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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell has a well deserved reputation.  GDS is  overhyped and not deserving of this ridiculous “big 3” label, probably not even “big 5”.  It’s a good school but it’s not worthy of all the hype.[/quote]

UMM GDS had 6 kids into Harvard last year and 4 into Princeton and it went on from there. They wiped the floor with Sidwell in terms of acceptances. They had the strongest showing of any school in the DMV. So maybe get current with your thinking. You can dislike GDS for whatever reason (so don't apply!) but it's the hardest school to get into right now.[/quote]

The end all and be all of high school is not the US News ranking of the matriculation list.

If a school routinely places 100% of their class into well known, top tier colleges and universities, if any given year 0 go to Harvard, 1 goes to Harvard, or 6 go to Harvard it’s really not that relevant.

Part of the problem with the mentality these days is everything MUST be a stepping stone to something better, it can’t be a destination before the next destination.

There are a lot of schools in the DC area that have a long track record of delivering excellent educations and launching kids into life after high school in a variety of top colleges/universities.  GDS is among them, but this constant urge to build a hierarchy is pretty silly and runs completely counter to producing well-educated, well-adjusted, well-rounded adults.  The same goes for college, despite the hype, a Harvard grad isnt intrinsically stronger than a Swarthmore grad, than a Columbia Grad, UofChicago, Davidson, etc - it’s the individual student that makes or breaks the success of that student, not the school.   If you go to a top high school in the area or a top college, you get to the baseline necessary - the rest is up to you.

I say this as a kid who went to a top HS and college and who’s parents did too.  It creates such an entitled mindset that you think all you have to do is go to these schools and your ticket is punched.  It takes a lot of hardwork too and I wish I had gotten higher GPAs in school and applied myself more.

Do your kids a favor and stop emphasizing the ranking of the school and send them to the schools they will do the best at and focus on them making the most of where they go.

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Nicely said [/quote]

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