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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm writing this for all of us who don't have children at GDS because we didn't want to have children at GDS. Whose children didn't apply to Harvard because, honestly, we've known more than a few Harvard people and they're all kind of a drag.

I was a new mom in New York City just in time for urbanbaby.com, and if you don't know what that is, well. You're poorer for your ignorance. I read about stroller wars, and preschool applications, and Gifted and Talented testing, debates about the merits 29 over 312, testing into Hunter, whether Nest or Anderson was better--and if TAG was acceptable at all--but never in all of my days there did I see parents that were so status obsessed (even at Dalton) that they stalked their kids' classmates Instagrams and then ran to post here and discuss breathlessly, endlessly, without saying anything, if Larlo and Larlx only got in because of hooks, or athletics, or if their "crop" was better than last year's crop... I mean what the ever-living hell? These are children. They are not harvested, or plucked. And at the end of the day it's fairly gauche.

Of course what else could we expect from the DMV. [/quote]

Hate to burst your high and mighty anti-DMV bubble, but your precious Dalton does this too. In fact the vast majority of schools celebrate their seniors accomplishments on Instagram. You just haven’t kept up with the times. Here is Dalton’s from 2023: https://www.instagram.com/daltonseniors23?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==[/quote]

Damn, the Dalton acceptances put GDS and all of the DMV privates to shame[/quote]

yes.  because for the millionth time:  acceptances at private schools have a TREMENDOUS amount to do with legacy and who the kids' parents are (VIPs, etc). 
Yes, the kids who get the spots are strong students.  But what puts them over the finish line to an Ivy (in many cases--not all but I can confidently say most) is their family of origin. 
This is the case at GDS, Sidwell, STA, etc. and to even a greater extent at Dalton and other top schools in NYC. [/quote]

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