Anonymous
Post 04/09/2026 11:44     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?


It is not at all a bad result. But it is worse than Sidwell but on par with Maret and even some local Public schools in Maryland in the ratio of Ivy top 15 schools. Just a fact. No judgments. It might or might not reflects at all about the education.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2026 10:35     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?


True. However, GDS has about 25 more seniors than Sidwell, yet Sidwell is sending 3x more students to Ivy Plus schools this year (based on IG posts). That’s a big difference.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2026 06:12     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?

Harvard and Yale are legacies. Chicago always likes private school kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2026 06:02     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.


Legacy is really only undergraduate.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 21:15     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
GDS's Insta this year showed admits Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, etc. Lots to Chicago as well. Is that meant to be a bad result?
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 20:15     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but yes, Sidwell is at a different level compared to GDS. Based on their results this year, most would not consider it “Big 3” or whatever. I remember that when GDS had 6 or 7 to Harvard two years ago, somebody posted that all but one kid was a legacy.


Look out for acceptances at schools that don’t use legacy admission, such as MIT, JHU, Berkeley, Amherst, CalTech, and CMU. You know those kids didn’t have a legacy hook
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 20:02     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Lame parent post alert.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 20:00     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
I'm a GDS parent of a younger child. I'm really pleased with the education my kid is getting, but I was surprised how few ivy ED admits were announced. I wonder if those accepted to top schools RD were accepted but multiple schools, so haven't decided/posted yet.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 19:54     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.


I don’t think it’s a hook in the same vein at URM, Athlete, Development, Faculty Kid, etc, but I think it helps if your kid has the stats to get in and applies ED. Maybe instead of a 10% chance, they have a 20% chance. But we also know legacies with goods who apply ED who don’t get in.


Please stop with this.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 18:59     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Anonymous wrote:Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.


I don’t think it’s a hook in the same vein at URM, Athlete, Development, Faculty Kid, etc, but I think it helps if your kid has the stats to get in and applies ED. Maybe instead of a 10% chance, they have a 20% chance. But we also know legacies with goods who apply ED who don’t get in.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 18:48     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Being a legacy at an Ivy League school is NOT a real hook. I went to 3 different Ivy League schools and my kids will not have a leg up. You have to give at significant levels and be an alum for it to matter. I would say at least 500k to get a second glance on your app. Probably at least a million.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 18:16     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but yes, Sidwell is at a different level compared to GDS. Based on their results this year, most would not consider it “Big 3” or whatever. I remember that when GDS had 6 or 7 to Harvard two years ago, somebody posted that all but one kid was a legacy.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 17:54     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
They haven't posted anything to the IG in a while... that doesn't mean more admits haven't happened. I know at least a handful of families who do not plan to let their children post there.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 17:44     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
Remember, it all depends on who the parents are in the grade. When you have a less connected group the results dip.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 17:38     Subject: GDS college enrolmments
It's pretty bad and far behind Sidwell in the top 20, and Ivy admits, at least until now. Hope a few Ivy admits will post on IG.