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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]

No it’s not. Families who want to have a strong chance of sibling attendance know good and well to apply earlier. Sibling preferences are for full-pay families who send their kids from the early years on. If you have a kid who gets in at 9th and think there will be a huge sibling preference for your next kid, you are delusional. Ninth is very competitive, and it’s for the kids who will do well in college admissions *regardless* of whether they go to a fancy private or not (these schools pick winners; they don’t make winners). It isn’t a sibling slush year. [/quote]

Siblings who graduate from our K-8 regularly get admitted to GDS for 9th grade. The general view is they are not always the strongest applicants in the group and there is a strong sibling preference even at 9th. PP I think your understanding here is off.[/quote]

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