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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think [b]GDS has like 15 truly open spots for 9th grade this year[/b].  Someone on here asked admissions and they said 7 girl spots, 7 boy spots.  Admissions must know this as they have to then interview 400 kids who won't make it.  It must seem like a waste of time to them. [/quote]

This makes sense, but it sounds like they're solving it the worst possible way. It would be kinder to all involved to do a first screen of applications and invite a smaller group for interviews. No need to waste everyone's time - staff and families - interviewing kids who don't have any chance of admissions, either because they're not qualified, they help balance the existing class, or something else. Instead they're putting a lot of kids and families through an unpleasant experience with burned out staff and creating a generally negative impression of the school.[/quote]
Such a good idea in general![/quote]

This seems off. They generally take 50 kids for 9th, so 35 are already allocated to siblings? Don’t most siblings join in younger years at a k-12? If it truly is only 15 spots, what a waste of time. [/quote]
They take 30 kids for 9th, allocate half of those spots to siblings and split the remaining half between boys and girls.[/quote]

This is wrong. They take closer to 50.  The vast majority of siblings of high schoolers are already enrolled and dont apply at 9th, so there is zero chance that ~25 9th grade spots go to siblings

I’m no GDS apologist but I hate it when ppl so confidently lie on dcum. [/quote]

I can't speak to siblings already enrolled, but I can confidently say that if GDS added only 30 new kids for 9th (fall 2022), they will be under-enrolled in that grade come fall.  Any GDS parent or student would be able to tell you that.  Depending on attrition, it may or may not be 50, but it certainly cannot be 30.

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I can confidently say that during our interview, Elaine told us that they had about 30 9th grade openings for fall 2022. [/quote]

We were told there would be around 50. [/quote]

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