 3 but about all but 1-2 of their posts are either Top 50 National (Miami #55) or T50 LAC (Spelman #55).[/quote]

Maret only has about 30 posts. Please circle back when (at least) 50% of the class has posted.[/quote]

Not sure how many will post individually but coming back to report more after college spirit day today posted on site.

Maret grads (class ~75) (could be missing a few)
2 Harvard 
3 Yale
6 Penn
1 Brown 
1 Cornell

2 Michigan 
1 Chicago 
1 Hopkins 
2 Pomona 
1 Wilkins 
1 Berkeley 
1 Middlebury 
1 Haverford 
1 Bowdoin
1 Vassar
1 Carnegie Mellon
3 Wesleyan
2 Tufts
Plus many others T50.

But to echo what many have said, colleges are largely based on luck, circumstances, inherited privilege just as much skill IMO. The prevailing point at these schools (compared to public) is that nearly 100% of the students are college minded and large majority attending top colleges. Good or bad, it’s a fact. [/quote]

Great outcomes from Maret. 
Here is where GDS is at today (97 posts):
Ivies: Cornell:3, Penn:2, Columbia:2, Harvard:2, Yale:1, Princeton:1, Brown:1.
Other T20: Chicago:2, Northwestern:2, Berkeley:1, UCLA:1, Hopkins:1, WashU:2
T20-30: Emory:2, Georgetown:2, Michigan:2, NYU:2, USC:2, 
T30-50: Tufts:7, Northeastern:3, William & Mary:1, Tulane:1, Wisconsin-Madison:1, Case Western:1
Others: Toronto (#18 globally in USNWR):2, Franklin Olin (highly ranked for engineering):1 
T20 Liberal Arts colleges: Wesleyan:4, Haverford:3, Barnard:2, Bowdoin:2, Smith:1, Wellesley:1, Colgate:1
All others at colleges, regardless of their USNWR ranking, that would provide a great education and/or be great fit for certain kids. At least 1 Ivy and few other offers we know of haven't been posted yet (or never will as some kids do not like to share).

Disclaimer: Providing this info just as a data point for parents of high schoolers, esp those at GDS, for what it's worth. No judgment (public vs private, comparison with other privates, etc.) is intended. Also, not to be compared with numbers of "acceptances" provided by some schools. This is a list of where people intend to go (same kid, if not applying ED, could have been accepted to multiple colleges).

Fair to say the overall picture is pretty good, but not as impressive as it was for the 2022 class. Most likely just year-to-year variation and 2 years do not make a trend. Interesting that Tufts aside, there is very little "clustering". Bit odd that Duke has gone from 4 last year to 0 this year (so far). [/quote]

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