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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To return to the question on the table, I am sure that the answer is GDS does.[/quote]

If they did they'd publish their matriculation list, me thinks.

Actually, the only report available shows that STA and NCS were tops, followed by Sidwell and Maret.  That report is, however, suspect since most of the schools don't release the type of matriculation data you'd need.  [/quote]

The students at GDS are truly amazing and a lot of the parents have very high-powered jobs and Ivy degrees themselves,  It doesn't surprise me that GDS does superbly well at the Top Ivies.[/quote]

GDS is a great school, and definitely is "top tier" in DC (for what it's worth) in this generation, but it still generally does not match Sidwell and St. Albans for the percentage of National Merit Semifinalists (although a couple of years ago they had a bonanza crop at GDS and topped the list).  This seems to be the same GDS person trying to get people riled up and I wouldn't worry about it.

This is a pretty fruitless argument because there is less than full information, but I'll say that (1) the matriculationstats.org website is quite well done in my opinion, and the creator always explains where he got his data so you can judge the relative reliability of the source (school website vs. anonymous post of matriculation list on College Confidential or DCUM, for example); and (2) as an active alum of one school who sees the numbers from the various schools, I think that maybe STA pips Sidwell at the post more years than not based on (i) comparable percentages of top-scoring NMSF students (usually Sidwell is ahead by a small factor); (ii) comparable legacy advantage in the student body; and (iii) a little bit of an advantage in the Ivy athletics pipeine, mainly from one sport: boys' rowing.

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