Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Each leading independent school is a quality school, but as a (admittedly biased) parent, I feel that GDS is quite special. The GDS faculty and students cause me to think of that Green Mountain Coffee commercial about the mountains: "Each amazing on their own, but together… magical."

Oh for gods sake! Really? This is why GDS grads are insufferable pompous twits.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's any better or worse than at any other competitive high school in the area. The list below was posted on another thread. Bear in mind that it covers 3 years worth of graduates, with about 125 kids per year.

2015-2017 GDS Matriculation

American University (1)
Amherst College (5)
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (1)
Bates College (6)
Bennington College (1)
Boston College (2)
Boston University (5)
Bowdoin College (3)
Brown University (9)
Bucknell University (2)
California Institute of Technology (3)
Carleton College (4)
Claremont McKenna College (3)
Clark University (1)
Colby College (3)
College of Charleston (1)
College of William and Mary (4)
Colorado College (4)
Columbia University (4)
Cornell University (1)
Dartmouth College (4)
Davidson College (3)
Dickinson College (4)
Duke University (4)
Earlham College (1)
Eckerd College (2)
Elon University (2)
Emory University (3)
Fordham University (2)
Franklin & Marshall College (1)
Georgetown University (7)
Gettysburg College (1)
Hamilton College - NY (2)
Harvard University (10)
Harvey Mudd College (4)
Haverford College (3)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1)
Howard University (1)
Indiana University at Bloomington (2)
James Madison University (2)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1)
Johns Hopkins University (1)
Kenyon College (1)
King's College London (1)
Lewis & Clark College (1)
Macalester College (2)
Maryland Institute College of Art (3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
McGill University (1)
Middlebury College (3)
Muhlenberg College (1)
New York University (15)
Northeastern University (4)
Northwestern University (3)
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences (5)
Occidental College (2)
Ohio Wesleyan University (2)
Pennsylvania State University (1)
Pepperdine University (1)
Pitzer College (1)
Pomona College (3)
Princeton University (2)
Queen's University (1)
Saint Joseph's University (1)
Salisbury University (2)
Sarah Lawrence College (1)
Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1)
Scripps College (5)
Skidmore College (1)
Smith College (1)
Southern Methodist University (2)
Spelman College (2)
St. John's University - Queens Campus (1)
St. Lawrence University (1)
Stanford University (3)
Swarthmore College (2)
Syracuse University (1)
The College of Wooster (1)
The George Washington University (1)
The New School - All Divisions (1)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1)
The University of the Arts (1)
Trinity College (1)
Tufts University (14)
Tulane University (11)
University of British Columbia (2)
University of California, Berkeley (1)
University of California, Los Angeles (5)
University of California, San Diego (1)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1)
University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
University of Chicago (6)
University of Colorado at Boulder (2)
University of Florida (1)
University of Maryland, College Park (5)
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan (11)
University of Notre Dame (1)
University of Pennsylvania (13)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
University of Puget Sound (1)
University of Redlands (1)
University of Richmond (1)
University of Rochester (1)
University of Southern California (9)
University of St Andrews (2)
University of Toronto Undergraduate Only (1)
University of Virginia (4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (14)
Vanderbilt University (2)
Villanova University (2)
Virginia Tech (1)
Wake Forest University (1)
Washington University in St. Louis (18)
Wellesley College (2)
Wesleyan University (3)
Williams College (6)
Yale University (9)

not trying to make y'all feel bad but if you look at Wilson & Whitman/BCC it puts this list to shame. Just saying. I hope that the $$ you put in has other value then where you kid goes to school.

When people post things like this it makes me realize that discussing this with you is pointless because if you think going to private is all about where you end up at college then you really have no idea what going to private school is all about - particularly an elite DC school.

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Anonymous wrote:

not trying to make y'all feel bad but if you look at Wilson & Whitman/BCC it puts this list to shame. Just saying. I hope that the $$ you put in has other value then where you kid goes to school.

Not if you acknowledge the fact that this list includes all the graduates of GDS vs all the graduates of W/W/BCC. The lists are comparable if you compare the destinations of the top 20% of the public high school seniors to the top 80% of GDS seniors.

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Anonymous wrote:

not trying to make y'all feel bad but if you look at Wilson & Whitman/BCC it puts this list to shame. Just saying. I hope that the $$ you put in has other value then where you kid goes to school.

Not if you acknowledge the fact that this list includes all the graduates of GDS vs all the graduates of W/W/BCC. The lists are comparable if you compare the destinations of the top 20% of the public high school seniors to the top 80% of GDS seniors.

Anonymous wrote:Each leading independent school is a quality school, but as a (admittedly biased) parent, I feel that GDS is quite special. The GDS faculty and students cause me to think of that Green Mountain Coffee commercial about the mountains: "Each amazing on their own, but together… magical."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's any better or worse than at any other competitive high school in the area. The list below was posted on another thread. Bear in mind that it covers 3 years worth of graduates, with about 125 kids per year.

2015-2017 GDS Matriculation

American University (1)
Amherst College (5)
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (1)
Bates College (6)
Bennington College (1)
Boston College (2)
Boston University (5)
Bowdoin College (3)
Brown University (9)
Bucknell University (2)
California Institute of Technology (3)
Carleton College (4)
Claremont McKenna College (3)
Clark University (1)
Colby College (3)
College of Charleston (1)
College of William and Mary (4)
Colorado College (4)
Columbia University (4)
Cornell University (1)
Dartmouth College (4)
Davidson College (3)
Dickinson College (4)
Duke University (4)
Earlham College (1)
Eckerd College (2)
Elon University (2)
Emory University (3)
Fordham University (2)
Franklin & Marshall College (1)
Georgetown University (7)
Gettysburg College (1)
Hamilton College - NY (2)
Harvard University (10)
Harvey Mudd College (4)
Haverford College (3)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1)
Howard University (1)
Indiana University at Bloomington (2)
James Madison University (2)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1)
Johns Hopkins University (1)
Kenyon College (1)
King's College London (1)
Lewis & Clark College (1)
Macalester College (2)
Maryland Institute College of Art (3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
McGill University (1)
Middlebury College (3)
Muhlenberg College (1)
New York University (15)
Northeastern University (4)
Northwestern University (3)
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences (5)
Occidental College (2)
Ohio Wesleyan University (2)
Pennsylvania State University (1)
Pepperdine University (1)
Pitzer College (1)
Pomona College (3)
Princeton University (2)
Queen's University (1)
Saint Joseph's University (1)
Salisbury University (2)
Sarah Lawrence College (1)
Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1)
Scripps College (5)
Skidmore College (1)
Smith College (1)
Southern Methodist University (2)
Spelman College (2)
St. John's University - Queens Campus (1)
St. Lawrence University (1)
Stanford University (3)
Swarthmore College (2)
Syracuse University (1)
The College of Wooster (1)
The George Washington University (1)
The New School - All Divisions (1)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1)
The University of the Arts (1)
Trinity College (1)
Tufts University (14)
Tulane University (11)
University of British Columbia (2)
University of California, Berkeley (1)
University of California, Los Angeles (5)
University of California, San Diego (1)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1)
University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
University of Chicago (6)
University of Colorado at Boulder (2)
University of Florida (1)
University of Maryland, College Park (5)
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan (11)
University of Notre Dame (1)
University of Pennsylvania (13)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
University of Puget Sound (1)
University of Redlands (1)
University of Richmond (1)
University of Rochester (1)
University of Southern California (9)
University of St Andrews (2)
University of Toronto Undergraduate Only (1)
University of Virginia (4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (14)
Vanderbilt University (2)
Villanova University (2)
Virginia Tech (1)
Wake Forest University (1)
Washington University in St. Louis (18)
Wellesley College (2)
Wesleyan University (3)
Williams College (6)
Yale University (9)

not trying to make y'all feel bad but if you look at Wilson & Whitman/BCC it puts this list to shame. Just saying. I hope that the $$ you put in has other value then where you kid goes to school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's any better or worse than at any other competitive high school in the area. The list below was posted on another thread. Bear in mind that it covers 3 years worth of graduates, with about 125 kids per year.

2015-2017 GDS Matriculation

American University (1)
Amherst College (5)
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (1)
Bates College (6)
Bennington College (1)
Boston College (2)
Boston University (5)
Bowdoin College (3)
Brown University (9)
Bucknell University (2)
California Institute of Technology (3)
Carleton College (4)
Claremont McKenna College (3)
Clark University (1)
Colby College (3)
College of Charleston (1)
College of William and Mary (4)
Colorado College (4)
Columbia University (4)
Cornell University (1)
Dartmouth College (4)
Davidson College (3)
Dickinson College (4)
Duke University (4)
Earlham College (1)
Eckerd College (2)
Elon University (2)
Emory University (3)
Fordham University (2)
Franklin & Marshall College (1)
Georgetown University (7)
Gettysburg College (1)
Hamilton College - NY (2)
Harvard University (10)
Harvey Mudd College (4)
Haverford College (3)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1)
Howard University (1)
Indiana University at Bloomington (2)
James Madison University (2)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1)
Johns Hopkins University (1)
Kenyon College (1)
King's College London (1)
Lewis & Clark College (1)
Macalester College (2)
Maryland Institute College of Art (3)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
McGill University (1)
Middlebury College (3)
Muhlenberg College (1)
New York University (15)
Northeastern University (4)
Northwestern University (3)
Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences (5)
Occidental College (2)
Ohio Wesleyan University (2)
Pennsylvania State University (1)
Pepperdine University (1)
Pitzer College (1)
Pomona College (3)
Princeton University (2)
Queen's University (1)
Saint Joseph's University (1)
Salisbury University (2)
Sarah Lawrence College (1)
Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1)
Scripps College (5)
Skidmore College (1)
Smith College (1)
Southern Methodist University (2)
Spelman College (2)
St. John's University - Queens Campus (1)
St. Lawrence University (1)
Stanford University (3)
Swarthmore College (2)
Syracuse University (1)
The College of Wooster (1)
The George Washington University (1)
The New School - All Divisions (1)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1)
The University of the Arts (1)
Trinity College (1)
Tufts University (14)
Tulane University (11)
University of British Columbia (2)
University of California, Berkeley (1)
University of California, Los Angeles (5)
University of California, San Diego (1)
University of California, Santa Barbara (1)
University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
University of Chicago (6)
University of Colorado at Boulder (2)
University of Florida (1)
University of Maryland, College Park (5)
University of Miami (2)
University of Michigan (11)
University of Notre Dame (1)
University of Pennsylvania (13)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
University of Puget Sound (1)
University of Redlands (1)
University of Richmond (1)
University of Rochester (1)
University of Southern California (9)
University of St Andrews (2)
University of Toronto Undergraduate Only (1)
University of Virginia (4)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (14)
Vanderbilt University (2)
Villanova University (2)
Virginia Tech (1)
Wake Forest University (1)
Washington University in St. Louis (18)
Wellesley College (2)
Wesleyan University (3)
Williams College (6)
Yale University (9)

not trying to make y'all feel bad but if you look at Wilson & Whitman/BCC it puts this list to shame. Just saying. I hope that the $$ you put in has other value then where you kid goes to school.

Anonymous wrote:Only 4 to UVA? Guess there aren't many VA residents at GDS.

Anonymous wrote:The number of kids going to Harvard, Yale and Penn (and Georgetown) is very impressive for sure. But I'm wondering if the kids families have big time connections or if most got in on merit - also, are families paying for super expensive college placement services separate from school? It's also interesting to me that most to of their students go to Washington University - great school but seems like an unusual choice given the distance- and Tulane - what's the appeal?

Anonymous wrote:Is there a list like this for either Maret or Sidwell? I've looked online but don't see them published.