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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDS 4 accepted ED at Harvard, 6 at Penn.[/quote]
Ironically, because of all the GDS puffery, I am skeptical of this claim. Probably not a lie,but you never know. [/quote]

It's not puffery, and it seems that GDS got more Harvard acceptances than Sidwell.  Huge.[/quote]

Why is this "huge"?  I think it's great for GDS kids who got in, but GDS is now, and always has been, one of the top schools in the area for college admissions. So is Sidwell, and several others.  It's not a competition.  [/quote]

+1[/quote]

Unfortunately, it certainly is a bit of a competition for the students.  The fallacy is the belief that the schools have much to do with it. Give me a few kids with comparable course work, grades, standardized test scores, and ECs from Burke, St. Andrew's, Stone Ridge, Landon, etc., and I would expect similar results.  The days of reserving x slots for students from a given school seem to be largely a think of the past.    [/quote]

Actually I think for private schools, the counseling office has a TON to do with it. GDS obviously has a great relationship with Harvard. Just as for admissions to high school (I.e some schools are "feeder" schools) the same is true for colleges. Harvard knows what it will be getting when it admits a GDS kid probably because the college counsellors advise them.[/quote]

GDS is basically the Harvard feeder school of the DC area.[/quote]

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