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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were going to apply for 9th to GDS and the admission officer pretty much told us there are 7 spots for new 9th grade boys. We crossed it off our list...[/quote]

Are you serious?  How is this possible? Don't they accept roughly 35 new students for 9th grade?[/quote]
The only explanation is that 20 of those admits were athletic recruits or something, which is possible. I don’t think GDS has strong sibling preference though. [/quote]

GDS has[b] crazy strong[/b] sibling preference.  They have a separate application for siblings.  It's due in December. 
Last year something like all but five 9th grade boy spots went to siblings.  You can ask admissions about it--they were quite forthcoming.  
I'm not sure if the poster above (the one saying there are 7 spots) is talking about this year or not. 
If it's this year, it's a repeat of last year. [/quote]
Aha. Well that explains it. Thanks![/quote]

Don’t most siblings enter well before 9th grade? Seems unbelievable they took 20 sibling boys last year for 9th. I mean, come on.[/quote]
30% of the graduating class starts in 9th so it’s believable that a lot of siblings would start 9th too. Once you take out the siblings and any athletic recruits, how many open spots do they really have?[/quote]
I'm the PP who originally said GDS has seven 9th grade boy spots. The admissions person told us that this year they will have about 30 9th grade openings. Half will go to siblings and they will split the remaining half evenly between boys and girls. Oh, and last year they had about 400 applications for 9th grade and she was expecting similar this year.[/quote]

This is super depressing.  I guess it is safe to say that all of the other top schools are in a similar situation for 9th grade?  [/quote]

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