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Anonymous wrote:How does Eric Holder as a former Trustee have any relevance to the distinction of the alumni base? If Holder didn't attend GDS (I am pretty sure he didn't) then he isn't an alum.

The point is that GDS has a very high powered parent body also.

But the example was being used in reference to the Alumni base. Apples to oranges.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does Eric Holder as a former Trustee have any relevance to the distinction of the alumni base? If Holder didn't attend GDS (I am pretty sure he didn't) then he isn't an alum.

The point is that GDS has a very high powered parent body also.

He's managed to stay out of jail so far, so there's that.

Meant to be funny? But instead just dumb, and possibly racist. So there's that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does Eric Holder as a former Trustee have any relevance to the distinction of the alumni base? If Holder didn't attend GDS (I am pretty sure he didn't) then he isn't an alum.

The point is that GDS has a very high powered parent body also.

He's managed to stay out of jail so far, so there's that.

Anonymous wrote:How does Eric Holder as a former Trustee have any relevance to the distinction of the alumni base? If Holder didn't attend GDS (I am pretty sure he didn't) then he isn't an alum.

The point is that GDS has a very high powered parent body also.

How does Eric Holder as a former Trustee have any relevance to the distinction of the alumni base? If Holder didn't attend GDS (I am pretty sure he didn't) then he isn't an alum.

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Anonymous wrote:While it’s true that GDS doesn’t have the local stature of the Big 3 DC schools and top suburban schools, the profile of the school has improved since GDS moved from the PVAC to the MAC. The comparison to The Barrie School no longer applies as GDS is plainly the leading secular humanist school in the region.

I work at a different independent school. GDS is considered one of the top schools in the greater Washington, D.C. area, without question, by people involved in independent schools. Very selective admissions; stable and well qualified faculty; sound finances; loyal alumni base. I'm not sure why this should be at all controversial -- I assume someone is just trying to make people angry with rather silly pronouncements like the one quoted above.

Well said, not to mention very supportive community and stellar placement record at most selective colleges and universities.

I suspect it's controversial because there's a not insubstantial cohort of private school parents who don't judge schools based on the education they offer.

Anonymous wrote:While it’s true that GDS doesn’t have the local stature of the Big 3 DC schools and top suburban schools, the profile of the school has improved since GDS moved from the PVAC to the MAC. The comparison to The Barrie School no longer applies as GDS is plainly the leading secular humanist school in the region.

I work at a different independent school. GDS is considered one of the top schools in the greater Washington, D.C. area, without question, by people involved in independent schools. Very selective admissions; stable and well qualified faculty; sound finances; loyal alumni base. I'm not sure why this should be at all controversial -- I assume someone is just trying to make people angry with rather silly pronouncements like the one quoted above.

Moving from the PVAC to the MAC? Changing athletic leagues really changed the GDS profile? Now they can rub shoulders with the parents from St. James, St. Andrews and Flint Hill?

While it’s true that GDS doesn’t have the local stature of the Big 3 DC schools and top suburban schools, the profile of the school has improved since GDS moved from the PVAC to the MAC. The comparison to The Barrie School no longer applies as GDS is plainly the leading secular humanist school in the region.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is far too long for a school that most people consider a safety option if they can't get into Sidwell. Who cares about the "Georgetown Day School?" Most people outside the DMV assume it has some connection with the University (imagine that!).

You cared enough to click on the thread and post. Funny how that works.

Clearly GDS is now the "It" school in DC.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is far too long for a school that most people consider a safety option if they can't get into Sidwell. Who cares about the "Georgetown Day School?" Most people outside the DMV assume it has some connection with the University (imagine that!).

You cared enough to click on the thread and post. Funny how that works.

This thread is far too long for a school that most people consider a safety option if they can't get into Sidwell. Who cares about the "Georgetown Day School?" Most people outside the DMV assume it has some connection with the University (imagine that!).

Anonymous wrote:The GDS placement record in Ivy League schools is notable among top DC privates. If that causes you to puke, perhaps you weren't Ivy material.

Someone please get a bucket and a mop.

First, GDS is clearly among the top rank of schools. They have the benefit of being in DC (e.g., no competition from great MoCo schools or TJ); they have a cohort of strong students as shown by very good National Merit Semifinalist numbers; and they are competitive with Sidwell, which has highly competitive admissions and a very strong cohort, in the sense that kids accepted to both schools will turn down SFS for GDS and vice versa.

But please don't cite a non-public "placement record in Ivy league schools" as being notable -- it's not notable, because there's no record of it. I happen to agree with GDS's policy not to publicize what I'm sure are excellent matriculation results, but they don't publish them and they cannot be compared. Whoever is always suggesting they have the highest percentage of students go to Harvard or the Ivies or what-have-you does not have the data to make such a comparison, because even if they known the GDS results, they don't know the results for Sidwell/STA/NCS, for example.