Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 15:09     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!


Sidwell parent here---this is frankly ridiculous. Too much of GDS' budget is spent on their head of school's salary to fund something like this. Its endowment is not big enough, especially after building that monstrosity of a building for the elementary and middle schools.

Another note: GDS will never be better than Sidwell. While your druggie kids sit around reading queer literature, Sidwell students are hard at work, creating nonprofits to change the world, getting accepted to elite universities, and obliterating GDS in every way.

Finally: Georgetown and Berkeley aren't even Ivies. Loser.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 14:15     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This whole thread proves just how wrong it was for the Supremes to scrap affirmative action based on racial oppression.


Why? I haven't read this thread, but college admissions at privates are the same as they were before the decision. Lots of ivies. that wont and hasn't changed (nor was it expected to)....


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Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 14:14     Subject: GDS - Wow!
I can’t believe a school with litter boxes for the students get into my alma mater over my humble hard working sidwell students. So underserved!
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 13:36     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!



Of all the absurd things I have read in this thread, this is the most absurd. It costs Jared kushners family $2m in the 2000s to get in to Harvard. Inflate that and do the math for many students. Absurd
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:46     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!



Duke and Cornell are not “lower tier” compared to Georgetown!
What are you talking about?
😂


Cornell is great for STEM even better than most Ivies. Georgetown seems overrated.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:15     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
My son has a 3.4 GPA and took 2 APs why didn't he get accepted to Stanford? (Sidwell Parent)
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:08     Subject: GDS - Wow!
It’s been a great Ivy year for many private schools.
Chicago private here.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:07     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!



Duke and Cornell are not “lower tier” compared to Georgetown!
What are you talking about?
😂
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:07     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!


I refuse to believe this. So you know how much $$$ that would cost? No way for that to be an invisible line-item.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:06     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!


Yeah no. You are bitter and clueless.

A lot of privates in other states have the same stats.

Why? Kids are super prepared and parents will donate. These are generally wealthy or connected families. Win-win for the business of the college.

Clear you don’t understand how this works.

Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 11:02     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
I heard from some people that GDS pays Ivies (like Harvard, Georgetown, Berkley, etc) as well as some lower tier institutions like Cornell and Duke to accept all their students just as safeties. Money well spent!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2024 17:20     Subject: GDS - Wow!
^^ irrefutable.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2024 17:12     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Tl;dr: GDS's current senior class has had stellar college admissions results. That might be (read: almost certainly is) partly due to legacy status, but these kids and the school are doing something right. If only the adults posting on this board could say the same...
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2024 16:23     Subject: GDS - Wow!
To the person asking about NMSF, the ACT doesn’t apply for that, but it does for presidential scholar awards
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2024 16:04     Subject: Re:GDS - Wow!
Anonymous wrote:This whole thread proves just how wrong it was for the Supremes to scrap affirmative action based on racial oppression.


Why? I haven't read this thread, but college admissions at privates are the same as they were before the decision. Lots of ivies. that wont and hasn't changed (nor was it expected to)....