Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:50
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
25 from Brearley going to Harvard from ‘21 to ‘25.
There’s just no comparison. Let get real.
Hmm, I see TJ but nobody else in the DMV and certainly no Big 3
https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders
What are you talking about? In the image you share, Georgetown Day is right there under Deerfield Academy.
+1 Georgetown Day is also in the following image where they show schools that have sent at least 1 student to Harvard since 2009. It's not in the last image where it shows that "of all schools that have sent students to Harvard, one in 11 students has come from just 21 high schools across the United States." From the DMV area, only Thomas Jefferson magnet is there.
Sure. They are saying nearly 10% of all Harvard students come from 21 high schools. Not surprising that even the Big 3 aren't on there. I doubt they are the top 20 schools in the country.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:48
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess GDS did nit have the right parent in this class. Harvard is about connections.
Exactly. No hooked applicants this year. Shockingly, Ketanji Brown Jackson's kids were both admitted in recent years.
Only one of KTJ's children went to GDS (and Harvard).
Yeah--one Harvard, one Northwestern.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:39
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
25 from Brearley going to Harvard from ‘21 to ‘25.
There’s just no comparison. Let get real.
Hmm, I see TJ but nobody else in the DMV and certainly no Big 3
https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders
What are you talking about? In the image you share, Georgetown Day is right there under Deerfield Academy.
+1 Georgetown Day is also in the following image where they show schools that have sent at least 1 student to Harvard since 2009. It's not in the last image where it shows that "of all schools that have sent students to Harvard, one in 11 students has come from just 21 high schools across the United States." From the DMV area, only Thomas Jefferson magnet is there.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:37
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
25 from Brearley going to Harvard from ‘21 to ‘25.
There’s just no comparison. Let get real.
Hmm, I see TJ but nobody else in the DMV and certainly no Big 3
https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders
What are you talking about? In the image you share, Georgetown Day is right there under Deerfield Academy.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:32
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
25 from Brearley going to Harvard from ‘21 to ‘25.
There’s just no comparison. Let get real.
Hmm, I see TJ but nobody else in the DMV and certainly no Big 3
https://interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feeders
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:28
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
25 from Brearley going to Harvard from ‘21 to ‘25.
There’s just no comparison. Let get real.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:25
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
Dalton has a ridiculous amount of ultra high net worth parents, i.e. donor admits, in addition to legacies. DC money can't compare.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:24
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
One example: Dalton in NYC. 75 grads matriculated at either Harvard, Yale or Princeton in the last 5 years. 37 at Harvard alone.
The Big 3 are little fish in the Big World of USA privates.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:17
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Your kids are talking about this, OP? And you are posting it here.
Why is your family so interested in a school your kids don’t even attend?
Doesn't GDS report its admissions for each graduating class? This DCUM forum can be full of garbage misinformation. I wouldn't believe this from some anonymous internet troll looking to stir the pot.
+1 Should someone start a thread about no one at Maret getting into Stanford? Any idiot with a keyboard can make things up just to make trouble.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:14
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
No, I know it all right. And those schools largely do better than the top schools here and often MUCH better.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:11
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
If your kids are really spending their last few weeks before going to college gossiping about where kids they don't know were admitted, that says more about them and your parenting than about GDS.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 17:10
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I guess GDS did nit have the right parent in this class. Harvard is about connections.
Exactly. No hooked applicants this year. Shockingly, Ketanji Brown Jackson's kids were both admitted in recent years.
Only one of KTJ's children went to GDS (and Harvard).
Anonymous
08/05/2025 16:26
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
The best schools in the DMV are the public magnet schools (ex: TJ, Blair) where kids actually get in on merit. Those are the ones winning the national competitions, not GDS or any other private for that matter.
Right, because TJ, Blair, and the W schools don't have legacies.
GDS has a bunch of Harvard legacies amongst its student body. Legacy admissions give you a 5x greater probability of admissions, which is meaningful in a selective school, but don't guarantee admissions.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 16:22
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Actually none of these results is even slightly impressive.
There are over 2000 private high schools and over 20000 public high schools in the US, plus who knows how many internationally.
How many matriculants at Harvard would you expect any top U.S. private school to have when the incoming class size is around 1600 students?
More than this. These schools are supposed to be the best in the DMV.
Give us a number. What should it be? It's like you don't know that there are also dozens of highly regarded privates in NYC, LA, Boston, and other top cities plus boarding schools.
The best schools in the DMV are the public magnet schools (ex: TJ, Blair) where kids actually get in on merit. Those are the ones winning the national competitions, not GDS or any other private for that matter.
Right, because TJ, Blair, and the W schools don't have legacies.
Anonymous
08/05/2025 16:15
Subject: No GDS students going to Harvard this year?
Anonymous wrote:I guess GDS did nit have the right parent in this class. Harvard is about connections.
Exactly. No hooked applicants this year. Shockingly, Ketanji Brown Jackson's kids were both admitted in recent years.