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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the student interview? What were the questions that were asked? [/quote]

The GDS interview for HS has parents and students together. I don’t remember exact questions (nothing really unexpected), but would suggest you try to let your kid do the talking and add in where necessary. [b]GDS interviewers potentially do talk a lot so be prepared to politely interject.[/b]

For any school, I feel for the interview, it’s the job of the potential applicant/family to enthusiastically try to make a connection—interject appropriately with questions or comments. Be prepared with questions that lead to discussion (no boring admissions stats or college matriculation questions). Try to think of 2-3 key points/interests about your child that you want to make clear so ask questions where you think you could interject/reiterate those points in case they are not covered in the interview. Think about ways your child would want to potentially be involved in school and the school community.

For many DMV schools (GDS included), admissions is competitive and they are looking for families who have done their research, unquestionably want to be there and even in the face of tough admissions, think their child would be a great addition to the school.

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In our interview, she would make broad statements about our child that were wrong and based on nothing - we'd patiently find a way to interject to ask DC questions in a way that would kindly give them the opportunity to "correct her without correcting her". It was quite an exercise. In the end, DC was accepted but I've never been in that sort of situation before. It's weird to have an interview where someone is verbalizing a set of characteristics for which they have pre-judged you based on essentially appearance and maybe some limited information gleaned thus far in the interview.  [/quote]

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