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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised this has not come up yet, but several of the schools are posting college placement results on social media. My sophomore DC showed me some of the posts and, while I know this will generate a whole lot of ire here, I’ll admit I was impressed by GDS’ placements. The quantity, caliber, and range was notable. Burke and St. Andrew’s also had much stronger placement than I recall from prior years. The placement landscape is clearly changing. 
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This is a complete troll post. GDS has not posted college placements on Twitter or Facebook or anywhere else. While students will post their destinations on their own social media, the school actively discourages it. Every student is different and where they go to college is not a very good measure of the education provided by their high school. My child's reach may be your child's safety. Your child may prioritize playing on a D3 lacrosse team and mine might dream of landing on an aircraft carrier. And just because 40 students in the senior class got into the Ivies doesn't boost your 8th grader's chances. [/quote]

Whether it is a school sanctioned post or student generated doesn’t really matter - there is an insta post that lists the college selections of the entire GDS class of 2020. It is a noteworthy list, both because of the multiple admissions at many of the top colleges (to be expected from GDS as that is their bread, butter, and brand) and because of the wide range of other schools - far more mediocre schools than you might otherwise think. [/quote]

With all due to GDS, the universally class of 2020 will have the strongest college placements; to the extent that this year should warrant an asterisk. There has been unprecedented number of deferrals for their incoming Freshman class, and therefore an unprecedented dip into waitlists.The sad truth is that it will be VERY hard for universities to fairly and thoroughly evaluate the HS class of 2021 due to lack of sports, historically valid SATs, historically valid APs, extracurriculars and other leadership opportunites. Therefore, universties have welcomed incoming freshman to defer a year and are going to their waitlist to offer a place for students who met their thorough evaluations. Point in case a good friend of my daughters just got into Georgetown off the waitlist. She was going to attend Babson. Another friend's son who was going to attend BC, just got in off the waitlist for Harvard.

The aftermath will show that the class of 2021 will face unprecedented challenges for university admission and not nearly as impressive results. Universities will have already filled many freshman spots via deferral, which will make the odds much harder to get into university. This is a fact.

As someone who actually works in college placement I can confirm this is a myth. Deposits for the class of 2024 are stronger than anticipated and all signs are that yield will be as well. WL movement is not stronger than before. It is true that evaluations for the HS class of 2021 will be less than traditional but there is no sense their opportunities will be limited by unusual numbers deferring from the class of 2020. Of course, we will k ow more with the fall meld. 
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