Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 22:04     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:Look, GDS is an elite high school that enrolls lots of kids with connections. Even if they aren’t legacies, they all know people. That’s why these kids do so well with college admissions. The rich get richer. Not exactly a Man Bites Dog story.


Meaning? Their parents somehow pulled strings to get their kids in?
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 22:00     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Look, GDS is an elite high school that enrolls lots of kids with connections. Even if they aren’t legacies, they all know people. That’s why these kids do so well with college admissions. The rich get richer. Not exactly a Man Bites Dog story.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:55     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:What about SLACs? Does GDS not push SLACs? Why not? You often get the best undergraduate experience at small liberal arts colleges


Every year a bunch of GDS kids go off to SLACs. Swat, Haverford, Bowdoin, Oberlin, Pomona, Scripps, Skidmore and on and on.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:53     Subject: GDS - Wow!
What about SLACs? Does GDS not push SLACs? Why not? You often get the best undergraduate experience at small liberal arts colleges
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:51     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:Why are you folks doing this? You sound insane. Frantic.


It is genuinely exciting. Happy for the kids.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:37     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Why are you folks doing this? You sound insane. Frantic.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:27     Subject: GDS - Wow!
At NCS one student runs the IG page. And she rolls them out sporadically in no particular order, except wanting a variety of colors. Lol.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 21:21     Subject: GDS - Wow!
I think there were 3 today and 4 early
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:58     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Three have posted, is there really a fourth?!
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:48     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about these kids in particular but a lot of kids don’t post until today because they don’t want others to know they applied early. That’s not to take anything away from them- still an extraordinary accomplishment- but when they post on IG is not necessarily indicative of whether they applied ED or RD.


Or, there is pressure not to post early because it creates anxiety for other students and families.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:47     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about these kids in particular but a lot of kids don’t post until today because they don’t want others to know they applied early. That’s not to take anything away from them- still an extraordinary accomplishment- but when they post on IG is not necessarily indicative of whether they applied ED or RD.


These kids found out today
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:46     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:Mostly legacies


No. Some legacies. How many do you count?
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:45     Subject: GDS - Wow!
I don’t know about these kids in particular but a lot of kids don’t post until today because they don’t want others to know they applied early. That’s not to take anything away from them- still an extraordinary accomplishment- but when they post on IG is not necessarily indicative of whether they applied ED or RD.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:45     Subject: GDS - Wow!
These are normal private school kids. The colleges love gods. One thing to note is that all of the families of the kids posted on the ig are majorly connected.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2024 20:45     Subject: GDS - Wow!
Wish my kid had focused a bit more on getting good grades all through high school. That’s the main thing in common among those kids!