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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Application numbers are restricted so the top students don’t get all of the acceptances. They need to spots open at top colleges for the next tier of students. [/quote]

This is it.  
Do you guys not get it or are all your kids in the top 10%?

I have a straight A student at GDS.  Do you really want him applying to all the top 20 schools?  your B student is not going to get admitted if both our kids apply.  [/quote]

I thought we are in a free country...  How could a school restrict kids how many schools they can apply?[/quote]
Because GDS is a private school, and sending your child there is entirely voluntary. If you doin't like their rules, you should pull your kids out and find a school that allows you to apply to more than 10 colleges.[/quote]

Not a GDS parent but this comment has no basis in reality.  Parents applying to HS don't know that GDS is going to restrict applications.[/quote]

Caveat emptor. I don't know of any highly selective independent school in the area that allows students to apply to as many colleges as they want. Do you?[/quote]

[b]I know that ours gives good counseling advice on how many to apply to but doesn't restrict.[/b] I am ok with this.  I am also in the "10-12 is plenty" camp - there is a lot of value in putting in the work to create a thoughtful list. With that work done, a student can also submit higher quality applications. Finally, if they still get shut out of top 10, top 20, top 30 - it will all be fine (but I know others aren't ok with some of these stances).

But despite my own feelings, I'm still saying it's not really fair to say "you chose private school and if you don't like it go elsewhere" when a person who applied for their child to start at GDS for 9th grade might not have been hyper focused on the details of college admissions.  For some people this sort of detail might not be discovered until later, not to mention policies change over time (they have at our school, for sure).

I know it's hard to believe, but there are actually parents who do not choose a Big X HS with Ivy-or-bust college placement in mind.   
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Is this a Big-3? AFAIK, Sidwell, GDS, and the Cathedral schools all limit to around 10.[/quote]

Yes (not GDS) and given a strong recommendation of 10 (maybe 12) across the spectrum of reach (anything below a 20% acceptance rate), target, and likely.  But there not a hard line restriction as GDS families are indicating.  I'm certain there would be conversations discouraging more than the 10-12 but they explicitly said the will not restrict anyone. Again - I think the guideline is a good one.  And NOT because it would create/save more spaces for the students outside of the top students in the grade (which is subjective anyway), but because students should be more thoughtful in where they are applying rather than spread so thin with hopes of hitting lottery at top 10/20. [/quote]

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