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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do realize that they read the entire applications after your visit/interview.  Their job is not to convince you to come to the school.  It is to determine if you are the right fit.  It is clear to me that this thread is full of people who didn’t get in.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell me about your experience with the US admissions team. My experience when my DS applied for 9th grade was not good and the person conducted the virtual interview was clearly not interested and not able to establish a rapport. But perhaps that was an exception. [/quote]

We had the same experience with the US admission team. Granted, it was a virtual interview, but she clearly knew nothing about my kid and hadn't read his file.[/quote]

I know you asked about US but this feels exactly like our LS interview. She was really impersonal and acted like we were wasting her time, hadn’t even looked at the initial application etc. it really changed my mind in terms of how we see GDS. we’ll finish the application process but on the whole, GDS seems to be riding high on the number of apps they get and that’s coming across in these interviews. [/quote]

Dame. LS admissions person had zero knowledge of our child and asked what grade are you applying for? [/quote]

Of course they read the full application after the interview. Not everyone here didn’t get in, in fact some of us are still in the process. But there is a preliminary application that you must fill out to get to the interview stage and other schools such as SFS and Maret took the time to review that prior to the interview. GDS couldn’t be bothered to read it, at least for several of the posters. And yes, the interviewer should at least know what grade the child is applying for. It’s their job.

Our interview for LS didn't go well when DH started referencing our application and mentioned a few times that we had written this information in the application. She looked annoyed but the questions she was asking were on the application. You would think they would really want to get to know the applicant.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

LOL. All the other admissions people from other schools had bothered to read the application. GDS was an outlier. Nice try GDS admissions person. Try reading the applications or skimming before the interview[/quote]

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